The NBA star is already a finalist, so is it too shocking to think he could join Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr and Pope John XXIII?
Sonny Bill Williams is leading a rugby revolution, writes The New Zealand Herald's Chris Rattue , and he's the right man at the right time to expand rugby thinking even further.
The duo, who looked at times as though they were shaping up to reprise the bitter Senna/Prost team rivalry of the 1990s, have made their peace, writes James Allen.
Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it, and that's exactly what the USA's Major League Soccer is doing, writes Slate's Brian Phillips.
Just over a month into the American sporting season and things are finally getting exciting. Sea Ross wraps what has happened so far in the NBA, NHL and the NFL, plus a dash of awkward handshakes.
The AFL Draft has become a spectacle unto itself, full of gangly teenage boys and carefully manufactured events but, as Back Page Lead's Ashley Browne writes, it has a little way to go yet.
After winning the Constructor's and Driver's championship, Red Bull can be satisfied with enjoying a brilliant Formula One season. But the secret to its success is Adrian Newey, the man who designed the Red Bull RB6, not only the fastest race car -- but also the most beautiful.
For opposition tweakers, Australia is a hard place to perform your craft, writes Cricinfo's S Rajesh.
Gay players do not come out for reasons of physical safety or that they are not emotionally ready to face the abuse of thousands of vitriolic fans, writes The Independent's Musa Okwonga, but there is further nuance to this issue of which we should take note.
When should a person’s right to control his image trump the free-speech rights of others to use it?