Puck Previews: Bruins at Panthers; Crosby back, you probably heard about it
Back by popular demand, here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when...
View ArticleLarry Eustachy is grateful in defeat
After his first stint in the national spotlight since a very public and humiliating resignation from Iowa State, Southern Miss coach Larry Eustachy bowed out gracefully. Kansas State defeated...
View ArticleThe Blazers are officially parting ways with Greg Oden
When the Portland Trail Blazers decide to rebuild, they don't shy away from gutting the roster and starting fresh. That desire to start anew is what compelled their decisions to deal Marcus Camby and...
View ArticleDays of NBA Lives: Wherein Ronnie Brewer forgets his rookie season
At this point, seemingly half the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so...
View ArticleUNC Asheville coach says his was the better team against Syracuse
The battle between Syracuse and North Carolina Asheville didn't end on the floor when the final horn sounded. "I thought we had a cooling-off period," UNC Asheville coach Ed Biedenbach said to open...
View ArticleLong Beach State has the coolest uniforms of any NCAA tournament team
Long Beach State is a mid-major team from the West Coast that was playing in its second NCAA tournament in the past 17 years and was ousted from the field of 68 by the time most people got home from...
View ArticleMike Holmgren is still very unhappy about the RG3 trade
Some believe that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but a football executive on the outside looking in while another team executes a monster trade that he wanted in on? Well, that's a close...
View ArticleSuperstitious Shaka Smart recycled his shirt and tie for Thursday’s game
At left is Shaka Smart in the 2011 Southwest Regional Final. You may remember that his VCU Rams upset Kansas in that game to advance to the Final Four. At right is Shaka Smart in Thursday's...
View ArticleIn front of rough New York crowd, Sidney Crosby plays it cool in Penguins win
NEW YORK, N.Y. — It took only 16 seconds for the first "Crosby Sucks" chant to reverberate around Madison Square Garden on Thursday night, a signal that Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby's...
View ArticleUConn’s Roscoe Smith shoots half-court buzzer-beater with four seconds left...
If you're a glass half full person, you could say Roscoe Smith is improving. The Connecticut sophomore came up with a loose ball at the end of the first half of Thursday's NCAA tournament game against...
View ArticleTurkish FA bans flares, Eskisehirspor fans give them special flare-packed...
Turkish football fans have probably kept many flare companies in business over the years, but when the Turkish FA banned them from stadiums, their brand of pyromaniac fun seemed to be over. The fans...
View ArticleThursday’s Three Stars: Ward shuts out Blues for 200th win; Penguins rout...
Marco Sturm's commitment to this hook is downright admirable. No. 1 Star: Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes It was a goaltenders' duel in Carolina, as Ward and St Louis Blues' netminder Brian Elliott held...
View ArticleShaka Smart has players sign bracket with VCU in Sweet 16
PORTLAND, Ore. — Before his team's first NCAA tournament game since last year's stunning run from the First Four to the Final Four, VCU coach Shaka Smart wanted to make sure the Rams were mentally...
View ArticleSorry Coach Capuano, but John Tavares will diagram this play for Islanders...
The scene plays out nearly every night in the NHL: The head coach calls a timeout and draws up a play for his team during a critical juncture of the game. But how many times have you seen one of his...
View ArticleRick Sutcliffe drunken prophecy realized: George Clooney meets with Obama
Big news out of Washington, D.C. on Thursday: George Clooney met with Barack Obama and lobbied him regarding the continuing human rights crisis in South Sudan. Update: Clooney has been arrested...
View ArticleIs Colorado’s upset of UNLV redemption for the Pac-12? No. But they don’t care
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — No. 11 seed Colorado upsetting No. 6 seed UNLV on Thursday night in its NCAA opener at The Pit does not make up for an entire season of "meh" from the Pac-12. But that's not what...
View ArticleThe best buzzer-beater from the first day of March Madness came in a Tenn....
Did you see the incredible buzzer-beater on the first day of March Madness? No? Well, that's probably because it didn't come in the traditional form of March Madness that had most of America glued to...
View ArticleVideo: Catch up with the first round of the Transitions right here
Everybody's chasing the leprechaun! It was St. Paddy's Day on Thursday at the Transitions, as Padraig Harrington delivered one of the finest rounds of his professional career. Behind him, luminaries...
View ArticleVideo: Is Tony Stewart the best driver in NASCAR now?
Is Tony Stewart the best driver in NASCAR right now? Sure seems that way. Your favorite Yahoo! Sports Jays, Hart and Busbee, bring you the inside story on Mr. Stewart, the question of whether Bristol...
View ArticleVideo: Pau Gasol sings The Fray’s ‘How to Save a Life’
Since the vetoed three-team deal that would have sent him to Houston for Chris Paul, Lakers power forward Pau Gasol has been the subject of many trade rumors. After the passing of Thursday's deadline,...
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