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A New Zealand dog sled racer will be in pole position when a world famous race gets underway in Alaska today. Former North Otago man Curt Perano and his team are now based in North America. He and 68 other ‘mushers’ will race through about 1,600 kilometres of Alaskan wilderness, including two mountain ranges and the Yukon River, for the …

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has made the talk show rounds and even reported to the Texas Rangers’ spring training this week, but the Super Bowl winning quarterback said he turned down an offer to compete on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.”

Darren Sharper surrendered to police late Thursday to face charges in rape allegations. Sharper, 38, stands accused of assaults on two women in New Orleans in 2013. He also is under investigation in sexual assault cases in Florida, Nevada and Arizona. Sharper pleaded not guilty to rape charges in Los Angeles.

Michael Jordan may have not played a minute of professional basketball in over 10 years, but that hasn’t stopped him raking in big money since. In fact, as revealed by Forbes, the NBA legend earned more in 2013 than any athlete (retired or currently active) save boxer Floyd Mayweather. Thanks in large part to his sneaker deal with Nike, Jordan …

Did you hear what former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback and current ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworski said about Johnny Manziel? “Manziel may fall,” Jaworski said during a radio interview on 97.5 the Fanatic in Philadelphia. “I’m not crazy about him, to be honest with you. I’ve only looked at five games. I wouldn’t take him in the first three rounds. That’s …

Former Laker Lamar Odom was finally able to get back on the basketball floor on Thursday for Spanish club Baskonia, but failed to make an impression in his first game overseas.

The National Football League has begun investigating a possible relocation of the Super Bowl XLIX away from Arizona because of the state’s bill allowing businesses to deny service to gay couples. Just over 20 years ago, the NFL moved the 1993 Super Bowl from Phoenix after the state voted not to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day. “No one wants …

The Canadian four-man bobsled team emerged uninjured after crashing during the second heat of the bobsleigh event on Saturday. The Canada 3 sled, which included Justin Kripps, Jesse Lumsden, Cody Sorensen and Ben Coakwell, flipped as it emerged from turn 16 and slid upside down for much of the run.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly acknowledged Friday that the team has some concerns with Puig’s conditioning, ESPNLosAngeles.com reports. “We don’t feel it’s going to be a problem, but we’re paying attention to it, put it that way,” Mattingly said.

Richard Petty hasn’t been behind the wheel of a racecar for a few decades, but he is willing to return in the latest twist in the Petty-Danica Patrick spat. The pair have been trading shots in the media for a few weeks now, ever since Petty publicly questioned whether the female driver should be in NASCAR at all. And after …

Consistently sad American sports town Cleveland, Ohio is about to get its own coloring book. Entitled “Why is Daddy Sad on Sunday?”, a new Kickstarter-funded project sets out to document the last six decades of Cleveland professional sports futility and failure, all in delightful and charming coloring book fashion.