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Shuffle Up and Schedule: Crunching the final month for QBs, RBs
We spend so much of the season trying to dance with and around strength of schedule. Tonight, let's try to smack the piñata head-on. In this post you'll find rankings (and opponent listings) for the...
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Steve Johnson fined $10,000 for his Plaxico shooting celebration
Steve Johnson got off easy for mocking Plaxico Burress by pretending to shoot himself in the leg as a touchdown celebration. The Buffalo Bills wide receiver will have to pay only a $10,000 fine for the...
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Lames: Ryan, Turner could walk into hornet’s nest in Houston
Each week the Noise highlights 10 bold names who he believes are destined to torpedo your team. For those playing the Lames home edition, each player must be started in at least 50 percent of Yahoo!...
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What you need to know from this week on ‘The Ultimate Fighter’
This is the last regular episode of the season, but also the last regular episode that will air on Spike and the last recap before the show drastically changes format when it jumps to the Fox family...
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David DeJesus’ wife is a tad happy he signed with the Cubs
New general manager Jed Hoyer made it known on Tuesday that the Chicago Cubs were in the market for essentially everything, but specifically noted a left-handed bat was among the team's biggest needs....
View ArticleVideo: Ryan Whitney’s ‘knee-on-knee’ hit on Clutterbuck
Late in the first period on Wednesday night, Minnesota Wild forward Cal Clutterbuck was skating deep inside the Edmonton Oilers zone when he collided with defenseman Ryan Whitney. Was this an...
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Wednesday’s Three Stars: B’s win, obviously; Ducks win, finally
Pavel Datsyuk wins one of the 900 faceoffs he took versus Tampa Bay. No. 1 Star: Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks After seven consecutive losses, Corey Perry finally put his foot down, scoring a goal and...
View ArticleJon Jones and Herb Dean highlight the big winners at MMA Awards show
Jon Jones has taken the mixed martial arts world by storm in 2011, so it was no surprise to see the "Swagger Jacker" steal the show in Las Vegas tonight. The Palms hosted the third annual World MMA...
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Why Anaheim’s firing Carlyle, hiring Bruce Boudreau is genius
At 6:30 a.m. on Monday morning, coach Bruce Boudreau discovered his time with the Washington Capitals had come to an end after 201 victories since Nov. 2007. He had emptied his bag of tricks to...
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Creighton outlasts SDSU to earn signature win it was lacking
SAN DIEGO — As Creighton traded haymakers with San Diego State in the final minutes of Wednesday night's back-and-forth matchup, sophomore forward Doug McDermott's stoic expression hardly ever...
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The Shutdown Corner Week 13 Preview Podcast with Greg Cosell
We're back with another weekly podcast featuring our favorite X's-and-O's analyst — Greg Cosell, the longtime NFL Films maven, who's also the executive producer of ESPN's "NFL Matchup." As always, we...
View ArticleVideo: Rick Neuheisel gets the Rudy treatment
UCLA players insist they're committed to an upset Friday night at Oregon, where the ballooning point spread has settled on the Bruins as 31½-point underdogs for the Pac-12 championship. Still, they're...
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Did Rasheed Wallace poke fun at Roy Williams with red hoodie?
Two days after Roy Williams said he was disgusted with North Carolina supporters who sold their tickets to opposing fans at last Saturday night's game against UNLV, the Tar Heels coach again found...
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Tony Stewart wins the NASCAR ‘Newlywed’ Game, of course
Champions Week has begun in Las Vegas, and for a few days your favorite NASCAR drivers plunge into a world where they're both the bringers and the butts of jokes — you know, pretty much like every day...
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Headlinin’: Kentucky shalt not rush the field, even when it totally deserves it
Making the morning rounds… • It was worth it. Last week's streak-busting, 10-7 upset over Tennessee was the only positive for Kentucky this season, and it's going to pay for it: The SEC fined the...
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At pre-Chevron presser, Tiger Woods says what you’d expect
There's no other event quite like the Chevron World Challenge. It's basically a money-grab for the best players in the world, a $5 million purse divided amongst 18 players with even DFL getting...
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Forgetting Napoli: Angels acquire Iannetta from Rockies
When Tony Reagins shipped Mike Napoli to the Toronto Blue Jays in the disastrous Vernon Wells trade, he did so with the understanding it would change the landscape of the Los Angeles Angels. Depending...
View ArticleHoops hazing back in crosshairs after disgusting Mass. incident
A disgusting act of hazing within a prominent high school basketball team in Massachusetts has refocused national attention on the role coaches should play in policing their teams' behavior, even when...
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NCAA restores common sense, Michigan-Western Michigan box score
Michigan and Western Michigan have officially gotten back stats that hardly anyone realized were missing. On Sept. 3, the Wolverines defeated Western Michigan 34-10 in a rain-soaked game that was...
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Farewell, Movember: The 2011 Ron Swanson NHL All-Star Team
On Wednesday, we presented our final Top 10 NHL Movemeber 2011 Mustaches, with Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers finishing first overall for, in the words of reader Scott, "going from pretty boy...
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