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2012 class inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame
Friday night, Richie Evans, Dale Inman, Darrell Waltrip, Richie Evans and Cale Yarborough were inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Here are the some highlights of their remarks. The induction...
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Friday’s Three Stars: Jeffrey, Malkin take over for Penguins; Ponikarovsky to...
No. 1 Star: Dustin Jeffrey, Pittsburgh Penguins The Montreal Canadiens jumped out to a 3-1 lead in this game, but they couldn't stop the Penguins' dominant centre. No, not Evgeni Malkin -- Dustin...
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A-Rod’s redemption: Amy Rodriguez leads U.S. with five-goal outing
VANCOUVER, B.C.—Few soccer players ever score five goals in a single match, but Amy Rodriguez did it in 30 minutes Friday. Coming on at halftime for Tobin Heath, Rodriguez dominated right from the...
View ArticleVladimir Tarasenko’s amazing puck on a string trick wins KHL’s skills...
We've all heard the expression "that guy had the puck on a string", and usually it's when we're talking about something insane that Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk has done. Today, however, we...
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Rangers vs. Bruins: Who’s the better team in this ‘neck to neck’ battle in East?
The New York Rangers and Boston Bruins face off on Saturday afternoon for the first time this season, two freight trains running on the same Eastern Conference track. The plan was to do a "tale of the...
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Sidney Crosby visits neurological specialist who got Jennifer Grey dancing again
Having spent several days with chiropractic neurologist Ted Carrick in Atlanta, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has traveled to California to meet with a physician slightly more respected in...
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Scout’s take: What can we expect from Yu Darvish?
So the Texas Rangers have decided that the next six years of Yu Darvish's pitching career are worth something like $111.7 million, a remarkable number for a player with no major league experience. The...
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KHL’s Alexander Ryazantsev sets new ‘world record’ for hardest shot at 114 mph
In 2011, Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins broke his own NHL record with a slap shot that traveled 105.9 mph in the Hardest Shot All-Star Game skills competition. A week later, the KHL boasted that...
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Four spectacular points from Andy Murray’s third-round win (video)
The score doesn't suggest it, but Andy Murray's 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 victory over Michael Llodra was pretty darn exciting. The 31-year-old Llodra is one of the game's last serve-and-volleyers and that style...
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Andy Murray’s on-court somersault, in pictures
Andy Murray did an awkward, on-court backward somersault on Saturday night and Getty Images photographer Clive Brunskill and his rapid shutter Canon EOS-1D Mark IV were ready. Enjoy the 11-picture...
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Kevin-Prince Boateng’s girlfriend blames his injury on too much sex
Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng suffered a thigh injury during last weekend's 1-0 loss to Inter. But according to his SI bodypaint model girlfriend, it wasn't the football that hurt him, it was...
View ArticlePacers mascot breaks backboard on halftime dunk, forces prep game to new gym
With the Indiana Pacers on a West coast swing, team officials thought it would be a good idea to get team mascot Boomer out on the road for some good old fashioned halftime exercise. The furry yellow...
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Syracuse won’t have Fab Melo for at least next two games
Two years ago, it was an ill-timed injury to Arinze Onuaku that helped thwart Syracuse's bid to make the Final Four. Now, another charmed Syracuse season may be disrupted by the absence of the team's...
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Jose Maria Olazabal turns back the clock at Volvo Champions
Jose Maria Olazabal wasn't hoping to make a splash at the European Tour's Volvo Champions event. Captain of the 2012 European Ryder Cup team, most figured the Spaniard would spend much of his limited...
View ArticleAndrew Ference of Bruins ejected after charging Rangers’ Ryan McDonagh in OT...
The New York Rangers won their Eastern Conference showdown Saturday with the Boston Bruins on a Marian Gaborik power-play goal with 3.6 seconds remaining in overtime. Why did they have a power play?...
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Matt Painter spars with Izzone over heckling of Robbie Hummel
Between a nightmarish weather-delayed trip to East Lansing and a discouraging 25-point loss at Michigan State, Purdue coach Matt Painter might have been more short-tempered than usual Saturday. It...
View ArticleFrancesco Totti sets Serie A single club scoring record, freezes Cesena keeper
Francesco Totti scored his 210th and 211th Serie A goals within the first eight minutes of Roma's 5-1 win over Cesena, making him the league's all-time leader in goals scored for a single club....
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Danny Briere on concussion: ‘I’m not too good right now’
Not exactly a sunshine and rainbows weekend for the NHL when it comes to its concussion problem. (Whether or not it's an epidemic is a matter of semantics and, in the NHL's case, some legal concerns.)...
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Clint Dempsey scores first American hat trick in Premier League, gets dirty...
Clint Dempsey became the first American to score a hat trick in a Premier League match during Fulham's 5-2 win over Newcastle (video of his three goals here). It was a tremendous performance --...
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‘Further health complications’ leave Joe Paterno hospitalized in serious...
Joe Paterno is in "serious" condition, according to a statement released by a family spokesman to the Associated Press, just two months after being fired as Penn State's head coach and subsequently...
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