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Bruce Weber’s classy gesture to Illinois fans
Bruce Weber has a message for the Illinois fan base that helped run him out of Champaign last month after his Illini missed the NCAA tournament three of the past five seasons. Believe it or not, it's...
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Photo: Easter Bunny chased by D-backs legends
"Kill da wab-bit, kill da wab-bit" — Elmer Fudd Well, of course the Diamondbacks racing legends had no chance to catch the Easter Bunny on Sunday. They're a quartet of 40-something ex-jocks with bad...
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Dale Junior’s car graveyard: a bird’s-eye view
When we found out that Juan Pablo Montoya's car that crashed into — and blew up — the jet drier at Daytona was headed to Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s graveyard of wrecked race cars on his property, we were...
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15,000 show up for Tebow’s Easter service; how far could his mandate go?
Pro football players have made their religious faiths public for decades -- the Dallas Cowboys of the 1970s were pretty outspoken about it, to be specific -- but it's safe to say that no football...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony 3-pointers force overtime, beat Bulls as Knicks rise to...
In the closing seconds of a tightly contested Sunday matchup against the team with the league's best record, the New York Knicks needed their lone available superstar to live up to his billing....
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Top 10 Stanley Cup Playoff storylines to watch in the 2012 NHL postseason
The 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs begin on Wednesday evening, and there are plenty of plotlines to keep an eye on during the coming weeks. Here are 10 of the best: 1. It's been 14 years since someone's...
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James Head balancing fighting and engineering heading into UFC on Fuel 2
In an average day, UFC welterweight James Head will walk his dogs, work for hours for a major gas and oil company, get in a strength and conditioning workout, go back to the desk job, train for several...
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Arkansas fans use Facebook and a rally to support Bobby Petrino
Arkansas isn't quite ready to let go of coach Bobby Petrino. Petrino was placed on administrative leave last Thursday after admitting he had engaged in an "inappropriate relationship" with 25-year-old...
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Ozzie Guillen will fly to Miami for personal apology after cries for firing...
It doesn't look like the controversy over Ozzie Guillen's Fidel Castro comments will be disappearing any time soon. The Miami Marlins motormouthed manager tried to make further amends on Sunday by...
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In trading LSU for TCU, Trent Johnson leaves a better job for a safer one
When Trent Johnson abruptly resigned from LSU on Sunday to accept TCU's coaching job, the move probably raised some eyebrows among those who don't view the move as a step up in the profession. Dig a...
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Lamar Odom leaves Dallas Mavericks after rocky, disappointing season
And so it's come to this: Lamar Odom's time as a member of the Dallas Mavericks ends not with a bang, not with playoff redemption or a long-hoped-for moment in the sun after a season shrouded in...
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Draft Chatter: Lions less foggy on Janoris Jenkins; Mushnick rants on Nas
Anyone who hoped that Ford Field would be transformed into the world's largest bong on autumn Sundays was disappointed by Dave Birkett's report in the Detroit Free Press that the Detroit Lions are not...
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Texas girls soccer goalie stops 14 of 16 attempts in do-or-die playoff shootout
In February, Prep Rally brought you the amazing story of a California prep soccer game which needed an astounding 50 penalty kicks (and two days) before it could be decided. While that game may still...
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Florida Panthers vs. New Jersey Devils: Puck Daddy’s NHL 2012 Stanley Cup...
The 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs are upon us, and by the end of it you'll feel like The Walking Dead. Hence, zombie motif! And honor of least compelling first-round series goes to … It's not the Florida...
View ArticleVideo: Albert Pujols statue destroyed by meteor
Albert Pujols made his Los Angeles Angels debut under the watchful eye of almost six dozen reporters from just one paper this weekend. The report: It could have gone better and it could have gone...
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Bob Knight, a disgrace of his own design, calls the ‘one and done’ rule ‘a...
The Indianapolis Star was nice enough to Bob Knight to describe his performance at Carmel, Indiana's Center For the Performing Arts as a "speech," but that's about as misleading as performance reviews...
View ArticleVideo: Northwestern linemen face the JUGS machine
Watching a lineman field a punt is never pretty, but it is funny and thanks to Northwestern we get to watch the whole thing unfold on YouTube. At the end of a spring football practice, coach Pat...
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National championship chess team bolts for new university
The Texas Tech coach and her seven chessmasters who won their second straight national championship this month will all return next year to defend their title. But they'll be doing it at a different...
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Sweep delivers special treat to Mets clubhouse
To the victors go the spoils! After completing a three-game opening series sweep of the Braves on Sunday, the New York Mets were taken straight back to the days of Little League and treated to a round...
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Fantasy Hockey: Breaking down the Western Conference for playoff pools
Sometime over the next few days, you'll be sitting down for a playoff pool draft. Generally that means printing up a list of final scoring stats a minute or two beforehand, and slinking into the...
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