Michael Woods Staff Reporter For Brian Lecker, Sunday’s Sporting Life 10K run was the culmination of a long-held dream coming true. Lecker, who turned 60 on May 1, weighed 305 pounds about 18 months ago when he decided to start exercising more regularly. Sunday morning, he crossed the finish line weighing 220 pounds. PHOTOS: Sporting [...]

Sporting Kansas City will have a full week of preparation prior to traveling to Colorado for their match at 8 pm CT on Saturday. The match will air live on the Sporting Broadcast Network, beginning with a 30-minute pre-game show live from Dicks Sporting Goods Park, and the team will host a watch party in [...]

Seattle’s reign atop the Sporting News power rankings lasted one week. On Saturday night, Real Salt Lake walked into CenturyLink field and ended the Sounders’ five-game win streak before nearly 40,000 Seattle partisans. RSL snatched the 1-0 win with a resolute defensive performance (Seattle didn’t manage a shot on net) and a well-worked goal from [...]

Wendy Gillis and Graham Slaughter Staff Reporters The family of a 23-year-old woman says she will recover after collapsing at Sunday’s Sporting Life 10K race just short of the finish line, prompting a dramatic rescue by three spectators. “She’s doing better, she’s going to be fine. That’s all we want to say,” said a relative [...]

As a rule, readers don’t write to congratulate you on a job well done nearly as often as they write to inform you that your irrepressible stupidity has yet again offended their sophisticated senses. And that’s fair enough. Not surprisingly, there has been a lot of reader feedback since Sporting News unveiled its 1-124 rankings [...]

How often do you go to a sports store andget to rub elbows with Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith? Or get to swap football observations with Ravens defensive tackle Terrence Cody or the Washington Redskins defensive back Josh Wilson? You can do so this weekend at Dicks Sporting Goods new store in the Crofton area. [...]

Sporting KC forward Kei Kamara (23) signals to the crowd after scoring the winning goal in the second half during Sundays soccer game against FC Dallas at Livestrong Park in Kansas City, Ks, on March 25, 2012. John Sleezer/The Kansas City Star

Changes were at hand for the Kansas City Wizards in 2011. Changes which started with their name – from Wizards to Sporting Kansas City – and included a new stadium, new colors, and – most importantly – new players.

Suri Cruise, who is known for her fashion sense, was seen sporting some cherry lipstick, as she left home with her mother Katie Holmes in New York on Wednesday night. The tot, 5, carried her own wrapped-up baby (a stuffed animal) in a purple blanket, the Us magazine reported. The 33-year-old actress and Tom Cruises [...]

Metalist Kharkiv boosted their chances of reaching the semi-finals of the Europa League with a last-gasp penalty in a 2-1 first-leg defeat at Sporting Lisbon. The home side looked on course to take a comfortable lead into the second leg of the quarter-final when Marat Izmailov and Emiliano Insua put them 2-0 in front at [...]