Freddie Freeman, right, celebrates with Atlanta Braves teammates after hitting a two-run home run to beat the Miami Marlins in 2012 When you hear a name, you think of something. In "Star Wars," the ...

The banana slug is the beloved mascot for the University of California, Santa Cruz. Sports can be serious business, but some people understand that sports are too important to be taken seriously. Just ...

Winning football games is a tradition at Long Beach Poly in Southern California. High school football has become more than local news. Networks like ESPN and Fox Sports devote time and money to ...

Tom Hanks, center, shares some laughs with Dennis Miller, left, and Ron Howard at the old ballgame. Celebrities are just like us. They are human after all. Although they’re a little higher profile, ...

The 1990s were a pretty awesome time to be an NBA fan — not only was the sport exploding in popularity, but the chances were, if you had an NBA team in your town, you were getting a new arena. Of the ...

In some parts of the country, high school football teams have traditions and legacies that stretch back to the beginnings of the sport. In other parts, high school football dynasties have just sprung ...

Air Jordans reached new heights after Michael Jordan's performance in the 1988 NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Some of the best basketball players have worn some of the best shoes. But just as there are ...

The Pro Football Hall of Fame requires four to eight candidates to be inducted each year. That’s known as a quota system, folks, and it’s a crummy way to determine the most prestigious individual ...

In terms of popularity, only soccer and cricket have more worldwide fans than basketball. The game is a global sport, and in North America, only American football is more popular. The NBA has grown ...

What do you consider a great golf course? Selecting the top courses in the world is not easy, and some good grounds don't make the cut. For any golfer, even the top 100 courses in the world are ...

Millions of fans show up at college stadiums each year to watch their favorite team battle for supremacy. A good percentage of those fans are there for other reasons — to mingle with fans and partake ...

Colin Kaepernick, center, kneels for the national anthem with San Francisco 49ers teammates in 2016 to protest racial inequality and police brutality in the American justice system. Former San ...