Federer stumbles, loses again to Nadal in Grand Slam showdown
Roger Federer didn't have a Rafael Nadal problem on Thursday night at the Australian Open, he had a Roger Federer problem. The 16-time Grand Slam champion was plagued by inconsistent groundstrokes,...
View ArticleSophomore compares big game to losing virginity
Sometimes, a high school athlete can say something that they quickly wish they had back. Something tells Prep Rally that has rarely been more true than in the case of a Springfield (Ore.) High...
View ArticleWith Xavier faltering, who’s the new A-10 favorite?
It requires only two short sentences to sum up the chaos in the Atlantic 10 in the wake of an unpredictable opening three weeks of conference play. Five teams are tied for first place with matching 4-2...
View ArticleThe 2012 NHL Defensive All-Star Roster: What if it wasn’t all about scoring?
One of the more frequent criticisms lobbied against the NHL All-Star game is that there isn't much defense. Well, duh. First of all, a low-scoring game would be a letdown, especially considering the...
View ArticleWhy the Hornets might want to see Eric Gordon leave
When the NBA mandated that the New Orleans Hornets would only take the best possible league-rigged offer in a trade for Chris Paul, it decided that the Hornets required a young, budding star who could...
View ArticleDTotD: Vincent Kompany and the perils of running backwards
Is there any doubt that is Mario Balotelli's bag that Vincent Kompany trips over while running backwards? Anyway, this is how the doomsday device that leads us to the apocalypse foretold by the Mayans...
View ArticleNew powerlifting world-record holder is a 13-year-old girl from Colorado
Like many female powerlifters, Abbey Watson doesn't typically get a lot of press attention. Holding eight different world records for her relatively slight weight class -- 105.75 pounds -- as well as...
View ArticleBe afraid: NHLPA has Scott Hartnell, Joffrey Lupul and others filming their...
Remember that scene in Season 2 of "HBO 24/7", when Scott Hartnell of the Philadelphia Flyers took one of their cameras and began filming his own mini-documentary in his condo? Well, look at what Uncle...
View ArticleWhat to expect from Madonna’s Super Bowl XLVI halftime show
What sorts of surprises will Madonna bring to the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show? Surely not anything controversial that'll get her in the news on Monday morning! Speculation has been building about...
View ArticleMike Tanier’s Senior Bowl Report: Weather 1, Football 0
MOBILE, Ala. -- A biting wind blew off the Mobile Bay in the early morning. Threatening clouds covered the whole region. A line of angry, red, blinking storms hung over the radar map, and tornado...
View ArticlePhoto of the day: After loss, Kim Clijsters stayed for Federer-Nadal
As if tennis fans needed another reason to adore Kim Clijsters, the four-time Grand Slam champion snuck into the camera pit to watch the end of the Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal match just hours after...
View ArticlePuck Headlines: McDonald explains Ovechkin critique; does the NHL have an...
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Head To The Net with the...
View ArticlePressing Questions: The Kansas City Royals
Pictured above is the expected starting second baseman for the 2012 Royals … Ok, that's not true. The 24-year-old Johnny Giavotella is the early favorite to start at 2B, but the picture does well in...
View ArticleReport: Wes Welker engaged to former Miss Hooters International
The first thing you need to know is that there's an annual Hooters swimsuit pageant that's judged by C-list celebrities like Dan Cortese and Verne Troyer, and whose winner receives the title Miss...
View ArticleWant to help Mark Buehrle fight Miami’s pitbull ban? Sign this online petition
When it comes to offseason baseball stories on Big League Stew, few have generated the type of interest and reaction that the plight of Mark Buehrle and his family pitbull has produced. As you'll...
View ArticleAwwww: Read a 7-year-old’s heart-melting letter to Kyle Williams
Kyle Williams probably hasn't been opening much of his mail recently. The 49ers receiver who had the disastrous NFC championship game has probably seen and heard quite enough from the general public...
View ArticleVirginia coach accused of assault during timeout by own player
A Virginia girls basketball coach has been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery connected to a disturbing incident during a time out of one of his team's games. As reported by the Washington...
View ArticleJeopardy tip: ‘Lemieux’ is never the answer to a soccer question (Video)
When it comes to trivia, sports questions are my jam. That said, I'll acknowledge that they're not everyone's jam and every question that jams me up is likely someone else's jam. But man, even for...
View ArticleBrock Berglund breaks silence after assault case is dismissed
Brock Berglund is finally free to get back to football. For the past nine months, he had been fighting third-degree assault charges in his home state of Colorado and on Wednesday, the charges were...
View ArticleThe New York Giants can teach college football a lot about how not to conduct...
One of my favorite moments in sports is, against all odds, the "deuce" in tennis. Not for the physical act of hitting a fluorescent ball over a net, which I find about as exciting as a city zoning...
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