Derrick Rose has opinions, is tired of being treated like a little kid
Along with Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose is one of the NBA's near-universally beloved superstars, a good guy with a paucity of arrogance and a heartwarming personal story. Unlike Kobe Bryant and LeBron...
View ArticleFour-year-old Scoop Jardine super fan meets his hero
When Aubrey Barone posted a YouTube clip of her 4-year-old son Shane in tears at the thought of senior guard Scoop Jardine not playing basketball at Syracuse after this season, she didn't expect more...
View ArticleHong Kong police arrest 10-year-old boy for kicking opponent in the face...
Hong Kong youth side ESF Lions had a grudge to settle going into their match with rivals Kitchee Escola, having lost the previous encounter 16-0. The bad blood wasn't helped when one of the Lions...
View ArticlePuck Previews: Player poll pro-pugilism; Pacific parity presently priceless
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 ArticleFabrice Muamba asks ‘did we lose?’ after waking in hospital from match collapse
Fabrice Muamba's collapse on the pitch from a cardiac arrest in the 42nd minute of Bolton's FA Cup quarterfinal against Spurs on Saturday united players and fans around the world in their concern for...
View ArticleAlex Smith, San Francisco 49ers make a new deal
After the 49ers' dalliances with Peyton Manning, and quarterback Alex Smith's corresponding free-agent visit to Miami, it seems that both sides have agreed to make nice ... and make do. Matt Maiocco...
View ArticleDenny Hamlin teaches us all to Dougie
Some fun awkwardness from the Bristol driver intros: Denny Hamlin, showing us all how to Dougie. Work it, white boy, work it! I'm thinking the dance portion of the intros should become a mandatory...
View ArticleDavid Feherty skewers Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and others at Tavistock
This is pretty good: golf funnyman David Feherty ribbing pretty much everybody who teed off at the Tavistock Cup. Some guys took it well, others not so much. We need a few more one-liners like this...
View ArticleTeeing Off: Let’s talk about this new schedule and Q School plan
Welcome to the new season of Teeing Off, where Devil Ball editor Jay Busbee and head writer Jonathan Wall take a day's topic and smack it all over the course. Suggest a future topic by writing...
View ArticleBrittney Griner becomes second woman to dunk in NCAA tournament
Most women's basketball players who have dunked in a game needed a running start in transition to barely propel the ball over the front rim. Baylor's Brittney Griner, however, can flat-out dunk. The...
View ArticleShane Doan’s blatant elbow to Jamie Benn’s head sparks melee; suspension...
At 5:54 of the second period on Tuesday night, Jamie Benn of the Dallas Stars dug the puck out from a scrum behind the net and tried to play it around Shane Doan. The Phoenix Coyotes captain reacted by...
View ArticlePower Rankings: A Rory-Luke split at the top
It's time for the Devil Ball Power Rankings, our weekly look at who's up and who's down in the world of golf. Your panelists are an esteemed group of the world's greatest golf journalists ... or so our...
View ArticleElway’s last NFL act was all the difference in Manning’s decision
Peyton Manning considered many different aspects when it came time to decide which team would have his services through the end of his estimable career. Personal and professional alignment with the...
View ArticleWatch Kari Lehtonen’s sprawling save of the year candidate (VIDEO)
The standout players for the Dallas Stars Tuesday night were the trio of Loui Eriksson, Michael Ryder and Mike Ribeiro. When regulation ended in a 3-3 tie, it wasn't difficult to see that the line,...
View ArticleTuesday’s Three Stars: Hedberg blanks Sens; Hemsky, Neal net hat tricks
Winnipeg Jets' goaltender Chris Mason does an impression of his defence. No. 1 Star: James Neal, Pittsburgh Penguins The Penguins shook off the weekend loss to the Flyers and returned to their recent...
View ArticleGot two minutes to spare? Check out this time-lapse of the 2012 Final Four...
Not much story here, but rather something that's simply neat. Connor Sports Flooring recently took five weeks constructing and painting the floor that will be used in next week's NCAA tournament Final...
View ArticleStar Minn. 7-footer banned from state playoffs for questionable smoking charge
One of the top junior basketball stars in the state of Minnesota -- and possibly one of the most underrated prospects in the Class of 2013 -- is at risk of missing his team's state quarterfinal because...
View ArticleVideo: Caron Butler cranks out a cool taunt of Tyler Hansbrough
It's probably a good thing that Los Angeles Clippers wing Caron Butler thinks that movie cameras are still run by a hand crank, and that all you need to follow Fatty Arbuckle with your Eidoloscope is a...
View ArticleMMA Marketplace: A tiny championship belt for your little fighter doll
If one of your MMA dolls, erm, action figures has proven himself to be better than the rest, doesn't he deserve a championship belt? You're in luck. There is an Etsy store that can help you with that....
View ArticleDid Martin Havlat flip off Los Angeles Kings fans to celebrate goal? (VIDEO)
The Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks are battling for their Western Conference playoff lives, but it's nice to see there's still palpable respect between these division rivals and their fan bases....
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