Albany Area Sports

Sunday at Saratoga Race Course, attendees witnessed one of the most bizarre things to happen during a race, so much so, that the race was deemed a "no contest".

Sports scandals: they don't happen often, but when they do, they can rock a team, and its fans, to their cores. These ten New York sports scandals did just that.

During the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, an Upstate NY swimmer fainted, and the team's coach had only seconds to react to the situation.

When it comes to athleticism, it often runs in the family, and these ten New York athletes owe their fathers a great deal of credit for the success they've had.

Every now and again, a professional athlete will have a run-in with the law, and these ten Buffalo Bills' players fell under that category. Here are their stories.

Yankee Stadium is packed with thousands of screaming fans for every New York Yankees' home game, and every now and then, a big celebrity will cheer them on, too.

One of the few pro athletes ever to play multiple sports, Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders spent part of 1989 playing minor league ball in the Capital Region.

Legend has it that basketball was first played in Springfield, Massachusetts, but a small town in Central New York wants to stake its claim as its birthplace, too.

The 2002-03 Syracuse Orange, led by Carmelo Anthony, went on a title run through Albany's Pepsi Arena that fans still talk about to this day.

Every pro athlete has a human side, and as humans, we make mistakes. Here are ten New York Giants' players whose mistakes got them in trouble with the law.