Silvano Alves, from Brazil, aboard Showoff, competes at a Professional Bull Riders event in 2013. Bull riding is a brutal and unforgiving sport. Professional bull riders lead a nomadic existence, ...

Baseball gloves have evolved since they were first introduced in the 1870s. Philadelphia Athletics shortstop Jack Wallaesa works on his fielding at spring training in 1946. More than any major ...

Many boys and girls grow up dreaming about competing in pro sports one day. But as that NCAA commercial tells us, nearly 99 percent of athletes don’t end up turning pro. However, perhaps a step above ...

Winning football games is a tradition at Long Beach Poly in Southern California. High school football has become more than local news. Networks like ESPN and Fox Sports devote time and money to ...

Tom Hanks, center, shares some laughs with Dennis Miller, left, and Ron Howard at the old ballgame. Celebrities are just like us. They are human after all. Although they’re a little higher profile, ...

Leroy "Satchel" Paige pitched 16 years in the Negro Leagues. The Negro major leagues are kind of like a Rubik’s Cube. Fun to play with, difficult to figure out. More than any other sport, baseball is ...

In some parts of the country, high school football teams have traditions and legacies that stretch back to the beginnings of the sport. In other parts, high school football dynasties have just sprung ...

The value of NFL teams and the wealth of their owners has shot through the stratosphere in the last two decades. It was just 20 years ago that you could still get an NFL team for a bargain basement ...

The 1990s were a pretty awesome time to be an NBA fan — not only was the sport exploding in popularity, but the chances were, if you had an NBA team in your town, you were getting a new arena. Of the ...

Colin Kaepernick, center, kneels for the national anthem with San Francisco 49ers teammates in 2016 to protest racial inequality and police brutality in the American justice system. Former San ...

Where have all the hypercompetitive, in-it-to-win-it Major League Baseball team owners gone? Straight to the bank. The baseball gravy train is on a roll. In 2022, the average MLB franchise was worth ...

The debate over what makes a good stadium experience isn't an existential one … even though it might feel like it sometimes. Going to the ballpark is our oldest American sports tradition. It's also a ...