Oregon claims Pac-12 title and first College Football Playoff spot The first ticket to the College Football Playoff has been punched. Oregon, which was ranked No. 2 in the playoff rankings, humiliated Arizona 51-13 in the Pac-12 championship game to claim it’s place in history as one of the top four teams to make the inaugural College Football Playoff. Now, the Ducks will have to wait out … [Read more...]
Saturday Dose: Dose: Triple Duncan
Saturday Dose: Dose: Triple Duncan Saturday, December 06, 2014 Friday night was an action packed night of fantasy hoops. Tim Duncan posted a rare triple-double and LeBron James filled up the stat sheet. There was a shootout out west and one up north. All that and more in today’s Dose. Timmy is triple great Tim Duncan notched his fourth career triple-double on Friday night as he scored 14 … [Read more...]
Blue Grass moves up 1 week, purse now $1 million (The Associated Press)
Blue Grass moves up 1 week, purse now $1 million (The Associated Press) LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Keeneland has announced that the Toyota Blue Grass stakes race will run on the opening Saturday of its spring meet with the purse for the Kentucky Derby qualifier increasing $250,000 to $1 million. … [Read more...]
Gracie Ragazza scores 12-1 upset at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press)
Gracie Ragazza scores 12-1 upset at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press) LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) -- Gracie Ragazza defeated 6-5 favorite Fleet of Gold by a length to win the $46,500 feature Friday at Los Alamitos. … [Read more...]
Slovenia’s Tina Maze wins downhill; Vonn 8th (The Associated Press)
Slovenia's Tina Maze wins downhill; Vonn 8th (The Associated Press) LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) -- Lindsey Vonn is quickly getting up to speed, just not fast enough to catch up to Tina Maze in the women's World Cup downhill opener on Friday. … [Read more...]
Potential Real Madrid Kit Leak For 2015-16
Potential Real Madrid Kit Leak For 2015-16 Despite only just entering December, the first hints of new kits for the 2015/16 season have started to emerge. Images have been leaked of some Real Madrid kit concepts and track jackets. Three kits have been released, the first in … Continue reading → Despite only just entering December, the first hints of new kits for the 2015/16 … [Read more...]
NHL Three Stars: Little comes up big for Jets; Saad lifts Blackhawks over Habs
NHL Three Stars: Little comes up big for Jets; Saad lifts Blackhawks over Habs No. 1 Star: Bryan Little, Winnipeg Jets Little made history while scoring three times and adding an assist during Winnipeg’s 6-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche. His hat trick was the first for the Jets since they moved from Atlanta and the second of his career. The last coming in 2008 while he was a member of the … [Read more...]
Greg Cosell’s Film Review: The brilliance of Philip Rivers
Greg Cosell's Film Review: The brilliance of Philip Rivers Philip Rivers made many great plays in the San Diego Chargers’ comeback win last week, but a sequence of back-to-back plays showed just how smart of a quarterback he is. In the second quarter, on second and 7 he hit running back Ryan Mathews for a six-yard catch out of “11” personnel (one running back, one tight end) against the … [Read more...]
Magic praises LeBron: Athletes must speak up
Magic praises LeBron: Athletes must speak up TORONTO -- Decades after he started to become known just as much as an advocate for AIDS and HIV awareness as he was for being a basketball player, Magic Johnson challenged today's athletes to use their platform to take up a cause. And he commended LeBron James for doing just that. [Athletes] have to get involved socially. They have to because … [Read more...]
Kemba Walker’s buzzer-beater lay-up sends Hornets over Knicks
Kemba Walker's buzzer-beater lay-up sends Hornets over Knicks Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker has developed a reputation for hitting clutch shots, both as a star at Connecticut in college and in his first four NBA seasons. More often than not, it comes in the form of a stepback jumper, usually involving one of Walker's patented crossovers. We saw it in this season's opening game … [Read more...]