Eighty-one years ago today, on January 12, 1944, Joe Frazier was born in South Carolina as the twelfth child to a sharecropper named Rubin and his wife Dolly, writes Kieran Mulvaney

Family, friends, and dignitaries gathered to honor the legacy of the late boxing icon Joe Frazier on what would have been his 81st birthday on Sunday.

The New York Yankees announce they will be the first team to wear uniform numbers, according to the player’s position in batting order. 1960 — Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson in a 15-round split decision to capture the world middleweight boxing title.

Jalen Brunson, who was born in New Brunswick and was snubbed as a starter last year, will start in the backcourt, while Piscataway native and former St. Joe’s-Metuchen big man Karl-Anthony Towns will start in the frontcourt. The game is set for Feb. 16 at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

When Democrats take the White House, they want to take over local police departments. Phoenix said no, and now it has backup from Donald Trump.

Coming off a tough loss to the Clippers, the Lakers have little trouble defeating the NBA's worst team, the Washington Wizards.

For all the times this season where the Kraken have done a poor job of handling bad bounces, a soft goal or a defensive breakdown, it’s notable when

Charlotte Hornets guard Brandon Miller will be sidelined indefinitely with a torn ligament in his right wrist. Miller is the team's second-leading scorer and was the No. 2 overall pick

PHOENIX — The superintendent of a financially troubled Phoenix school district resigned on Thursday. Mario Ventura said he takes full responsibility for the crisis that is threatening the Isaac Elementary School District’s ability to keep its schools open.

Longtime MSG photographer George Kalinsky died on Thursday at the age of 88. Kalinsky and his camera immortalized some of the most famous moments in the history of MSG and New York sports as a whole.

Joe Frazier knocks down Cassius Clay in the fifteenth and final round of their heavyweight title fight which he won at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971. A few months later Frazier was fronting his own band in Castlebar's Royal Ballroom. Picture ...

The Dallas Cowboys interviewed Seattle Seahawks assistant head coach Leslie Frazier for their head coaching vacancy after parting ways with Mike McCarthy, according to the DallasCowboys.com's ...