Cam Newton hands young fan football, and young fan becomes happiest kid on...
The Carolina Panthers did not finish well, as they dropped an overtime game to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 27-21. But early in the game, quarterback Cam Newton made a kid's year by handing him a...
View ArticleTexans punt returner gets run down and tackled by the punter
Returners often get a hard time when the punter tackles them on the way to the end zone. Those plays are almost always the same. The returner has just the punter to beat, tries to put on a move, the...
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Brad Keselowski captures his first Sprint Cup championship
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Brad Keselowski's astronomically fast rise through the ranks of NASCAR is now complete. On Sunday, Keselowski completed a triumphant season by holding off Jimmie Johnson to win his...
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Rob Gronkowski is third tight end in NFL history with three seasons of 10+...
Entering the 2012 season, only two tight ends in NFL history have had three seasons with 10 or more receiving touchdowns. On Sunday, Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots caught his ninth and...
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Antonio Brown, Jimmy Smith headline Ravens, Steelers inactives
There were no surprises on the inactive lists for Sunday night's game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens. The Steelers will be without quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who is expected...
View ArticleTexans outlast Jaguars in amazing overtime finish
The Jacksonville Jaguars almost had the kind of win that would at least put a nice tint on an otherwise disappointing season. The 1-8 Jags took on the 8-1 Houston Texans on Sunday with nothing but...
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Jeff Gordon wins final race of the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season
Jeff Gordon began the final race weekend of 2012 answering questions about his actions at Phoenix International Raceway five days before. And he ended the weekend in victory lane after winning the...
View ArticleSaints quietly get back to .500 with a blowout win at Oakland
If you quit paying attention to the Saints after September, nobody would blame you. New Orleans was 0-4, with a home loss to the Chiefs (!!!). The Saints didn't have their head coach and didn't seem...
View ArticleSave of the year? David Aebischer has the magic stick, and torments Linus...
Former Colorado Avalanche and Montreal Canadiens goalie David Aebischer is now tending goal for Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the National League A. According to this YouTube video, he recently made the...
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BCS Standings Week 6: Notre Dame is partying like it’s 1993
"Mrs. Doubtfire" was the nation's No. 1 movie the last time Notre Dame was ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll (the BCS standings didn't yet exist). Bill Clinton became President, Beanie Babies...
View ArticleLions coaches have heated discussion on the sideline in loss to Packers
With 1:13 left in the fourth quarter of the Detroit Lions' 24-20 loss to the Detroit Lions, frustration finally seemed to boil over for a 4-6 team that expected better things this season. The 2011...
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Report: Rob Gronkowski has broken forearm
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, New England Patriots Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski suffered a broken bone in his forearm during Sunday's 59-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts. Rapoport adds...
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Marcus Smart is the catalyst as Oklahoma State embarrasses NC State
Travis Ford teared up during his postgame interview Thursday after Oklahoma State thwarted Akron's upset bid in overtime. The embattled Cowboys coach may need an entire box of tissues after Sunday...
View ArticleRuling on Danario Alexander touchdown doesn’t make any sense
We are trained now to know that a ball caught in the end zone must be maintained through the completion of the play to be ruled a touchdown, even after the receiver goes down to the ground. We've...
View ArticleVideo: Catch all the touchdowns from Sunday’s action
With three overtime games in Week 11's Sunday, no surprise that we have a slight uptick in touchdowns -- a total of 64 this week in the games from Sunday morning and afternoon (depending on your...
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Top-ranked Indiana passes first real test with overtime win over Georgetown
The most relieved player in the Barclay's Center after top-ranked Indiana's 82-72 victory over Georgetown was the freshman point guard whose ill-timed missed free throws put the Hoosiers in jeopardy...
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Mike D’Antoni’s debut is a winning one, but the Los Angeles Lakers still have...
During the first four minutes of Mike D'Antoni's first game as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, Pau Gasol took an unafraid long jumper and canned it, Metta World Peace grabbed two...
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Nation’s oldest Thanksgiving Day rivalry marred by nasty pranks including...
A traditional Thanksgiving Day high school football rivalry may have gone too far on Tuesday when a dead cat was discovered outside Phillipsburg (N.J.) High School, a grotesque image which police fear...
View ArticleGeorgia State guard sinks game-winning half-court shot at the buzzer
After a frantic final 25 seconds in which the lead changed hands four times, the scene on the floor told the whole story. Georgia State players sprinted to midcourt to mob Rashaad Richardson. Tennessee...
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Metta World Peace rubs Avery Johnson’s head after nailing a 3 during Lakers...
On Tuesday, Metta World Peace described for reporters (including Janis Carr of the Orange County Register) his role definition in the Los Angeles Lakers' system under new head coach Mike D'Antoni:...
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