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Tony Mitchell’s ill-timed suspension hurts Alabama
Any momentum Alabama generated surviving Arkansas and Ole Miss at home last week vanished Monday when coach Anthony Grant announced that the Tide's second leading scorer has been suspended...
View ArticleGolfTube: Spencer Levin finds another use for the belly putter
Sizing up the TV coverage from the Waste Management Open ... and away we go. If you've every played golf in Arizona before, you know hitting a wayward shot almost always requires you to hit a...
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Braves ditch insensitive patch on new throwbacks
It was a complete no-brainer, but props to the Atlanta Braves for placing a new crossed tomahawk logo on the sleeve of their new weekend alternates. The cream-colored throwbacks — which the baseball...
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Only dance can heal the wounded souls of Matt Light and Rob Gronkowski
The best story about post-Super Bowl heartache is this one: Dan Wetzel captures Tom Brady's pain immediately after losing again to the Giants. The second-best story about post-Super Bowl heartache is...
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USC by the numbers: In which Lane Kiffin successfully staves off scholarship...
It took long enough, thanks to an protracted appeals process, but the heavy-handed scholarship restrictions the NCAA dropped on USC in July 2010 are coming home to roost: The Trojans' first recruiting...
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Want to watch UMass kids riot and a Giants fan get punched in the back of the...
Of course you do. 1) You should not punch anybody in the back of the head. 2) If you decide to taunt angry, irrational rioters by salsa dancing in their face, you probably will be punched in the back...
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Ray Emery’s chance to start equals goaltending migraines for Blackhawks
On the one hand, you have Corey Crawford of the Chicago Blackhawks saying that he's played "really good hockey and some not-so-good hockey" over the last several games. On the other, you have Coach...
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Novice swimmer excels in pool despite having just one full arm
There are any number of attributes people can focus on when describing Olympia (Wash.) Capital High swimmer Tyler Sharp. When it comes to athletics, that he is more likely to be referred to as a...
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Luis Suarez returns, promptly kicks Scott Parker in the stomach
Luis Suarez returned to a hero's welcome at Anfield after serving a 10-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra. And four minutes after he entered the match as a substitute, Suarez proved he is not...
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Howard Baldwin, ex-Whalers owner, offers critical look at ‘marginal’ NHL markets
Howard Baldwin founded the Hartford Whalers, helped create the San Jose Sharks, and produced "Mystery, Alaska" (yea!) and "Sound of Thunder" (bleech!) among other films. He's seen businesses that work,...
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Tony Parker handles the Spurs’ rodeo road trip with food and booze
Every season, the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo forces the hometown Spurs out of their environs for one of the longest road trips of the NBA season. Typically, it runs at least two weeks and...
View ArticleAngry Nick Diaz face, Dustin Poirier’s submission and more pictures from UFC 143
Check out Tracy Lee's pictures from Saturday night's fights. See Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit's fight played out in pictures, Roy Nelson and Fabricio Werdum's Fight of the Night, Dustin Poirier's...
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Don’t look now, but the Big Ten may be pointing the way forward in the...
First of all: Before we go on, don't get too excited, because it's nothing official or anything. But yeah, when perennial playoff opponent Jim Delany said earlier this year that he may actually be open...
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Puck Previews: Oilers visit Maple Leafs; Red Wings go for Coyotes sweep
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....
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Mikhail Prokhorov promises to sell the Nets if he runs Russia
When Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov bought the Nets, the expectation was that his money would both turn the franchise into a viable contender and lead to a fair amount of bizarre events given his...
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Pressing Questions: The Atlanta Braves
We don't have an exact date on the photo above, but we know it wasn't taken in September of last year. The 2011 Braves put together a monumental choke down the stretch, but the story was partially...
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How the Super Bowl prop bets played out
Betting on the Super Bowl is almost as popular as the game itself. Most folks are content to pick a winner and cross their fingers, but others like their bets to be a little more, well, obscure. These...
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Dirk Nowitzki doesn’t think he should be an All-Star
Picture, if you can, an NBA player with the following stats: 31.8 minutes per game, 17.2 ppg, 45.5 percent shooting from the field, 21.6 percent shooting from three-point range, and 6.0 rpg for a 14-11...
View ArticleMichigan guard completely clears defender on monster dunk
Guard Brandon Nazione played a key part in Howell (Mich.) High's one-sided rout of Hartland (Mich.) High, but it wasn't his 22 points or 10 rebounds that had people talking afterward. Instead, it was...
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Cal Ripken Jr.’s son Ryan is absolutely perfect in incredible 42-point hoops...
By all indications, Ryan Ripken, the eldest son of baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr., has shown plenty of potential to be the next in line in the family business. A sweet swinging first baseman,...
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