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"Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings," said the famed English poet and writer Samuel Johnson, who likely would have found Big Brown trainer Rick Dutrow an interesting character. Since his...

Matt Walsh sent the NFL eight videotapes of the Patriots illegally taping opponents' signals from 2000-2002, but did not send a videotape of the Rams' walkthrough prior to Super Bowl XXXVI, reports The New York Times.

His was a tenure defined by vitriol rather than victories. On Friday, as a city cheered, the Knicks' Isiah Thomas was relieved of his coaching duties, ending a sordid era in the franchise's history (Donnie Walsh, who...

1. Jeannine Edwards, ESPN horse racing reporter: Because she works on a sport that's sadly and slowly fading from national television relevance, Edwards is not a household name with viewers.That's a shame because she...

LONDON -- The NBA Europe Live 2007 tour is all about diplomacy and marketing, far less about real news or bothersome offseason headlines (in this case, quite literally).