Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest players of all time. The Basketball Hall of Famer (and Los Angeles Lakers legend) ...

Kenesaw Mountain Landis takes office as baseball’s commissioner. 1947 — Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The first in a series of essays examining the past, present and future of a basketball superstar and cultural force.

Shaquille O'Neal was a monster athlete in the NBA in the 1990s and 2000s. Standing at 7-foot-1 and weighing 325lbs, the first ...

Devastating fires have caused the NBA to postponed Thursday's Lakers game and the NFL to move Monday's Rams game to Arizona.

1986 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 34,000th career point during 124-102 win over Indiana Pacers; ...

1989 — LA Kings center Wayne Gretzky becomes NHL’s all-time leading scorer in combined regular season & playoff points; 4 assists in 5-4 home win over Edmonton brings his total to 2,011, 1 more than ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Coaching Alex Ovechkin for three seasons has normalized his hot pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record for Peter Laviolette. “Not a crazy thing at all ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is back from his fractured left fibula and resuming his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals ...

Wayne Osmond, an original member of the Osmonds singing group, has died. He was 73. "My dear brother Wayne passed away peacefully last night from a stroke. I’m so grateful that I had the ...

The musician was one of the founding members of The Osmonds band. Wayne Osmond, member of The Osmonds band, has died. The singer who helped pioneer the family group died at the age of 73 on ...

Donny Osmond is paying tribute to brother Wayne Osmond after his death at the age of 73. Wayne Osmond performed alongside Donny and Marie Osmond and more of their siblings in their family ...