World Series Game 4: Familiar heroes emerge as Giants complete sweep, win 7th...
Score and situation: The San Francisco Giants secured their second World Series championship in three years and seventh in franchise history with a 10th inning, 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on...
View ArticleMost Valuable Panda! Pablo Sandoval named World Series MVP
When the San Francisco Giants won the World Series two years ago, Pablo Sandoval couldn't escape from Bruce Bochy's Pandahouse. Not leaving the bench in the first two games, he did see action in Game...
View ArticleWeek 8 LVPs: Redskins’ receivers let RG3 down
Default LVP Choice That Needs No Further Explanation: The Philadelphia Eagles, from top to bottom. The Washington Redskins' receivers: Rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III came into the Redskins'...
View ArticleFantasy Fallout: James Harden shipped out of OKC
After failing to reach an agreement on a long-term contract, the Thunder shockingly traded James Harden (along with Cole Aldrich, Daequan Cook and Lazar Hayward) to Houston for Kevin Martin, Jeremy...
View ArticleWorld Series candids: Scenes from the Giants celebration at Comerica Park
DETROIT — Maybe it was the cramped visitor's clubhouse at Comerica Park. Maybe it was because some players were celebrating their second World Series title in three seasons. Or maybe Aubrey Huff...
View ArticlePrince Fielder struggles royally in playoffs
Prince Fielder looks like he's talking to himself in this photo. What is he saying? Is he giving himself advice? Encouragement? Threats? Whatever it is, it didn't work. No one person is responsible for...
View ArticleDetroit Tigers World Series champions bucket finds way into Giants champagne...
DETROIT — In the middle of the wild Giants celebration that spilled from the team's clubhouse at Comerica Park, into the adjoining hallway and even into a series of attached rooms, the wife of team...
View ArticleIf it continued… (Chelsea v Manchester United)
Manchester United beat Chelsea in a Premier League match at Stamford Bridge for the first time in a decade and yet, it was a rather quiet and uneventful match. Except, it was the exact opposite and...
View ArticleBruce Bochy enters Hall of Fame territory with second World Series title
DETROIT — Bruce Bochy doffed his cap to the crowd, ambled down the dugout steps and was swallowed by the innards of Comerica Park toward his second World Series celebration in the past three seasons....
View ArticleWashington team runs perfectly executed hook-and-ladder … to its center
OK, now Prep Rally has seen it all. In the midst of a tight game in Washington state, one team ran a perfectly executed hook-and-ladder trick play. That may not seem out of the ordinary, but the player...
View ArticleWeek 8 Splash Plays: Vick Ballard saves the Colts’ day with the play of the...
For your pleasure, we've assembled the most impressive plays from Week 8's NFL Sunday. We start with the potential play of the season, and the touchdown that seemed to indicate a changing of the guard...
View ArticleThe Oklahoma City Thunder won the James Harden deal, but the parting will be...
By any conceivable metric, Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti "won" the deal that sent James Harden, Cole Aldrich, Lazar Hayward and Daequan Cook to the Houston Rockets for Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb,...
View ArticleChase Power Rankings: After Martinsville, and then there were …. two?
The seventh race of the Chase is over, and that means it's time for Power Rankings! But we're doing things a little differently now that we're in the postseason. It's all-Chasers, all the time. Good...
View Article49ers demolish Cardinals; Alex Smith’s performance quiets ‘Jive-Turkey gobblers’
For the second straight game, the San Francisco 49ers took their supposedly stodgy, unexciting offense and beat the excellent defense of an NFC West opponent over the head with a surprising number of...
View ArticleCristiano Ronaldo encouraged Mallorca fans to jeer him, so they called him a...
Real Madrid made easy work of Real Mallorca, winning 5-0 with two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo (and two more from Gonzalo Higuain plus one from Jose Callejon for good measure). That didn't quiet the...
View ArticleAtlanta TV broadcaster miraculously predicts fumble return for TD one play...
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Just ask PlayOn! Sports color commentator R.J. Lewis. Lewis, who serves as the color commentator for Atlanta (Ga.) Douglass High, made a rather remarkable...
View ArticlePacers rookie Miles Plumlee can Cha Cha Slide on a unicycle (VIDEO)
See, Enes Kanter? This is how a big man showcases his talents at a fan-focused preseason event — not with "Footloose" kicks and a disconcerting "Worm," but with difficult-to-process acts of balance...
View ArticleWatch Pekka Rinne’s embarrassing puck-handling lead to Enver Lisin’s goal in...
Is this what Pekka Rinne's life is going the look like without Ryan Suter to help bail him out this season? Rinne, the Nashville Predators' franchise goaltender, is playing for Dinamo Minsk of the KHL...
View ArticleACC Preview: Ex-Florida State guard Luke Loucks projects the league
Former Florida State guard Luke Loucks, a starter on last season's ACC tournament championship team, spoke with me this week to help preview the ACC. Here's his scouting report on the league next...
View ArticleJosh Koscheck, Nick Diaz’s camp hoping for a bout
Josh Koscheck's last fight was a loss in May to Johny Hendricks. An injury knocked him off UFC 151 before it was canceled. Now that he is healthy again, he is looking for an opponent. Luckily, Nick...
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