Magic Johnson is the face of a group that have won the bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers. A mere $2 billion later and the team is theirs. Despite the fact that the team won’t make money for years, having a strong – and committed – ownership will benefit the on-field product, and having an experienced owner like Johnson certainly helps.

March Madness is one of the premier sporting events of the year – for any sport. 68 teams enter, one leaves victorious. College football has considered a similarly-structured tournament to replace the flawed BCS system, but could a national football tournament even work?

We’re barely into the NFL offseason, and already there’s been a flurry of activity, specifically at the quarterback position. Almost a quarter of the league’s teams have replaced their field leaders, leaving us with nothing but questions regarding the upcoming 2012 NFL season. The subplots will keep us entertained all summer long.

The New York Yankees spent the offseason following the 2011 season in the shadows – rare territory for baseball’s biggest spender. The team is getting older, and a shift in culture toward dominating on the mound instead of counting on the long ball is slowly taking over.

When the 2012 NFL season starts, wide receiver Brandon Lloyd will be 31 years old and for the first time in his nine-year career, he will play on an elite team. Lloyd signed a three-year, $12-million contract with the New England Patriots on March 18, 2012, and he confirmed what had been the worst kept […]

During the Toronto Maple Leafs’ extended stint outside the playoffs, they made a change at General Manager. After John Ferguson Jr. but before Brian Burke, Cliff Fletcher was brought in to clean up the mess. Instead, the interim GM arguably took a bad situation and made it worse, and the Leafs have been stuck in a vicious cycle of failure ever since.

The Ottawa Senators are doing better than anyone thought they’d be. With four key players performing up to their standards, this year’s group is playing its way into the playoffs and may give some contenders a run for their money. Matt Horner breaks down how it all happened.

The reasons why a top prospect fizzles out can be mystifying and maddening. In the case of Matt LaPorta, the seventh-overall pick of the Brewers in 2007, the upside was a world of potential. The reality was a flame-out who has struggled to keep a steady job with the Cleveland Indians. Why did this happen to the once highly-touted star?

The 100-point plateau in a single NHL season is not a feat to be taken lightly. In the history of the game, only a select handful of the league’s elite have reached the mark. In the first of a three-part series, Tim Kolupanowich breaks down the “firsts” in the history of the remarkable achievement – as well as some who fell just short.

A few months ago the world was overrun with a case of Linsanity. The story since has come back down to earth, prompted by the unceremonious return of Carmelo Anthony. By comparing the Knicks to the NHL’s Maple Leafs, Mark Milner questions who truly runs the show: the players or the coaches.