Member of Colorado’s student section joins in net-cutting ceremony
LOS ANGELES — The first person to climb up the orange ladder and clip a piece of net after Colorado captured the Pac-12 tournament title on Saturday evening wasn't coach Tad Boyle or one of the team's...
View ArticleTicket Punched: English, Missouri make resounding case for No. 1 seed
Earlier this week, Missouri senior guard Kim English called Kansas City, Mo., 'our city' as the Tigers headed an hour west for the program's final jaunt through the Big 12 tournament. Their comfort...
View ArticleTicket Punched: Determined and deep, New Mexico is back on the national radar
LAS VEGAS — After about the game's first five minutes, it became pretty clear that New Mexico was playing for something bigger than a Mountain West Conference tournament title. On the game's first...
View ArticleTicket Punched: Aggressive scheduling may continue to pay off for Long Beach...
Some might look at Long Beach State's Big West tournament title game win on Saturday night and wonder if it was really necessary for Dan Monson to go out and schedule the nation's strongest...
View ArticleBig East tourney champ Louisville peaking at the right time
NEW YORK — It certainly won't get them any style points, but Louisville's 50-44 win over Cincinnati in Saturday night's Big East Tournament final is a sign the Cardinals may be peaking at just the...
View ArticleVideo: Get ready for the final round of the WGC-Cadillac
The final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral is here, and with it comes one heck of a stacked leaderboard. Of course, Bubba Watson may have drained a lot of the drama out of Sunday by...
View ArticleRaise a glass to the Rory McIlroy-is-No. 1 Irish drinking song
It's not often that we get songs written about golf. (Though "If You Want To Be Like Tiger Woods" was a good one.) Here's a little ditty by The Corrigan Brothers celebrating the rise of Rory McIlroy...
View ArticleThe NCAA tournament selection committee’s five toughest decisions
The NCAA tournament selection committee has a mere eight hours to finish this year's bracket before CBS reveals it tonight at 6 p.m. EST. Here's a look at five most difficult decisions this year's...
View ArticleVideo: Brian Scott hammers the wall at Vegas
Racing, she's a brutal sport. One minute, you're cruising along in sixth place, the next your car is getting sucked right up into the wall. Brian Scott was fine, if a bit shaken, after this wreck...
View ArticleDucks Coach Bruce Boudreau upset that Stephane Robidas ‘got away with murder’...
At 10:18 of the second period on Saturday night, Anaheim Ducks forward Corey Perry chased a puck to the end boards of the Dallas Stars' defensive zone. Stars defenseman Stephane Robidas had two gloves...
View ArticleEating salaries: Should NHL teams be allowed to share bad contracts to create...
Brian Burke felt the NHL's salary cap system had a significant inadequacy: That it restricted the ability for general managers to make trades, because the CBA had eliminated the option for two teams to...
View ArticleReport: If Broncos sign Manning, Tebow could be gone
As with any NFL news -- be it free agency, the draft, various bounties, or anything else, the focus will eventually come around to one thing: How does Tim Tebow factor into this? And so it has become...
View ArticleSwansea’s goal made this Man City fan cry
With Manchester United going up 2-0 on West Brom 10 minutes earlier, Man City fans immediately knew what Luke Moore's 83rd-minute goal to put Swansea up 1-0 on their side meant. And so, at least a few...
View ArticleWhy Don Cherry’s rant about NHL player birthplaces was subtly prejudiced...
Don Cherry's rant regarding the dearth of Ontario-born players on the Toronto Maple Leafs' roster had some impeccable timing. The following morning, Patrick Burke would unveil his wonderful, new 'You...
View ArticleColorado’s student section rewarded with a trip to In-N-Out Burger
After Colorado overwhelmed the Pac-12 and stole the conference's automatic NCAA bid with a 53-51 win over Arizona in the championship game, the school's student section, C-Unit, stormed the local...
View ArticleBob Knight gets emotional when his son’s team secures NCAA bid
Bob Knight's chair-throwing antics and memorable tirades have earned him a reputation for being surly and stubborn, so it was refreshing to see the legendary ex-Indiana coach show his seldom-seen...
View ArticleLukas Podolski demonstrates why he received his first Bundesliga red card on...
Lu-Lu-Lu Lukas Podolski was sent off for the first time in his Bundesliga career during Cologne's 1-0 win over Hertha Berlin on Saturday. The reason for his red card was questionable at best, though....
View ArticlePaul Casey’s caddie thinks he’s just won a car! Wait till he learns the truth…
This is good, if painful. At many golf tournaments, the pros can win a car if they ace a certain hole. At the WGC-Cadillac Championships on Sunday, a Cadillac was the prize. Makes sense, right? And...
View ArticleTiger Woods abruptly withdraws from Doral, citing left leg injury
Well, this is unfortunate. Tiger Woods, who seemed to be well on the way to recovering much of his tournament-winning form, abruptly withdrew from the WGC-Cadillac Championship Sunday afternoon after...
View Article2012 NFL salary cap set at $120.6 million
Two days before free agency, NFL teams finally got the official ceiling they'll be able to spend on their personnel. The league has set the salary cap at $120.6 million per team, a slight increase...
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