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Ice Hogs’ Mexican jersey backlash; Ovechkin, St. Louis talk lockout; Steve...
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. • From Evgeni Malkin's...
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Bryce Harper lives up to the hype, earns NL ROY honors in extremely close vote
For Bryce Harper, 19, the path to the NL Rookie of the Year award was a little bit tougher than Mike Trout's in the AL— as evidenced by the mere seven point difference between himself and runner-up...
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Steve Breaston, Rashard Mendenhall headline Chiefs, Steelers inactive lists
The Kansas City Chiefs will be without wide receiver Steve Breaston for Monday night's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Breaston was signed to a five-year, $22 million contract on July 29 and...
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Fantasy Fallout: Kobe Bryant in a new system
After Mike Brown was unceremoniously let go just five games into the season, many expected Phil Jackson to take over as the Lakers' new coach, but Mike D'Antoni has surprisingly been given the title...
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Phenoms Mike Trout and Bryce Harper come full circle with ROY selections
Joined at the hip Mike Trout and Bryce Harper forever will be in their baseball careers. If you don't believe it, consider the irony in both men being recalled to make their 2012 and big league debuts...
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Phil Jackson alleges that the Lakers lied to him in negotiations
When the Los Angeles Lakers announced late Sunday night that they had hired Mike D'Antoni as their next coach, it wasn't only surprising because of the choice itself. As BDL's Kelly Dwyer explained,...
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Jeff Gordon fined $100,000, docked 25 points for wrecking Clint Bowyer at...
NASCAR pledged it wouldn't render immediate judgment on Jeff Gordon for his role in wrecking Clint Bowyer and upending the end of Sunday's Phoenix race. But officials didn't wait much longer, handing...
View ArticleThe greatest flop of all time happened in a motorcycle race
Those of you who think NASCAR is fixed might want a look at what a real attempt to rig a race looks like. And it looks a whole lot like a kid faking injury to get his brother in trouble. Our scene:...
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Goalie Pascal Leclaire retires, leaving his potential unfulfilled
In 2007-08, Pascal Leclaire appeared in 54 games and had a 2.25 GAA with nine shutouts in his fourth season with the Columbus Blue Jackets. (Thank you, Ken Hitchcock.) That season helped earn him a...
View ArticleChiefs penalized 15 yards for celebrating a non-existent touchdown
The Kansas City Chiefs have been abysmal in many fundamental aspects of football this season, but in Monday night's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team that hadn't held a lead until Monday...
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Gary Bettman’s awkward Hall of Fame speech touches on NHL’s ‘difficult times’
Should Gary Bettman have spoken at the 2012 Hockey Hall of Fame induction? Of course not. He's the single most divisive figure in the NHL, seen as the catalyst for an embarrassing lockout that's kept...
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Ben Roethlisberger injures right shoulder in Steelers’ 16-13 overtime win
The Pittsburgh Steelers kept pace with the Baltimore Ravens and avoided an embarrassing home loss on national television to a one-win Kansas City Chiefs team when linebacker Lawrence Timmons...
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Dimitar Berbatov is…The Continental
Well hello there.I see you've caught me letting my manager/life coach Martin Jol squeeze my mayonnaise-filled glove. As you can tell by his squeal of delight, he is enjoying this experience a great...
View ArticleTraveling Zenit fans set their section of Lokomotiv Stadium on fire
Zenit St. Petersburg beat FK Volga 2-1 on Sunday and their fans celebrated by setting their section in Lokomotiv Stadium on fire. Judging by the people fleeing the area of flaming seats as a fire...
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Mostly NFL Notes: Adrian Peterson and Calvin Johnson are back on top
Adrian Peterson had 55 rushing yards on his first 18 carries Sunday. He ended with 171 rushing yards on 27 carries. Over the last four games, he's rushed for 629 yards while getting 7.7 YPC. He also...
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North Texas’ first-week flop gets worse with loss to Division II...
North Texas features potential lottery pick Tony Mitchell and a promising supporting cast. Alabama-Huntsville features a roster overlooked by Division I coaches and well off the radar of pro scouts....
View ArticlePennsylvania high school hockey league bans national anthem to save money on...
Veterans Day is usually reserved for honoring the American flag and those who fought to preserve the values it stands for. In Pennsylvania on Monday, it also oversaw ferocious debate over one of the...
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Kobe Bryant gave Steve Blake a helicopter ride to a doctor’s appointment (VIDEO)
From the firing of Mike Brown through the courting of Phil Jackson to the hiring of Mike D'Antoni, with all the amazement and agita in between, it's fair to say that it's been a pretty eventful few...
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Whoops: Embarrassing own-goal in Swiss League by Bern’s Ryan Gardner (VIDEO)
Ryan Gardner is a former member of the London Knights who has played in the Swiss-A League since 1997, and has played for Bern for the last three seasons. [Nick Cotsonika: NHL lockout taints 2012 Hall...
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Ottawa Senators prepare for post-lockout fan bribery with survey to ticket...
We don't want to say Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is a "dove" in this lockout war, but we're pretty sure Prince once wrote a song about him crying. He's one of the few people on the NHL side of...
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