It's here. Proposal season. Roughly 25 percent of the year's wedding proposals will happen in the next two months. The reasons are threefold: 1) too much holiday booze; 2) the warm glow of home and hearth gets guys thinking about family; and 3) for many guys, their girlfriends' pop-the-question-or-I-dump-you ultimatums expire on Dec. 31.

Win, lose or draw, the Mavericks' fate lately always seems to come down to Dirk Nowitzki.

The Mavericks were missing three starters.

Brett Favre ruffled some feathers east of the Twin Cities earlier this season when he called the Vikings the "best team I've ever been on." That comment, not surprisingly, didn't sit well with Packers fans and members of the 1996 Super Bowl-winning team.

The Washington Wizards made a 17-point Cavaliers lead vanish Wednesday night at the Verizon Center.

Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Thomas Davis says he doesn't expect his season-ending knee injury to adversely affect his speed.

Seeing Squaw Valley in the fall, coated with the merest dusting of snow, is like glimpsing a starlet not quite made up and fully powdered, not quite red carpet-ready.

It's not even lunchtime and Christopher Bess has a problem.

That well-worn phrase "as easy as riding a bike"?

Zipfy, a uniquely designed rugged plastic snow sled with a distinctive lever used for stability and turning, is great for downhill fun.

What - A reusable face and eye cover that eases sinus and forehead tension and swelling.

A pricey digital heart rate monitor. A high tech pedometer with GPS tracking. A chronographic watch from Switzerland. Well, maybe next year.

A tent, sleeping bag, food and appropriate clothing are all necessities required for a backcountry adventure.

Today's compact, point-and-shoot cameras are amazing, and they're great for hunting and fishing or other outdoor pursuits.

It's the holiday season. You want to look good at gatherings with friends and family. You know there's a lot of fattening temptation offered at this time of year. So to stay looking good, you decide to go on a diet.

REI and Arbor - a collective of artists, designers and friends who snowboard, skateboard and surf - is inviting people to enter a snowboard design contest.

Online Adventure site of the week: World Stadiums (worldstadiums.com)

For years during the boom, the nation's big banks pushed loans - from home equity lines of credit to credit cards - like they were selling fast food at a stadium concession stand.

DALLAS - Roddy Beaubois isn't even a month into his NBA career and he's already a regular on the nightly top-10 highlight shows.

CLEVELAND - After Tuesday night's 114-108 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Warriors guard Monta Ellis was faced with the same, obvious question. With swingman Stephen Jackson traded to the Charlotte Bobcats, does he see an opening for him to increase his role?

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned consumers not to take popular heartburn medications Nexium or Prilosec if they use Plavix, a widely prescribed blood thinner that guards against heart attack and stroke.

All offense, little defense. That's the rep that the Golden State Warriors arrived at Quicken Loans Arena with and that's the one they departed with.

Name: XShot 2.0 camera extender

In billiards, they call it slop.