This awesome Antti Niemi save made Patrick Kane want to ‘smile or cry...
When Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane get behind the defense, good things are usually going to happen for the Chicago Blackhawks. On Sunday night against the San Jose Sharks, Toews found a lane to feed...
View ArticleAfter goalie’s murder, team starts game with empty goal tribute
In a touching tribute to a teammate lost in a tragic shooting at his own home, the Winnetka (Calif.) El Camino Real High boys soccer team began its first game after his death without a player in his...
View ArticleKen Bone takes memorable tumble attempting to call timeout
When most of us slip on a patch of black ice in a parking lot or stumble over a crack in the sidewalk, the most mortifying part about it is if a handful of strangers are close enough to stare or...
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LSU national champions T-shirt somehow sees the light of day
It's rare, but on occasion championship merchandise for the losing team in a championship game can sometimes surface. Shirts, hats, etc., are supposed to be shipped to third world countries (at least...
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What We Learned: Why the West should start being very afraid of the Los...
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team....
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UFC 142′s Three Stars: Aldo, Barboza and Palhares
Brazil provided another picturesque setting for a UFC card dominated by Brazilian favorites. Even our Three Stars is filled with fighters from a country so important to MMA. Who are your Three Stars...
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Photo: Ken Griffey Jr. is a big hit in Japan
It's creeping closer. The Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics will kick off the regular season with a two-game series in Tokyo from March 28-29 and, to drum up interest, both teams have sent some...
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New ‘oversigning’ rules force Nick Saban to tip his hand (Updated)
Please see update at the bottom of the post — ed. Last summer, the SEC adopted new "roster management" rules designed to address the scourge of "oversigning," foremost among them a 25-man cap on new...
View ArticleHappy Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Happy Monday, and Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day from those of us at Ball Don't Lie. We'll be around for most of the run to post updates on the NBA's 11-game schedule, but for the most part we're...
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Power Rankings: The biggest stories of the offseason
Sure, it's the offseason, but that doesn't mean we can't throw out a few Power Rankings now and then. Today, we focus on the most important developments in one of the wildest offseasons in recent...
View ArticleVideo: Detroit’s Pistons have a nice new locker room to tie shoes in
A good chunk of the NBA's fandom may not remember this turn, but when the Detroit Pistons moved to the Palace of Auburn Hills at the start of the 1988-89 season, the move was heralded as the sort of...
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Matt Every’s unusual putter raises some eyebrows at the Sony Open
Just when you thought the putter craze on the PGA Tour couldn't get more absurd, Matt Every managed to take things to a whole new level at the Sony Open. After getting accustomed to watching Robert...
View ArticleBad Blood: Handshake line fight between North Dakota and Minnesota in NCAA...
Before you watch this unconscionable act of unsportsmanlike conduct after North Dakota's 6-2 home loss to Minnesota, let's just all agree on the obvious: Ben Blood is, without question, one of the...
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Fashion Ump: The Braves will don a cool cream-colored alternate jersey in 2012
Though the Atlanta Braves might have had different ideas for an unveiling, OnTheField.com screwed the pooch over the weekend by posting the team's new alternate jerseys for sale. The link no longer...
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Erick Silva DQ puts need for instant replay front and center
Erick Silva rode a roller coaster of emotions at UFC 142. After taking out Carlo Prater in 29 seconds, Silva celebrated with the loud, Brazilian crowd. He was brought down to reality when he was...
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Minnesota mother: “You don’t get paralyzed from falling”
An official report from a game in which a Minnesota high school hockey player may have been paralyzed has drawn aggressive scorn from her mother after referees claimed that she "fell unaided" to the...
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Nicklas Lidstrom, Teemu Selanne ripped for skipping 2012 NHL All-Star Game
The majority of the NHL All-Star Game roster selection coverage said that the process was not to be take seriously and that "snubs" weren't anything to get irate over. The veteran players who opted...
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Fantasy Hockey: The top scoring lines in the NHL; Carlson, Jagr among the duds
Dobber checks in every Monday to force-feed you the latest fantasy hockey trends. The founder of DobberHockey.com and a columnist for The Hockey News website, he long ago immersed himself into this...
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With Lamar Odom struggling, Phil Jackson reaches out to his former Sixth Man
It's easy to not feel sorry for Dallas Mavericks forward Lamar Odom. The veteran has spent his entire career in Los Angeles, Miami and back in Los Angeles again until last month. He's been a part of...
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Report: Chiefs employees live in environment of ‘secrecy, intimidation, and...
It got lost in the excitement of the divisional round, but there was an amazing story in the Kansas City Star, published on Saturday, about the allegedly negative environment from top to bottom in the...
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