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Brian Wilson, Mark Reynolds and Jair Jurrjens among notable non-tenders on...
The last hurdle in the hot stove league before business really picks up at the winter meetings is the non-tender deadline. That's where teams decide on whether or not to offer a contract to their...
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Georgetown and Tennessee set basketball back to the peach basket days
They might as well have played this one in short shorts with the Four Corners offense and granny shots at the foul line. Georgetown and Tennessee combined to miss 59 of the 90 shots they attempted...
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NHLPA decertification: Disbanding union helped end NBA lockout; what about NHL?
We're in desperate times in the NHL lockout, which might call for the a desperate measure from the NHLPA: Decertification, which would allow the players to go after the NHL on an anti-trust basis and...
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Percy Harvin, Ben Roethlisberger headline Week 13′s injury reports
The Minnesota Vikings listed wide receiver Percy Harvin as "doubtful" for Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers. Harvin sprained his left ankle in a Nov. 4 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, causing...
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Watch David Koci earn 6-game suspension for hit from behind, fight Boris...
During his 142 games over five NHL seasons, David Koci was your definition of a "goon". He scored just three goals in his career, took a total of 33 shots, averaged 4:15 of ice per game, and tallied...
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Deaths in K.C. are the latest in tragic year for the NFL
The deaths of Chiefs player Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend on Saturday morning are the latest of a series of recent tragedies for the NFL and its former players. -In May, former Chargers great...
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A.J. McCarron ready for SEC Championship Game, and could go to prom afterward
Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron loves his bow ties, and he saved a good one for a big day. McCarron tweeted out his pregame look for Alabama's SEC Championship Game matchup against Georgia this...
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Police: Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher kills girlfriend, takes...
Early Saturday morning, 25-year old Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot and killed his 22-year-old girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, at a house near the team's facility on Saturday morning. The couple...
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Pac-12 not ready to expand, but if it does, Boise State and San Diego State...
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said his league is not going to have a knee-jerk reaction to the expansion going on in other leagues, but that it will continue to monitor the landscape and think about...
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The Chiefs’ sad list of tragedies includes another murder-suicide
Saturday's tragic news that Jovan Belcher murdered his girlfriend before killing himself summoned the painful memory of another murder-suicide involving a member of the Kansas City Chiefs organization....
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A grown man wearing a Pokemon backpack invaded the pitch during Bayern-Dortmund
A wide variety of individuals -- usually ranging from drunk to stupid to both -- have invaded the pitching during football matches over the years, but I don't think any of them have ever done it while...
View ArticleSwedish Elite League defender Mats Trygg scores first of the season, into own...
They say that, for the 10 seconds or so after a team loses a defensive zone draw, they face the same rate of shots against as during a 5-on-3. That in mind, Swedish Elite League club HV71 had to be...
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Oklahoma likely headed to the BCS after another dramatic win
Oklahoma's road to a probable BCS berth couldn't have been more stressful. Last week, the Sooners scored a late touchdown to get into overtime against Oklahoma State, then won in the extra period. Then...
View ArticleTulsa’s can thank a heads-up punt return for its C-USA title (VIDEO)
It's difficult to describe the play that pushed the Conference USA title game into overtime with any other word than bizarre. Tulsa punt returner picked up a loose ball — with several UCF players...
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Four problems Kentucky must address to bounce back from its slow start
At the end of a restless Saturday afternoon at Rupp Arena, Kentucky players experienced something no other team in John Calipari's tenure has: A home loss. Baylor avenged its Elite Eight loss from...
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As promised, Jose Mourinho faced Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu alone
During his Friday press conference, Jose Mourinho issued a message to Real Madrid fans who have soured on him during the club's inability to keep pace with Barcelona this season. He said he would walk...
View ArticleIker Casillas was quite impressed with Cristiano Ronaldo’s free kick against...
Going into the Madrid derby, Cristiano Ronaldo had not scored a goal in his previous three appearances. That might not sound like a big deal to you, me and Fernando Torres, but it was actually his...
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Chiefs and Panthers will play at regularly scheduled time on Sunday
The Kansas City Chiefs announced that Sunday's 1 p.m. ET game against the Carolina Panthers will be played as scheduled. "After discussions between the league office, Head Coach Romeo Crennel and...
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Dave Doeren hired to be N.C. State’s next coach
It didn't even take 24 hours for Northern Illinois coach Dave Doeren to parlay the Huskies' MAC championship into a new job. N.C. State announced that it had hired Doeren, who has led NIU to a FBS-best...
View ArticleGeorgia’s fake punt helps it to early lead, Alabama answers late in first half
Even without Les Miles involved, the first half of the SEC Championship Game was highlighted by a couple of clever fakes. The problem for Alabama was its great punt fake came after a delay of game...
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