SAN MATEO, Calif. — Tom Martinez, the longtime personal coach to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, has died at 67. Tom Martinez worked with Brady when he was a teenager growing up in San Mateo, where Martinez coached at College of San Mateo. Their relationship continued during Brady’s NFL career. Brady was equally complimentary, [...]

Being cut from the team can be a gut-wrenching experience for any high school athlete, but for the basketball players at Lafayette Senior High School in Kentucky, making the best of the situation was the only thing to do. After being rejected from the varsity team, these guys came together to form a league of [...]

Before he was the most-talked about and celebrated player on the New York Knicks — and before “Linsanity” was a household term — Jeremy Lin was a kid with hoop dreams who played basketball at Palo Alto High School and led his team to statewide victory in 2006. Now, Lin”s former high school is proud [...]

The 5th World Conference on Women and Sport took place in Los Angeles over the past few days. Dignitaries from the International Olympic Committee, the London Olympic Games, and sports organizing bodies from all over the world were here, with the focus on women athletes and their issues on today’s world stage. I was asked [...]

EDMONTON, Alberta — Gabriel Landeskog and Mark Olver each had a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche snapped a two-game skid with a 3-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. Erik Johnson also scored and Ryan O’Reilly had three assists for Colorado. The Avalanche are 3-1-2 in their last six and [...]