As Cuba and America embark on a seismic shift, Cuban ballplayers are caught in the middle: forced to wait on diplomacy or risk their lives for their chance at the Majors.
Hockey's "Gibson Cup" is as old as the sport itself, and in a quiet Michigan town where the game was first born, two teams have been battling for it for over 100 years.
The tiny village of Iten, Kenya is home to the fastest runners in the world, more record-holders than anywhere else…and a pair of testy twins from New Zealand.
Amidst scandals, legislative battles and the new frontier of daily fantasy, the biggest debate in the world of sports today is gambling. Is it legal? And how do you define it?
Across a history of oppression, through years of federal neglect and in the midst of a cultural awakening, one sport has endured on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation: basketball.
Miami's Liberty City is football's Mecca, home to NFL legends. But the biggest rivalry in this city isn't exactly big--it all starts with a hard-hitting squad of 6 year-olds.
Boca and River may be the most infamous rivals in the world of soccer, but today, Argentina's most legendary game is known less for the battle on the field than the anarchy off it.
On most days Florence is overrun by tourists, but once each year, the locals reclaim their city through an ancient game where the roots run deep and the blood flows freely.
Australia plays football one way: their way. And the most heated rivalry in the country's most cherished game is marked by broken jaws, foul mouths and phallic tattoos.
Buried deep in the Appalachian hills, an old grudge between two fading towns lives on through a basketball rivalry at the lowest level of the minor leagues.
Algeria is home to North Africa's biggest soccer derby; this all-consuming rivalry is rooted not in hate, but the same love for the game that forged their country through revolution.