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Tuesday’s Three Stars: Rask, Bachman perfect; Connolly plays hero
No. 1 Star: Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins Rask earned his first shutout of the season and ninth of his career after a 41-save performance during a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings. Brad Marchand netted...
View ArticleLinks! And the Andre Villas-Boas guide to dancing!
All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award-winning Dirty Tackle... I don't remember there being that much squatting in Rocky Horror Picture Show, actuall. [YouTube] Maybe...
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Andrei Arshavin conducts greatest Q&A ever, part XXVII
The latest installment of Andrei Arshavin's ongoing interactions with the readers of his official website is just, well, it's wonderful. So let's just get right to it. 1. From Fifka777 Andrey, after...
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Video: Magic fan awakens from dental surgery and begs Dwight Howard to stay
My wife had three of her wisdom teeth pulled last month, and all she could talk about on the ride home was the type of Jello she wanted me to buy for her. When I had mine pulled 13 years ago, all I...
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Headlinin’: ‘Naughty or Nice’ flier not so nice for Sammy Watkins
Making the morning rounds. • Nothing to see here, folks. Clemson has issued a cease-and-desist order to a restaurant in Fort Myers, Fla., for naming hometown hero Sammy Watkins as a "host" in ads for a...
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Puck Daddy’s Unofficial HBO 24/7 Flyers-Rangers Drinking Game
It's here. It's finally here! HBO Sports' "24/7 Flyers/Rangers: Road to the Winter Classic" will premiere Wednesday night at 10 p.m. ET/PT; and after mesmerizing puckheads a year ago with the...
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Breakfast Buffet: Ohio State won’t rush Jared Sullinger’s return
1. Jared Sullinger did some running on the court during Monday's practice, but the Ohio State big man is unlikely to play Wednesday night against South Carolina Upstate. The soonest the Ohio State big...
View ArticleVideo: Kevin Garnett is not happy with the NBA’s rushed schedule
In a radio interview on Tuesday I was asked just how ugly the 2011-12 NBA season, featuring a compacted 66-game schedule, was going to be. I was quick to point out that the level of talent both on the...
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Postgame technical turns win into loss for girls hoops team
The game was over. Warren (Ill.) High's girls basketball team had lost, 39-37, to Zion-Benton (Ill.) High after the Blue Devils had turned over the ball on their final inbounds play. Miraculously, when...
View ArticleStart your day with ESPN making bad jokes about Jon Jones
Jon Jones stopped by ESPN's campus in Bristol, Conn. on Tuesday, dropping in at Sportscenter, Sportsnation, and other ESPN shows. He also sat with someone wearing a Pittsburgh batting helmet and a...
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For no real reason, here’s Danny Woodhead with Gheorghe Muresan
In the 729,673rd "Look how big that guy is!" picture ever taken of former NBA center Gheorghe Mursean, here is he posing with Danny Woodhead (right) and Zoltan Mesko (left) of the New England Patriots....
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Blackhawks’ Dave Bolland and his tired Sedin Sisters act
I've learned to tread lightly when it comes to emasculation as a hockey chirp. I'm a white male from suburban New Jersey who has no internal filter for language or couth; the majority of smacktalk...
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Happy Yu Darvish bid deadline day, everybody
A surprise Prince Fielder signing aside, today's main transactional stage will belong to Yu Darvish and whatever team ends up winning his posting process. The deadline for squads to submit their blind...
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Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd asked Mark Cuban for $200k championship rings
Charged with designing their own championship rings, Dallas Maverick stars Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Jason Terry and Shawn Marion decided to ask team owner Mark Cuban for the blingiest bling he could...
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Aaron Rodgers believes in Ryan Braun
The sports world has been all abuzz about the total chemical compound of reigning National league MVP Ryan Braun since it was leaked that the Milwaukee Brewers outfielder tested positive for a...
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The not-at-all premature 2011 playoff picture: Week 15
The absurdly premature playoff picture presents one man's projection for the NFL playoffs, at each given week in the season -- even if that week is unreasonably early. • In the AFC, the only change is...
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Offseason Hot/Not: Red Bull’s Unfortunate NASCAR Goodbye
Typically, in this space, we'd be talking about the most recent on-track NASCAR dramas (thanks, Busch brothers!) from the previous weekend's racing. However, the very nature of the offseason isn't very...
View ArticleWhy hello there, Lingerie Football League brawl
I'm not opposed to a good fight breaking out, but I've always maintained that fighting in football doesn't make a damn bit of sense. How does one expect to fare in a fistfight against a gentleman...
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Goalie woes sinking Capitals, Lightning; what’s the fix?
With 3 minutes and 44 seconds left in the first period on Tuesday night, Scott Hartnell of the Philadelphia Flyers fired a shot from the top of the faceoff circle to the right of Washington Capitals...
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More than half of town likely to attend school’s state title game
Part of the charm of high school sports comes from the small communities who follow their local high school teams with the kind of rabid devotion usually reserved for NFL and MLB squads, if that....
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