Stunning loss threatens Middle Tennessee State’s dream season
Hours after Middle Tennessee State let a potential marquee victory slip away in an 84-77 loss at Vanderbilt on Jan. 30, Blue Raiders coach Kermit Davis acknowledged a win could have been his team's...
View ArticleAfter budget crunch, one coach leads boys and girls team to state quarterfinals
It's an incredible accomplishment for any coach to lead his team to the quarterfinals of a state tournament. Charlemagne Gibbons can do that feat one better: The longtime basketball coach just led two...
View ArticleSpring headlines: McCutchen inks extension, Julio Teheran surrenders six homers
Baseball is back! Here at Big League Stew, we'll take a quick dash around the league each morning in an attempt to keep you updated on all the springtime storylines. • For a long time, it has seemed...
View ArticleVideo: Tim Duncan ballslaps Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen in the face, then dunks...
Right up until just before tipoff of Sunday's matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets, Gregg Popovich wasn't sure if Tim Duncan would be able to take the floor. See, Duncan had spent...
View ArticleCheck out pictures from UFC on FX 2
Tracy Lee was in Sydney, Australia, for UFC on FX 2, and she caught all the action from cageside. Check out her pictures of Martin Kampmann's comeback, Joseph Benavidez's big win, and all the rest of...
View ArticleWatch Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson fall victim to LA Kings Kiss-Cam (VIDEO)
Most in-arena entertainment diversions are garbage. Like voting on which Nickelback song to hear or watching some newbie struggle to answer a trivia question 99 percent of the crowd answered before it...
View ArticleAstros owner Jim Crane opposes the removal of the pistol from the Colt .45s...
For the most part, it's been a great offseason for uniform news. The Blue Jays have gone retro, the Braves have a cool cream alternate and Baltimore's cartoon bird is back where it belongs. We're even...
View ArticleMan sues church for ruining his chance to play for Manchester Utd
If you've come to a stage in your life where you realize you may never fulfill your childhood dream of playing for a top Premier League club, don't blame your own lack of talent or alternate major...
View ArticleNewsflash: Rory McIlroy is still the odds-on-favorite to win the Masters
This is going to come as a shock to many of you, but Rory McIlroy is still the favorite to win the 2012 Masters. I know, I'm just as surprised as you are. After capturing his third PGA Tour win at the...
View Article70-year-old equestrian’s Olympic ‘miracle’
Four years ago, Japanese equestrian Hiroshi Hoketsu was the oldest Olympian to compete in the Beijing Olympics. On Saturday, the 70-year-old rider made a bid to become the oldest competitor in London,...
View ArticleFantasy Hockey: Trade deadline impact; selling high on Kronwall; Green among...
Dobber checks in every Monday to force-feed you the latest fantasy hockey trends. The founder of DobberHockey.com and a columnist for The Hockey News website, he long ago immersed himself into this...
View ArticleCreate-a-Caption: ‘Let’s see you use that court vision now, smart guy’
We established Monday morning that my introduction to defense wasn't the smoothest, but I'm pretty sure "keep your eyes on his waist" is something you're supposed to do on that end of the floor rather...
View ArticleOne-handed Florida hoops star impresses and inspires teammates and foes
Jim Abbott made athletes with one hand believe anything was possible, throwing a no-hitter and emerging as one of baseball's more reliable starters in a decorated career. Now a Florida high school star...
View ArticleDeep Posts: The Gregg Williams Monday Round-up
With a host of writers returning to their posts on Monday morning, the news and opinion regarding Gregg Williams' past and future came thick and fast early in the day. Here are a few of the more...
View ArticleCom’on, SEC, move to a nine-game schedule. Everyone else is doing it.
Five days removed from the discussion of scheduling during the SEC meetings and the most talked about story to come out of those conversations was what didn't happen — the SEC did not decide to move...
View ArticleCould Gregg Williams land in jail for his bounties?
For fostering a system in which people were offered money to injure other people, could Gregg Williams end up in a place where people routinely injure other people for free? That's the interesting...
View ArticleWhat will happen to the NBA when and if David Stern steps aside?
The event for which we've been preparing now has a date. 2014, it seems, NBA commissioner David Stern might be retiring. Adam Silver, the deputy commissioner, will take over following the 2013-14...
View ArticlePac-12′s lost weekend makes one-bid scenario more realistic
Maybe you had hours of work that needed to be completed by Monday morning. Maybe too many household chores piling up spoiled your plans. Maybe the in-laws were in town for an untimely visit. Whatever...
View ArticleMarek Vs. Wyshynski Radio: Patrick Burke of You Can Play; Don Cherry’s rant;...
It's a Monday edition of Marek vs. Wyshynski beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, and we're talking about the following and more: Special Guest Stars: Patrick Burke, scout for the Philadelphia Flyers,...
View ArticlePuck Daddy chats with Radim Vrbata about hot Coyotes, Dave Tippett, his...
When asked what kind of attention he's getting this season because of his individual success, Phoenix Coyotes forward Radim Vrbata jokingly responds, "I have to do more interviews like this." When your...
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