Phil Richardson

Learning that you've been traded to another team is an inevitable event during the career of a Major League Baseball player. For most players it's just a part of life - a non-event you might say. Not so for former Phillies pitcher Vance Worley when he was traded on Dec. 6, 2012, to the Twins.

For a long stretch of time it felt as though every few years an NCAA university football program was caught abusing the rules and manipulating the system. These days it seems that not a single month goes by without hearing allegations of cheating by a major national football power...

A Perkins, Oklahoma man has been charged with child abuse after paddling his 9-year-old son for liking the University of Oklahoma Sooners over his parent's preferred Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Jerry Jones, the over-the-top owner of the Dallas Cowboys, and his coaching staff will travel in style this week at the NFL Combine, all thanks to the Cowboys' new seven-figure price tag bus. The motor coach, dubbed "The Elegant Lady," made her official debut this week in Indianapolis after wowing crowds briefly earlier this month at the Super Bowl. The ride costs roughly between $1-2 mi

When NFL teams evaluate draft prospects, they do their best to avoid drafting players with character questions or constant injuries. Not only do these type players cost teams a lot of money upfront, but they can also set franchises back many years.

By now you must have noticed that Russian drivers are amazingly good at capturing highway drama as it happens. In a prime example, multiple amateur videos have sprung up showing a 10-ton meteor blazing a path across the Russian sky today.

It's the off-season for NCAA football - you know, that minute of time between National Signing Day and Spring Training - whereby the NCAA rules committee comes together for their annual meeting of the minds to determine if any changes to the existing rules should be made. With all of the media reports concerning player safety in mind, the committee has released 10 proposed changes for the 2013-14

Imagine yourself jumping into your car for a quick run to the supermarket. As you approach your first stop sign, with the sun shining on your face and some fine tunes on the radio, you realize that your brakes aren't arresting your forward movement, but actually accelerating it. Eventually, your car reaches 125 mph - and then remains there - for an hour.

Brett Favre is known more for his football-throwing skills than his lumber-jacking acumen, but after a recent tornado touched-down in his hometown of Hattiesburg, MS, on Sunday, February 10, he displayed a magic touch with a chainsaw as well.

Not only can O.J. Simpson fly his way around airports, but it seems he's finding the penal system as easily navigable.

A Sydney Cricket Grounds (SCG) security guard is being hailed as a hero after helping bored patrons set a new world record for 'largest beer snake' during a rain-delayed cricket match Sunday, January 20, 2013.

The 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue hits newsstands this week and features Katherine Webb of BCS National Championship fame.

Major League Baseball has announced that Edith Houghton, a Philadelphia baseball prodigy and first female MLB scout, passed away Saturday, February 2 at age 100.

In a case of Sybil meets 'Twilight,' doctors in Turkey recently discovered a man who is believed to be the first example of a person with multiple personalities and a penchant for drinking blood.

Several years ago, author Ed Achorn visited the Baseball Hall of Fame and stumbled across what could possibly be the first known picture of a person giving the camera the finger. The ornery flipper turned out to be Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn of the Boston Beaneaters, a precurser team of the Red Sox.

NFL players are typically associated with highlight films on ESPN, not lowlight adult films in seedy motel rooms. However, Rob Gronkowski, the tight end for the New England Patriots, has been offered a deal by Sex.com (totally NSFW so we're not linking) worth $3.75 million dollars to star in a scene.

The lighting problems at this year's Super Bowl almost became the second most laughable event in New Orleans. Joe Flacco, the Ravens quarterback and Super Bowl MVP, instructed his teammates to illegally run off the sidelines and tackle the 49ers punt returner, Ted Ginn Jr., at the end of the Super Bowl if it looked like he was going to score.

Paulina Gretzky, a fashion model, Instagram star, and daughter of "The Great One," has been romantically linked to Dustin Johnson since he won the season-opening PGA Hyundai Tournament of Champions last month. Now, it seems, Johnson has ingratiated himself to father Wayne Gretzky by inviting him to be his partner for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am event. It's not usually advisable to i

The motto for Ole Miss since Hugh Freeze took the coaching helm last year has been “Win the Day.” On National Signing Day, Ole Miss did just that.

US Olympic broadcaster NBC has announced that coverage of the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, will start a day prior to the opening ceremonies.