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Evaluating the struggling Pac-12′s NCAA tournament picture
The most telling indictment of the Pac-12's non-conference futility this season requires a brief history lesson. In the past five seasons, 18 of 19 Pac-10 teams that won 11 or more conference games...
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Puck Previews: B’s host Habs minus Lucic; Wild visit Canucks
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 the games are finished....
View ArticleGreatest point: Djokovic and Murray’s 39-point Aussie rally
Busted Racquet is looking back at the 2011 tennis season. A full schedule can be found at the bottom of this post. Today, we look at the greatest point of 2011. It's tough to remember now, but there...
View ArticleBourque gets two games for check from behind on Seabrook
I'm Harrison Mooney of Puck Daddy's department of blogs devoted to looking at suspensions handed out by the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety. Monday night, an incident occurred: One...
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Lights go out before, during Monday Night Football in San Francisco
A blown transformer plunged Candlestick Park into darkness moments before the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers were set to kickoff Week 15 of Monday Night Football. The crucial...
View ArticleJersey Fouls: Ducks fan’s live TV Foul during Boudreau chat
On Monday night, coach Bruce Boudreau was interviewed on VERSUS while the glass was being repaired in the Dallas Stars' arena. An Anaheim Ducks fan noticed the live camera shot, and began clowning...
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James Harrison knows why the lights went out at Candlestick
James Harrison wasn't with his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates during Monday night's multiple blackouts in San Francisco. The star linebacker is serving a one-game suspension for an illegal hit last...
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What would happen if the Monday Night Football game was stopped?
In case you're wondering what would happen if the power kept going out at Candlestick Park, and the Monday Night Football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Pittsburgh Steelers had to be stopped...
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Leo Messi’s cousin scores to help Olimpia to Paraguayan title
Olimpia beat Rubio Nu on the final day of the Paraguayan Primeria Division clausura to win their first title in 11 years and 39th title since 1912. Scoring the first goal in the 5th minute of the 2-1...
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Wayne Rooney bought his and hers race horses
Wayne Rooney and Tom Cleverley, along with a magician called Dynamo, visiting teammate Michael Owen's Manor House Stables on Monday (pictured above), where Rooney's Christmas presents to himself and...
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Surprise! Rock-faced Rangers land Darvish rights with record bid
The Yu Darvish posting process is over and we can chalk up a big ol' Texas-sized win for Nolan Ryan's poker face. While most of the baseball world spent the last few days assuming that Darvish was...
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Monday’s Three Stars: Sedins go full wizard; Morrow leads Stars
No. 1 Star: Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks Showing no ill effects from the 12-day road trip from which they recently returned, the Sedins picked apart their second opponent in a row with their creepy...
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The Neymar ‘Messi who?’ shirt might’ve been premature
The rise of Neymar has been rapid and slathered in hyperbole, making the Club World Cup final the perfect climax for comparisons between the 19-year-old Brazilian and Lionel Messi, as well as...
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Holiday spirit fails to halt high school hazing in N.C.
It may be the holiday season, but that doesn't mean high school athletes have stopped acting up. Rather, it just makes the latest case of disturbing prep sports hazing a little harder to stomach....
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Today in NCAA tedium: Mark Richt’s good deed gets punished with a secondary...
This offseason, Mark Richt is going to have to take a refresher course on NCAA violations. For the second time this season, the NCAA has cracked the whip on Georgia's coach for a secondary time...
View ArticleRight-handed Indiana guard Jordan Hulls sinks a lefty three
Indiana scored so easily in its 107-50 thrashing of hapless Howard on Monday night that guard Jordan Hulls decided to make it more challenging for himself. With Indiana comfortably ahead 47-15 late in...
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A breakdown of Liverpool’s statement on Luis Suarez’s ban
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has been banned for eight matches (one match longer than his ban for biting PSV's Otman Bakkal last year) and fined £40,000 for using racial insults against Manchester...
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Ball Don’t Lie’s 2011-12 Season Previews: San Antonio Spurs
Usually NBA season previews are best read in October, back when football games hardly mattered, Midnight Madness was a few weeks away, and baseball was winding down. Perhaps with the last of the...
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10-pack: Matt Niskanen, pointman of interest
We know you want some fresh hockey production under your holiday tree, so we won't have any position limits with this shopping list. Dig in and we'll try to get you help at various spots. Everyone in...
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Dwight Jones’ ’1st annual’ birthday party nixes his last game at North...
This story has been updated. See the bottom of the post for breaking news. As reported on Monday, the NCAA has gotten wind of the flier North Carolina receiver Dwight Jones posted on his Facebook page...
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