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The Charlotte Bobcats are reportedly looking to trade for a swingman after seeing small forwards Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Jeff Taylor go down with injuries. According to a league source, the Michael Jordan-owned franchise is targeting Orlando Magic swingman Aaron Afflalo, who is currently having a breakout season.

The Los Angeles Lakers could make a run at veteran forward Hedo Turkoglu once he agrees to a buyout with the Orlando Magic.

The Portland Trail Blazers are reportedly planning to make a run at Houston Rockets disgruntled center Omer Asik in an attempt to further bolster their interior defense, a source close to situation reported on Thursday.

Irina Shayk isn’t really feeling celebratory and festive this Holiday season.

Three months after undergoing back surgery, British No. 1 Andy Murray will return to the tennis court to compete in Abu Dhabi.

Off a big win over their Texas rivals, the Houston Rockets want to make their holiday games special going for back-to-back wins when they host the Memphis Grizzlies Thursday.

Roger Federer announced that he and his wife Mirka are expecting another baby together on Christmas Day through Twitter.

In the biggest game of the season, the Dallas Cowboys may be missing a key piece when they host bitter rivals Philadelphia Eagles in the final week of the regular season. It’s a winner-takes-all match-up too as the victor will move on to win the NFC East and the loser will be eliminated from contention.

Jacques Kallis, one of South Africa’s greatest cricket players have announced his retirement from the Test Cricket—or the five-day format of the sport. The 38-year-old’s last Test will be against India and the series starts Thursday marking his final match from first-class cricket.

Northern Illinois Huskies star quarterback Jordan Lynch wants to end his stellar career with a bang. The senior gets the chance to do just that in the Poinsettia Bowl where they face the overachieving Utah State Aggies who played in the final half of the regular season without their own start quarterback in Chuckie Keeton.

Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka, the two top players in the world, will walk down the ramp in a fashion show in Thailand a day before their exhibition match Saturday, Dec. 28.

Australian Will Tomlinson has signed with a five-fight deal with popular and top-boxing marketing arm, Golden Boy Promotions. He has high hopes he can land bigger fights in 2014 and crash the scene as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world.

Maria Sharapova and Boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov chose to spend their Christmas in Brisbane.

After his "Christmas Card to the World" went viral Monday, Floyd Mayweather Jr. continued his online assault on Manny Pacquiao. This time, he posted a photo of him standing beside a newfound friend whom he called a mix-breed of the Filipino boxing champ and his trainer, Freddie Roach.

This was supposed to be one of the marquee match-ups on December 25th— LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat visiting Los Angeles Lakers to take on Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash and Pau Gasol. Rather, two of those six stars are out with various injuries and the visitors are favored by nine points to win— just a recipe for a Christmas Day massacre in Hollywood.

Just a day after Floyd Mayweather Jr. threw a job at Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino champ and his supporters fired back at the Grand Rapids native as a meme humorously depicting Mayweather's never-ending excuses to face the eight-division champ becomes viral on several boxing forums and social networking sites.

10 teams play in the NBA on Christmas Day and all would rather play naughty than nice as they take on their respective rivals. The Christmas spirit is about giving— but all teams don’t want to be on the receiving end of a loss in these match-ups.

The year 2013 has some of the biggest stories in sports.

The Houston Rockets could send a first-round picks to the Orlando Magic for former All-Star playmaker Jameer Nelson to solve their current woes at the point guard position.

Welterweight champion Julio Diaz believed Amir Khan is undeserving for a title shot against the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world, insisting the Briton doesn't possess credentials to take on Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The Brooklyn Nets reportedly rejected a trade that would have given them Houston Rockets centre Omer Asik and point guard Jeremy Lin in exchange for Deron Williams.

Cristiano Ronaldo will fly to Dubai to attend the Dubai International Sports Conference.

Russian supermodel Irina Shayk sings her own version of “Santa Baby” for LOVE Magazine’s Advent Calendar.

Dwyane Wade needs some help to propose to long-time girlfriend, Gabrielle Union. Is there such thing as a perfect proposal?

Sports Illustrated Cover Girl Kate Upton has reportedly broken up with her beau, Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Floyd Mayweather reportedly made fun of Manny Pacquiao in a photo he shared in Twitter on Monday.

The week 16 match-up between the Atlanta Falcons and the San Francisco 49ers pegged as pre-season was one of the crucial battles in the tail end of the regular season. Unfortunately, this Monday Night Football game was only important to one team as the Falcons were mired in a very disappointing year.

Graeme Swann may have left his teammates with a parting gift of a snide remark against "some of them," he refuses to admit that his remark was a criticism against them.

Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union have sealed it with a rock. The Miami Heat player Dwayne proposed to his girlfriend, Gabrielle, who gladly accepted the offer. The proposal took place on Saturday and the news is currently being circulated around the web via social networking websites.