Video: Blake Griffin airballs back-to-back free throws against the Hawks
Blake Griffin's immediate reaction after missing the front-end of this trip to the line — "OhhhAAAAAHHHH" — pretty much nails it. There's no shame in missing free throws; nobody hits them all. Even...
View ArticleSaints replace Nicks with Grubbs; Ravens looking at Mathis
The New Orleans Saints didn't waste time replacing left guard Carl Nicks after Nicks signed a five-year, $47.5 million contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Losing the best guard in the NFL was a...
View ArticleHead’s up: Stephen Strasburg knows what’s wrong after getting rocked
Stephen Strasburg had a rough outing for the Washington Nationals in his third Grapefruit League appearance Wednesday night. The Atlanta Braves rocked him for four runs and five hits, including two...
View ArticleJust hand the Calder Trophy to Gabriel Landeskog already
Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche had a goal and an assist in Wednesday night's shootout victory over the Buffalo Sabres, which is expected: When the 19-year-old left wing puts up a point,...
View ArticleMiraculous three-quarter court buzzer beater is an Ohio playoff winner
Of all the ways to advance in the district playoffs, drilling a three-quarter court length buzzer beater is one of the better ones. Just ask fans of the Liberty-Benton (Ohio) High boys basketball team....
View ArticleGame Point: Azarenka stays undefeated, Nadal lurks at Indian Wells
Game Point is Busted Racquet's roundup of news, stats and links from around the web. Love - There's being in someone's head, there's Novak Djokovic in Rafael Nadal's head and then there's Victoria...
View ArticleAmani Toomer and Jeremy Shockey are in a Twitter slap fight
Tight end Jeremy Shockey wants to forget how ugly things got at the end of his time with the New York Giants. Amani Toomer remembers, though. Shockey, according to Gary Myers of the New York Daily...
View ArticleAlex Radulov wants to play for Nashville Predators, but KHL team won’t yet...
After all the twists and turns, it looks like Alexander Radulov made his decision whether to return to the Nashville Predators this season. Radulov's Russian agent Yuri Nikolaev, in a conversation with...
View ArticleSpin Doctors: Andrew Bailey vs. Ryan Madson
Andrew Bailey and Ryan Madson are two old faces in new places. Very similar in style and substance, the closers are separated by just eight picks in Yahoo! drafts. Many would consider the difference...
View ArticleStephon Marbury takes to Twitter to remind us all that he warned us about...
Shortly after the New York Knicks had kicked off the post-Mike D'Antoni era by putting a 121-79 thumping on a catatonic Portland Trail Blazers team that might be moments away from its own shuffling of...
View ArticleTitans’ ‘for-life’ contract offer to Manning may be a way to gain salary cap...
Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams has been going hard at Peyton Manning ever since the quarterback became a free agent, and it seems that Adams may have come up with an interesting way to sweeten the...
View ArticleTwo men, one pair of pants: Everett Teaford and Tim Collins borrow Jonathan...
Major League Baseball sent its new social media policy to the Stew inbox on Wednesday. I skimmed through it, so I must have missed the most-excellent part where it encouraged two smaller pitchers to...
View ArticleAfter 28 players contract flu just before faceoff, team appeals championship...
Some two dozen teenaged hockey players became violently ill at a tournament in suburban Detroit on Sunday because of a suspected outbreak of Norovirus (the flu). Now the team that lost a championship...
View ArticleBills sign Mario Williams, new teammates express joy on Twitter
OK, AFC East -- it's your call. Who on the Buffalo Bills' defensive line do you single-block in 2012? Your choices include second-year defensive tackle Marcell Dareus, who showed true dominance in his...
View ArticleNASCAR trucks driver nabbed in sex sting
Mario Gosselin, who most recently drove for NASCAR in the Camping World Truck Series, has been arrested in a Polk County, Fla. sex sting. Conducted by the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the sting...
View ArticleGreg Anthony is the visual personification of March Madness
In the first major upset of the 2012 NCAA tournament, Greg Anthony beat out Charles Barkley, Bob Huggins and the Baylor starting five as the most ridiculously-dressed person of March Madness. Anthony...
View ArticleDwight Howard picks up his contract option, guaranteeing one more year of drama
We have no way of knowing exactly what will become of the Orlando Magic between now and the end of next season. Perhaps Jameer Nelson will figure out a way to turn back into the player he was before a...
View ArticleMarek Vs. Wyshynski Radio: Crosby’s return, throwing gear into the stands,...
It's a Wednesday 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: Colorado Avalanche play by play man Mike Haynes...
View ArticleNew York Rangers profess their apathy toward Sidney Crosby’s return for Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins third-line center Sidney Crosby returns on Thursday night to face the New York Rangers, playing for the first time since his 8-game comeback was halted on Dec. 5 with more...
View ArticleHow Luke Donald could retake the No. 1 ranking from Rory McIlroy
Sometimes, you get the impression that the world No. 1 ranking is going to be like one of those massage chairs at a mall Brookstone's, a seat that everyone takes a turn in for a few minutes. Right now,...
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