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The results of Caster Semenya’s sex verification tests will not be made public. Reports suggest that she is intersex, meaning that she cannot be classified simply as a male or female.

Sunday, Nov. 7, is the ING New York City Marathon, which attracts nearly 40,000 runners of every pace, ability and experience level, and more than 2 million spectators for a 26.2-mile run through the city’s five boroughs. 

A World Series showdown with the Yankees is just one of many factors drawing attention to Philadelphia, a fascinating city that many former New Yorkers now call home.

Three participants in the 2009 Detroit Marathon died within minutes of one another. Though running-related deaths are rare, they cause other runners to ask, “Is marathon running dangerous?”

Officials from Wisconsin's Lakefront Marathon have disqualified two women that finished first and second in the race, irking some and calling to mind previous marathon flukes.

An NFL-commissioned study found that retired players suffer from dementia and other memory-related diseases at many times the normal rate. The findings support prior independent research that the NFL has tried to discredit.

An Illinois pastor swam across the English Channel to raise money for building a school in Angola.

NFL Pro Bowlers Matt Birk, Lofa Tatupu and Sean Morey will donate their brains to a program studying chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurological disorder caused by blows to the head.

Melanie Oudin isn’t the first U.S. tennis star to break onto the scene as a teenager, but her style of play has injected some of Justine Henin into the current U.S. team.

The Folds of Honor Foundation holds its annual fundraiser, Patriot Golf Day, to provide education scholarships for the spouses and children of American veterans.

South African runner Caster Semenya is being tested to determine whether she is a female amid suspicion that she may actually possess the genetic characteristics of a male.

After three players—David Wright, Ian Kinsler and Hiroki Kuroda—were hit in the head by a pitch or line drive, we look back on the most frightening incidents of players being struck in the head.

As athletes are increasingly sharing their personal lives and opinions on Twitter, leagues struggle to balance fan engagement with inevitable controversy.

As a new professional football league, the United Football League, prepares to begin play this fall, we look back at the professional football leagues that have failed in the last four decades.

A senior softball team is offering to teach the New York Mets the fundamentals of baseball, after a dreadful first half marked by a succession of spectacular blunders.

As leagues, teams and athletes increasingly become the “creators of coverage,” sports journalism may be compromised by conflict of interest.

The U.S. soccer team made an outstanding run in the Confederations Cup, but fell short against Brazil in their first-ever FIFA tournament final.

Months after the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked, Pakistani officials say they have broken up a terrorist network and identified six other individuals believed to have been involved.

This is not the first time that exercise professionals have come under fire for working their clients to the point of exhaustion—or worse.

The Confederations Cup will provide of glimpse of how South Africa will handle hosting next year’s FIFA World Cup, the first to be hosted in an African nation.

Luis Castillo’s game-ending dropped pop-up recalls a similar error by Brant Brown that nearly cost the Cubs the 1998 wild card.

Iconic Canadian brands have held strong during the recession, seeing expansion into America and partnership with U.S. companies. Part of the key to their success is making consumers relate to their brands.

The contract negotiation between the Nationals and first overall pick Stephen Strasburg could force baseball to reform its draft process.

Today Randy Johnson could become just the 24th pitcher to win 300 career games, a milestone first reached in 1888 by Pud Galvin, regarded as the first player to use a performance-enhancing drug.

Khalil Greene and Joey Votto were placed on the disabled list last Friday for social anxiety disorder and “stress-related issues,” respectively, joining Zack Greinke and Dontrelle Willis as prominent major leaguers to be sidelined by mental issues.

On June 2, 1941, Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig died at age 37 of a degenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which would come to be known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

A fan’s online campaign to vote suspended drug user Manny Ramirez into the All-Star game ridicules baseball’s steroid policies and All-Star voting procedure.

Kevin Laue, who was born without his left forearm, became the first disabled player to receive a Division I basketball scholarship when he accepted an offer from Manhattan College.

Neutral fans are counting on the Champions League final between English champions Manchester United and Spanish champions Barcelona to be a classic.

With the NCAA baseball tournament starting Friday, the use of potentially doctored composite bats has been called into question.