2006 — Kobe Bryant scores a staggering 81 points — the second-highest total in NBA history — and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-104.

Coming off a tough loss to the Clippers, the Lakers have little trouble defeating the NBA's worst team, the Washington ...

1920 — The New York Yankees announce they will be the first team to wear uniform numbers, according to the player’s position in batting order. 1960 — Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson in a 15-round ...

Let’s start with former welterweight and middleweight champion ‘Sugar’ Ray Robinson ... stopping Turpin at Polo Grounds, New York. In June of 1952, Robinson, in an attempt to win the ...

Britain's Randolph Turpin won the world middleweight title from Sugar Ray Robinson. This was ... The main stadium used for the US Open in New York was named after him. Damon Hill finished first ...

Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...

The New York Yankees may or may not be done making offseason signings, and that means they'll be closely monitored every day until Opening Day. In the wake of Juan Soto's signing with the New ...

Former New York Yankees Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia, along with closer Billy Wagner, were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, joining Classic Baseball Era Committee elects ...

Justin Shackil, who was part of the rotation for the New York Yankees on radio last season, is exiting the WFAN lineup this year to focus on his television work. Justin Shackil, who was part of ...

The New York Yankees traded Jose Trevino to the Cincinnati Reds earlier in December for Fernando Cruz and Alex Jackson. Cruz has excellent stuff and will add a swing-and-miss element to a Yankees ...