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The Celtics won in convincing fashion. The Thunder... well, they just beat a weary Lakers team.

The Pacers took advantage of a Bosh-less Heat team, and the Spurs picked up right where they left off last series.

The final series of the first round is over, and the Miami Heat are one win closer to their seventh, er, first NBA title together.

Los Angeles' first sons stepped up on Saturday night, and Boston opened the second round of the NBA playoffs in a fine fashion.

The Los Angeles Clippers tried so hard... and the Miami Heat are one step closer to the first of what is sure to be seven NBA titles.

Josh Hamilton is good, but he brought the legend to new heights with his performance on Tuesday night.

The Indiana Pacers are moving on. The Bulls will live to see another day. The NBA playoffs continue on...

The NBA playoffs continued on Sunday. There is still only one team with its ticket to the second round punched.

The Oklahoma City Thunder highlighted a Saturday's NBA playoffs action by eliminating the defending champion Dallas Mavericks.

Sure the playoffs were interesting before, but things got a lot more interesting on Friday night.

Mariano Rivera, the greatest closer ever, might never pitch again.

It was a pretty decisive night in the NBA playoffs. The Heat and Thunder made sure of it.

Jered Weaver has been close a few times, but Wednesday night, he immortalized himself by throwing a no-hitter.

Two teams really stood out on Wednesday night. Let's take a look.

The best team in the NBA may be making a quick exit from the playoffs this year. Oh, and the Lakers look pretty good.

The NBA playoffs continued on Monday night, but without the fanfare of days past -- sort of.

You know it's the NBA playoffs when teams start making ridiculous comebacks to take series leads. Well, the NBA playoffs are here, and Sunday ended on a high note.

The NBA playoffs began on Saturday, but for one player -- and potentially, one team -- the playoffs also ended on Saturday.

Just as with the Eastern Conference dancers, women hate their men for loving them. And again, you'll see.

We've been assured that women don't go to basketball games with their husbands because they don't want to watch them ogle these dancing beauties. It's hard not to. You'll see.

Metta World Peace threw the elbow-heard-round-the-world. Now it's time to his comeuppance. That's French for consequences.

Chicago White Sox pitcher Phil Humber did something quite unexpected on Saturday afternoon, 

Alex Rodriguez spoiled Boston's 100th anniversary of Fenway Park by knocking a historic home run.

Pat Summitt, head coach of the Lady Volunteers basketball team for 38 years, is stepping down and taking the title "head coach emeritus". The school released a statement on Wednesday.

There will be a post about the Stanley Cup playoffs soon enough, but if you've watched any hockey this season, you know that hockey is 50 percent players, 50 percent Ice Girls. This is about the Ice Girls.

Baylor's women's basketball team completed something no other team in college basketball - men's or women's - has ever done. Oh yeah, they also won the women's national title. 

Seal, everyone's favorite "Kiss From a Rose," is set to take North America by sweet summer storm. Prepare for some soul action. 

The Kentucky Wildcats have taken home their eigth national title -- the first since 1998.

After a little less than a month of games, the NCAA tournament will finally crown a new champion. The crown will pass from Connecticut to the new kings of men's college basketball on Monday night. 

Allegedly, Tiger Woods had porn star mistresses. Now, according to reports, those same alleged mistresses are making a movie about Tiger -- a pornographic movie. 

The epic saga that is the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers has concluded and the price tag is huge. 

And then there were four. March Madness continues as the final two are set for the Final Four. 

The first two games of the Elite Eight are over with, which means the first two teams of the Final Four are set.

The Sweet 16 wrapped up on Friday night, which means the Elite Eight will commence on Saturday. Recaps after the jump.

March Madness got back underway Thursday with the first round of the Sweet 16.

It's the beginning of the Peyton Manning era and the end of the Tim Tebow era in Denver.

The round of 32 wrapped up on Sunday, and there were quite a few surprises.

In a tournament that has been defined by upsets, Saturday's NCAA tournament games gave us none. Oh well.

If your bracket is almost entirely busted, you didn't know what you were doing when you picked. Plenty of upsets happened on Friday, including two that had only happened four times before.

For those that don't consider those first four play-in games to be the beginning of the NCAA tournament, your time has come. 

March Madness continued on Wednesday night and now the field of 64 is complete. The tournament is finally set to officially begin.

March Madness got started with a bang on Tuesday night with two play-in games between Western Kentucky and Mississippi Valley State, and BYU and Iona. 

The brackets have been announced. So grab your pencils and apporpriate erasers, buy yourself some Red Bull, and prepare yourself for a wild month of college basketball.

2012 MLB spring training has begun. Major League Baseball players have one of the longest schedules in all of sport, but with these fine ladies at home, coming home should never be a problem. 

Be honest: Did you watch women's soccer before the 2011 Women's World Cup? You probably didn't, but here are a few reasons why you should watch from now on.

Fines have never been higher in the NFL, but now that word is surfacing of 'bounty' funds in the league, there are bound to be much more dire consequences.

The Daytona 500 had rain, fire, a little soap and plenty of bizarre drama to go around. 

Add one more trophy to Kobe Bryant's mantle, and no, this time it isn't an All-Star game MVP.

A reserve stepped into the All-Star weekend's biggest stage and put a little something extra into the Slam Dunk Contest this year. 

The UFC finally made its way across the pond -- the Pacific pond -- and a new champion has been crowned. Get it!