Teachers won’t sell Maple Leafs, fail to cite Phil Kessel as reason
Back in March, the Centre of the Hockey Universe exploded with news that the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's majority stake in Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment, Ltd. was up for sale. Then the fun...
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: Dig in starting at 8 PM ET/7 PM CT/5 PM PT
After blowing a week's worth of calories, digesting several empty fantasy performances (e.g. Kevin Smith, Ray Rice and Frank Gore) and dodging streams of pepper spray fighting crazed soccer moms over...
View ArticleTexas band sends A&M out on a classy halftime note
The hard feelings between Texas and Texas A&M, especially in light of the Aggies moving to the SEC, has been well documented. Each side has thrown verbal jabs and both have — at one time — said...
View ArticleYour Unofficial NHL Thanksgiving Showdown Drinking Game
The NHL Thanksgiving Showdown will be played today ("Black Friday") on NBC between the Boston Bruins and the Detroit Red Wings, and it's the earliest an NHL regular season that a game has been shown...
View ArticleTexas guard clears defender completely on major slam
Sure, football may still be stealing most of the national prep sport attention, but that doesn't mean there aren't impressive hoops plays starting to slip back on to the radar, with holiday hoops...
View ArticleTyreke Evans will play in Italy until the NBA’s lockout is resolved
The hope, as representatives from the NBA and the NBA's players meet on Friday, is that both sides of this interminable lockout can find a way to save the season and start up with cheeks flushed on...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Boy! Joe Medwick would be 100 this week
On occasion, Big League Stew honors a birthday boy per week by taking a longer look at his career. Please join us in lighting the candles. Joe Medwick hated being called "Ducky and he hated being...
View ArticleRangers’ Andre Deveaux suspended 3 games for Fleischmann elbow
To steal a line from Brendan Shanahan, as the video shows, New York Rangers forward Andre Deveaux's elbow to the head of Tomas Fleischmann of the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night was nothing short...
View ArticleMarek Vs. Wyshynski Radio: Preds’ Brian McGrattan; buyer’s remorse
It's a (gettin' down on) Friday edition of Marek vs. Wyshynski and we're talking about the following and more: Special Guest Star: Brian McGrattan of the Nashville Predators talks fighting and the...
View ArticlePuck Headlines: Comeau to Flames; Foligno with the weather
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. • These Canuck-themed Lebron...
View ArticleSchool changes homecoming rules so female kicker can win
When Henry County (Ga.) Community Christian School was naming its homecoming court, Katie Davidson knew she wouldn't be a part of it. After all, the sophomore place kicker wouldn't even be eligible;...
View ArticleUrban Update: Meyer ‘requested off’ ESPN duty for… what, exactly?
After the minor avalanche of reports Wednesday confirming Urban Meyer's impending move to Ohio State as the Buckeyes' next head coach, there was no way Meyer wouldn't be part of the story during...
View ArticleDTotD: Getting sent off a minute and a half after entering a match
Lee Jung-Ho plays for Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia and he is the new record holder for fastest red card in the league. About 90 seconds after entering a 1-1 match against Al Raed as a substitute in the...
View ArticleAttention skeptics: Houston is one game away from a BCS bowl, and looking...
Houston 48, Tulsa 16. Another week, another Houston win and another step closer to a BCS bowl berth. Doubters are officially on notice: This Houston team isn't going anywhere. To skeptics, Friday's...
View ArticleThe five lamest things about the Rangers, Flyers alumni rosters
The New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers announced their Winter Classic alumni rosters Friday afternoon, promising that always-enjoyable mix of nostalgia and backchecking-free hockey we've come to...
View ArticleKurt Busch fined $50,000 for actions at Homestead
Kurt Busch has been fined $50,000 for "actions detrimental to stock car racing" after his expletive-laced rant while waiting for a potential interview with ESPN and pit reporter Dr. Jerry Punch during...
View ArticleMichigan teens move in with inspiring coach, earn scholarships
Two years ago, Victor Davidson and Antoine Hawkins were on the verge of a collapse. Davidson and his mother were struggling to survive, with money problems forcing the pair to move apartments nearly...
View ArticleTrending Topics: The Sabres and what passes for honour
Trending Topics is a new column that looks at the week in hockey according to Twitter. If you're only going to comment to say how stupid Twitter is, why not just go have a good cry for the slow, sad...
View ArticleAlone at the top, LSU (still) leaves no doubts
LSU 41, Arkansas 17. I should probably clarify right out of the gate that the headline is not meant to suggest there was any doubt about LSU. Far from it: At the beginning of the day, the Tigers were...
View ArticleNewborns must declare their Iron Bowl allegiance at birth
The Iron Bowl is more than just a football game, it's a way of life. Just ask one Alabama hospital that asks new parents to declare their child's team preference right out of the womb. The hospital...
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