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There is no better time to be a Memphis Grizzlies fan than now.ESPN The Magazine has just released the cover of its annual Franchise Issue, to be on sale on Friday, and the Grizzlies are named the best franchise in pro sports for 2013.

A year after drafting Trent Richardson as the overall No. 3 pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns are already giving up on promising running back after they decided to trade him to the Indianapolis Colts for a 2014 first-round pick.

A photo of a sad De La Hoya with caption that reads “MEANWHILE IN REHAB, OSCAR: I gave Canelo the wrong blueprint, I was high,” has recently surfaced over popular social networking sites citing that it came from Mayweather’s Instagram account.

Nonito Donaire and Vic Darchinyan re-opened the book of their rivalry with fireworks on Wednesday after the two highly-rated featherweight boxers engaged in feisty word war in their first ever face-to-face confrontation in six years.

UEFA Champions League Final 2013-2014, Europe's premier soccer tournament, kicked off on Tuesday with Cristiano Ronaldo & Real Madrid cruising to a 6-1 victory over Galatasaray S.K. On Wednesday, it's time for Lionel Messi and Barcelona to show that they are the ones to beat in this prestigious tournament as they open their campaign against perennial football powerhouse Ajax at Camp Nuo.

2013 UEFA Champions League action will resume on Wednesday with the heavyweight battle between Barcelona and Ajax serving as the main event of the second day of Europe's premier football tournament. Atletico Madrid, the third placer in the 2012-13 season of Spanish La Liga, will also kick off its Champions League campaign at Vicente Calderon.

After two rounds of furious preliminary round qualification, the 2013 FIBA EuroBasket Championship 2013 is now down to the final eight. Spain, France, Ukraine, Italy, Lithuania, Croatia, Slovenia, and Serbia all look to extend their stay in Ljubljana, but only four of them will move closer to win it all in Europe's most prestigious basketball tournament.

Another dozen countries play their opening matches Wednesday in the 2013 World Cup of Pool at York Hall in East London. Two of the pre-tournament favourites in China and United States of America play Hungary and Kuwait, respectively and hopes to avoid a first round upset in this tournament with a $250,000 prize pool.

September 18 and 19 should prove to be exciting, as only the strongest teams were able to make it to the knock-out quarterfinals to be played in Ljubljana. At stake in the quarterfinals are slots in the semifinals and tickets to the 2014 FIBA World Cup World Cup in Spain. One team is trying to reprise their FIBA World Cup appearance three years past, while the other is trying to qualify for the first time. As the quarterfinals start on Wednesday, individual matchups and team cohesion start t...

Bayern Munich did not concede a single goal, but scored three, in their first game of the 2013 UEFA Champions League, against CSKA Moscow.

September 18 and 19 should prove to be exciting, as only the strongest teams were able to make it to the knock-out quarterfinals to be played in Ljubljana. At stake in the quarterfinals are slots in the semifinals and tickets to the 2014 FIBA World Cup World Cup in Spain. For one of the teams, they are also playing for their home crowd and are seeking to return to the FIBA World Cup for the third straight time. As the quarterfinals start on Wednesday, individual matchups and team cohesion st...

The Philippine Governors Cup has now entered the homestretch mark. From here onwards, all games are expected to be furious down to the wire as teams try to qualify into the playoff round. It's officially winning time in Asia's first pay-for-play league.

Manchester United got the better of Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League.

A pallor hung over what was predicted to be a "perfectly pleasant" evening for baseball, as Monday's MLB game between the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves was moved to Tuesday evening, making it the second game of a doubleheader.

It seems that we won’t be seeing much of professional tennis player Marin Cilic these days.

The first New Zealander to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is set to become one of the assistant coaches of the San Antonio Spurs this coming 2013-14 season.

Canadian professional tennis player Aleksandra Wozniak could not contain her emotions upon knowing that her boyfriend Louis Leblanc was among the team’s first cuts from the training camp.

Can Iran and Vietnam give top-ranked teams Japan and China a run for their money? The quarterfinal round of the 2013 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship begins on Thursday in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, and with the matches shifting to a do-or-die format, even the higher-ranked teams can now feel the pressure of a possible upset.

In college basketball, there are the big schools, and then there are the others. Not everyone can get into the likes of Duke or North Carolina or UCLA, but some of those who don't, make it to the other schools. And man, do they play with a vengeance! Remember Jeremy Lin, Courtney Lee, and Larry Bird? They have one thing in common: all of them went to smaller colleges with proud basketball traditions (in the case of Harvard, though, they're still working on it).Here are some mid-major ...

With a scoreline of 6-1, Real Madrid defeated Galatasaray in a very convincing fashion.

FC Porto will be taking on FK Austria Wien on Wednesday in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League.

Japan and China beat separate rivals Tuesday in the second round action of the 2013 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, to top their respective groups going into the knockout rounds.

Due to her controversial scoring on the recent Mayweather-Alvarez Bout on Saturday, CJ Ross has taken an indefinite leave of absence.

Bundesliga giants FC Schalke 04 will be playing FC Steau Bucaresti on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League.

Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is definitely the boss.

According to Urban Dictionary, the term hoochie mama is used to describe “a woman who dresses sexy but no longer fits the typical description of attractive.”

The top-seeded teams played true to form on opening day of the 2013 World Cup of Pool, notching separate victories to open their campaign off the right foot in the tournament held at

What do you do when you have a boatload of money and nothing to use it on? Why, spend it on sports, of course! Some people buy season tickets and box seats, while others buy islands and build golf courses.Others, though, buy not just seats or islands, but entire teams. After all, what better way to spend your money than to invest in something that makes even more money (and brings pride to your city of choice)? NBA teams -- the gift that keeps on giving. And sports fans everywhere love them...

What do you do when you have a boatload of money and nothing to use it on? Why, spend it on sports, of course! Some people buy season tickets and box seats, while others buy islands and build golf courses.Others, though, buy not just seats or islands, but entire teams. After all, what better way to spend your money than to invest in something that makes even more money (and brings pride to your city of choice)? NBA teams -- the gift that keeps on giving. And sports fans everywhere love them...