The writing seemed to be on the wall after the Los Angeles Lakers edged the Denver Nuggets, 92-88, in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series to take a 3-1 lead. That writing seemed to say that the Lakers were moving on. Not so fast. “I don’t think it’s an impossible challenge,” Nuggets coach George [...]

The striking gold and yellow plane that will bring the Olympic Flame from Athens to the UK later this week has been unveiled. Images of the British Airways A319 aircraft that will land in Cornwall on Friday have been released by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). The aircraft [...]

During the last off-season of the NFL — when the players, coaches, owners and fans went through a lockout that lasted 132 days (but which felt longer to me) — I thought no other off-season would be able to top it. But with terrible deaths, the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal and their suspensions, and [...]

Everyone loves a good news blooper, but they’re not always reporter-related. Sometimes it’s a graphics guy that ends up making a flub, which leaves us with a much subtler experience altogether. The fine wine of laughing at others. So take a look at this sports report and see if you can spot what’s off about [...]

NEW YORK — Henrik Lundqvist went from shaking his head in disgust to raising his arms in celebration when time finally ran out on the Washington Capitals. Such is life as a New York Ranger these days. Lundqvist was perfect in yet another nail-biting game that was razor close throughout the tension-filled, seven-game series, until [...]