Like you, last night when the final buzzer sounded on the Red Wings’s 4-1 loss to Edmonton, I slumped back on the couch and sighed.  A lousy end to a lousy game, which is what it can only be when you score two goals on your own team. Mike Babcock put it best in his [...]

They call it the Civil War, though the closest thing that Oregon has seen to a military conflict was when Tonya Harding was born (oh yeah, I had to look that one up). And in a game that was about as opposite a Big 10 game as you can get (high scoring, no defense, enjoyable [...]

A first for the NFL, two teams are undefeated after 11 weeks. Both the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints are looking for glory, hoping to get to Super Bowl XLIV without a loss. It’ll be fitting, holding the game in Miami where the 1972 Dolphins became the only team to go 17-0. But [...]

Placido Polanco was reacquired by the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, agreeing to a three-year, $18 million contract. While the 34-year-old free agent won Gold Gloves in 2007 and 2009 with the Detroit Tigers for his second base skills, he will be sliding to third base for the Phillies, a position he hasn’t played primarily since [...]

After more than a year of qualifying games, often played in facilities only tenuously referred to as “stadiums,” the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team (USMNT) see what their work has brought them, as they and 31 other teams find out who they will play in the World Cup in June. The team has not been fortunate [...]

Well, at least they made history? Making the books with the worst starting record in NBA history with a pounding by the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night, the Nets record sinks even lower. It wasn’t all for nothing. The Nets had some fight in them for the first quarter, tying it up at 27 apiece. [...]

He’ll drink up all the Hennessey you got on your shelf, but there’s no need for him to introduce himself. We all know Ron Artest by now. And he tells the Sporting News about his love for the beverage: I used to drink Hennessy… at halftime. I (kept it) in my locker. I’d just walk [...]

Despite a new lineup, the Tarheels/Spartans rematch of the national championship came out the same. Of course, this matchup came with a little more tongue than the previous outing. via newsobserver

Hey Philly! Here comes your new star! It’s Allen Iverson! He’s got a one-year, non-guaranteed contract at the pro-rated veterans minimum! Aren’t you excited? Of course you are! via ESPN

From IrishCentral.com, Sean O’Shea (really?) reports that Cincinatti’s Brian Kelly will be the new coach for the Fighting Irish.