So, President Obama threw out the first pitch of the All-Star Game, becoming the first sitting president to throw out the first pitch at an All-Star event since Gerald Ford. And while that might be the first time you could...

President Barack Obama fired in the first pitch, but it was Tigers outfielder Curtis Granderson who connected on the most important strike, hitting an eighth inning triple to give the American League an amazing 14th-straight...

That's right, the home run champion in St. Louis was a pudgy, power hitting first baseman. Now, if only he had been a player for the home team, fans might have gotten the ending they so desperately wanted. Instead, Milwaukee'...

Once upon a time, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant made up a virtually unstoppable NBA duo. Well, Sunday felt a lot like 2001-03 again, with the pair leading the Western Conference to an easy All-Star Game win, joining forces...

You know those white-masked guys from the cryptic Gatorade commercials? Well, they're a crew of popping-and-locking maniacs called the Jabberwockeez. The NBA enlisted them for the All-Star Game intros on Sunday, and, as we'd...

Second-year player Kevin Durant is really hitting stride in the NBA. How can we tell? Well, the record 46 points he dropped in the rookie-sophomore game on Friday night seems like a pretty tell-tale sign. How dominant was...

Look, it wasn't perfect the first time through. We all know that. Still, the first rendition of the NBA's All-Star weekend H-O-R-S-E competition (we refuse to call it G-E-I-C-O) was pretty incredible. Just check out rookie O....

Rookie Derrick Rose is emerging as one of the league's most impressive point guards already, and he did nothing to discourage those impressions with a win in the NBA skills competition on Saturday night, easily knocking off...

We get it, the green uniform was supposed to represent Dwight Howard's kryptonite. It's a clever gimmick. Still, let's be honest. As incredible as mini-me Nate Robinson's "jump-over-a-seven-foot-guy" dunk was, Dwight Howard...

One of the best things about the internet is that, occasionally, someone will get a really hair-brained idea, spend entirely too much time executing it and then you trip across it when you had no idea it would exist. Then you...

As if more proof was needed, Alex Ovechkin decided to provide his best Dwight Howard impression, adding an extra stick, Canadian-flag plumed cowboy hat and sunglasses to one of his shootout competition goals ... and...

Anytime you get a baker's dozen Hall of Famers in the same place, you're bound to breed some special memories. Who knew that there would be as many memories from the final All-Star Game in Yankee Stadium as there were in the...

This may not be the funniest video of the last year, but it's pretty close. During an interview with Bob Costas for HBO Sports' "Costas Now", Ichiro was asked what his favorite American phrase was. Well, let's just say that...

Just in case anyone was wondering if Mets fans were going to find their way into Yankee Stadium for the ongoing MLB All-Star festivities, those questions were answered on Monday night when Phillies second baseman Chase Utley...

Barry Bonds did not compete in last night's Home Run Derby in San Francisco choosing instead to party with the Jigga Man. Here are some fan reactions from the announcement of Barry's absence, keeping in mind that we were not...