Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers was named AL MVP on Monday, capping a remarkable season that saw the right-handed pitcher go 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA.

Tony Stewart completed a remarkable season on Sunday with an almost unbelievable win at the rain-hit Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway that also gave him the NASCAR Sprint Cup by the slimmest of margins over Carl Edwards.

If the loud cheering heard at the HP Pavilion in San Jose after each of the UFC 139 results were read was any indication, then it is safe to say that Saturday’s slam-bang, action-packed card was a resounding success.

NBA commissioner David Stern warned that the league’s entire season could be headed for the dustbin after the players’ union rejected on Monday the team owners’ latest offer to end the long-drawn lockout.

With Sebastian Vettel forced to retire by a punctured tire early in the race, Lewis Hamilton took charge at the Yas Marina Circuit to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix over Fernando Alonso.

Junior Dos Santos made the UFC’s debut on Fox network a short affair, as the Brazilian fighter stopped Cain Velasquez in just over a minute to win the UFC heavyweight title on Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Pacquiao retains his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Welterweight belt and improves his record to 54W-3L-2D, with 38 knockouts.

Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos will headline the UFC’s debut on a mainstream television network as UFC on Fox 1 takes place Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim.

Their first two bouts may have ended in controversy, but when Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez meet for the third time on Saturday, both fighters will be looking to prove once and for all who the better man is.

The boxing legend passed away on Monday after a short battle with a liver cancer that was diagnosed only recently.