Colorado State hopes its turnaround culminates in NCAA berth
When Tim Miles left North Dakota State five years ago to become coach at Colorado State, he admits he underestimated how difficult turning around the perennial Mountain West bottom feeder was going to...
View ArticlePhoto: ‘El Tiante’ uses el teléfono
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Yes, even former pitching great Luis Tiant is capable of succumbing to an obnoxious byproduct of the digital age — the Bluetooth earpiece/microphone thingie for his mobile phone....
View ArticleReuben Foster, nation’s No. 2 football recruit plans to transfer over coach’s...
One of the nation's top football recruits is pulling a power play of the highest order, threatening to transfer from his high school for his senior season because of the contentious recent firing of...
View ArticlePuck Daddy’s Create a Cheesy 1990s-style NHL Poster contest: Gallery 2
We knew it! The aliens were exercising their rights as Free Citizens the entire time! Well, you cheeky monkeys have done it again. The submissions for our Create-a-Cheesy 1990s-style NHL Poster contest...
View ArticleThe very best of Andrei Arshavin at Arsenal
After three years and a recent run of poor form, Andrei Arshavin, everyone's favorite misogynistic women's clothing designer is being sent back to Zenit St. Petersburg by Arsenal. It's only a loan...
View ArticleUFC 144 video: The search for hardcore UFC fans in a Tokyo square
In what is a very unofficial study of Japan's interest in MMA, Ariel Helwani hit the streets in Tokyo to find hardcore UFC fans. He combs through a bunch of 18-34 year olds and it was hard to find many...
View ArticleKatie Uhlaender heads to weightlifting Olympic trials after winning skeleton...
Katie Uhlaender is a busy lady. She's not busy like someone who has a doctor's appointment, Pilates class, full day of work and parent-teacher's conference kind of day. She's busy in that she has to...
View ArticleCreate-a-Caption: Buck Showalter accommodates autograph requests for three...
So I've landed in Florida for my half of our Grapefruit League Spring Swing and I have to say that I hadn't planned on visiting the Baltimore Orioles this year. I may have to reconsider, however, if...
View ArticleFull predictions for your 2012 All-Star weekend
All-Star weekend is a long, drawn-out event full of contests and games both enjoyable and not, entertaining and dull, important and inconsequential. It's the NBA's version of Spring Break, complete...
View ArticleHunter Mahan, Matt Kuchar advance to the Match Play quarterfinals
Another day is in the books at the WGC-Accenture, as three American players, two top seeds, and couple under-the-radar names advanced to Saturday's quarterfinals. Here's a rundown of five key matches...
View ArticleNo joke: Edmonton Oilers re-sign Ales Hemsky for 2 years, $10 million
Ales Hemsky is just full of surprises, isn't he? In agreeing to a 2-year, $10-million deal with the Edmonton Oilers on Friday, the 28-year-old right wing passed up the chance to compete for a Stanley...
View ArticleMinnesota Wild trade Marek Zidlicky to Devils, actually get something of...
Defenseman Marek Zidlicky was done with the Minnesota Wild, after a fundamental disagreement with coach Mike Yeo about his role and public statements of frustration to the media. The Wild's options...
View ArticleVideo: Robert Griffin III throws the media open at the scouting combine
INDIANAPOLIS -- It really doesn't matter whether Robert Griffin III throws at the scouting combine during the weekend's quarterback drills (he won't, as he confirmed on Friday). There's enough on tape...
View ArticleJoey Coulter’s wild Daytona flip from the grandstand
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For the start of Friday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway, I sat in the second row of Daytona's frontstretch grandstands eight...
View ArticleUFC 144 weigh-in: ‘Rampage’ Jackson misses weight badly, Ryan Bader fight...
The rumors of Quinton Jackson having a lousy training camp appeared to have been true based on his condition when he stepped on the scales tonight in Tokyo. The former UFC light heavyweight champion...
View ArticleFriday’s Three Stars: Miller, Schneider shine; Jones leads Avs to win
No. 1 Star: Ryan Miller, Buffalo Sabres The Sabres goalie made 35 saves through three periods and overtime, and then made three of four saves in the shootout to backstop Buffalo over the Boston...
View ArticleArtur Boruc’s Friday Rage List
AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK: 1. VIDEO CAMERAS -- IF THERE IS A VIDEO CAMERA BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW THEN I AM NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
View ArticleCombine Notes: Kalil’s success is in the blood
INDIANAPOLIS -- Bloodlines don't always tell the tale when it comes to NFL success, but teams are inclined to at least investigate the process when a prospect has a family full of football dominance....
View ArticlePuck Daddy chats with ‘Goon’ star Liev Schreiber about honoring Bob Probert,...
After the handlebar mustache, the most immediately memorable aspect of Ross "The Boss" Rhea in the new movie "Goon" is his voice: The deliberate, rumbling cadence of a take-no-crap hockey brawler from...
View ArticleStefon Diggs apologizes for Jeremy Lin tweet then closes Twitter account
Stefon Diggs hasn't even enrolled at Maryland yet, but he's already getting a taste of how quickly a fan base can turn on him. Friday, Diggs sent out a racially offensive tweet regarding New York...
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