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The 1993 San Fransisco Giants, after signing a pre-scandal future home run king in the off-season before, won 103 regular season games. But their division was won by the Atlanta Braves, who edged them out by just one victory in what is known as the last great pennant race.

The Giants,…

Amongst a plethora of MLB news that has already passed and is still yet to come, some big NFL news has emerged in the SFC newsroom. Former Oklahoma Sooners quarterback and 2010 #1 draft pick Sam Bradford has finally agreed to the record super-deal with the St. Louis Rams that has been speculated over…

If you had not heard of Louis Oosthuizen prior to this year’s British Open, no one could blame you. If you have not heard of him by now, then consider yourself an outsider to the sports world.

Oosthuizen has defied the odds by beating Lee Westwood by seven strokes in order…

It was a pitcher’s duel early in Angel Stadium on Tuesday night during the 2010 All-Star Game. For the first four and a half innings of the game, no runs were scored, and seven pitchers had performed without allowing a run. No one crossed home plate in the ballgame until…

Graeame McDowell has defied the odds en route to his first ever major championship, winning the 2010 U.S. Open.

-McDowell finished with a 284 (even par) over the course of the four days, alongside finishing with a 74 in the last round.

-It is the sixth professional win for the Irishman, as…

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The final buzzer of Game 7 of the NBA Finals has sounded, signifying that yet…

Chicago fans, you can now breathe in. The Chicago Blackhawks, who had previously been on a championship drought that started in 1961 and lasted nearly fifty years, hoisted the Stanley Cup tonight after knocking off the Philadelphia Flyers to become champions of the NHL.

- Chicago blew a late 3-2 lead in…

Hall of Famer and former UCLA men’s basketball coach John Wooden died today of natural causes. Wooden was 99 years old.

- Wooden is one of the most successful coaches of all time. He was hired by UCLA as head coach in 1948, and served as the coach of the Bruins…

As South Florida, Tampa, and New York/New Jersey (the Meadowlands) anxiously awaited a decision from the 32 voters at the well-publicized spring meeting in Dallas, the tension could be cut with a knife. Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014 was looking for a home, and this election brought up a rare…

The Cleveland Cavaliers, after announcing that head coach Mike Brown and his staff were under evaluation, fired Brown today. Brown was hired just under five years ago on June 2nd, 2005, and coached the Cavs for five NBA seasons.

- Brown’s Cavaliers have won at least 50 regular season games in…