USA Hockey Picks Buffalo; Outdoor Games for 2018 World Juniors - SBN College Hockey (blog) "We really want to highlight just how grim and depressing Buffalo can be. Any ideas?" "The Bills are off that weekend." - Brett Carlsen/Getty Images After a drawn-out public process, USA Hockey settled on Buffalo, the same place they pick for every international event, to host the 2018 World Juniors. … [Read more...]
LSU really waited until during A&M game to finalize Les Miles’ fate
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Hirscher shies away from downhill, still rules World Cup (The Associated Press)
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Weekly Picks: Fuzzy Logic: Week 15 Rankings
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Young Marcus Stroman won a prize on a ’90s Nickelodeon game show
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Lions vs. Packers: Scouting report, prediction – Detroit Free Press
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The 2016 NBA All-Star uniforms are here, they’re clean and they’re ad-supported
The 2016 NBA All-Star uniforms are here, they're clean and they're ad-supported After hitting a home run with this year's Christmas Day uniforms, Adidas and the NBA appear to have kept the hot streak going with the kits players will rock at the 2016 NBA All-Star Game in Toronto in February, which were unveiled Thursday morning and which are pretty darn sharp: [Free Ship over $50 Enter Code … [Read more...]
Conference championship week picks: SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12, more – CBSSports.com
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BYU guard Nick Emery ejected for punching a Utah player
BYU guard Nick Emery ejected for punching a Utah player A poor decision from its top freshman ensured BYU lost more than just a basketball game Wednesday night at Utah. Guard Nick Emery threw a punch late in the Cougars' 83-75 loss that could force him to miss at least the team's next game. Emery and Brandon Taylor were jostling for position underneath the basket when the BYU guard appeared … [Read more...]
Tiger Woods opens up about potential retirement, his failed marriage and being a dad
Tiger Woods opens up about potential retirement, his failed marriage and being a dad Tiger Woods is not a conflicted man. If he has to choose between golf and being a dad, then Woods would choose the latter every time, hands down. Unfortunately for Woods, he may have to make that choice sooner than later. After three back surgeries in the last 20 months, including a pair in September and … [Read more...]