Patrick Kane extends point streak to 24 games (Video) Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane extended his franchise record point streak to 24 games with a goal at the Nashville Predators on Thursday. A video of the play is above. Nashville coach Peter Laviolette challenged the play, saying Kane interfered with Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne. But the goal stood. Here is the NHL’s … [Read more...]
Charles Barkley slams CNN coverage while promoting GOP debate
Charles Barkley slams CNN coverage while promoting GOP debate Corporate synergy is a given when media conglomerates have interests in virtually every type of broadcast content. It was still somewhat surprising, though, to see TNT basketball analysts Charles Barkley asked to talk politics on the "Inside the NBA" post-game show as a way of promoting CNN's Tuesday telecast of the Republican … [Read more...]
Jets fans mock Tortorella with cutout behind Columbus bench (Video)
Jets fans mock Tortorella with cutout behind Columbus bench (Video) Winnipeg Jets fans are known as one of the more creative groups in the NHL. Since the Jets franchise moved from Atlanta to Winnipeg, the fans have come up with many different ways to taunt their favorite team’s opponent. On Thursday they did so by taking a large cutout of Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella and … [Read more...]
Jagr scores 731st NHL goal to tie Dionne for fourth all-time (Video)
Jagr scores 731st NHL goal to tie Dionne for fourth all-time (Video) Florida Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr continued his march up the NHL record books on Thursday with his 731st goal of his career. The score tied Jagr with Marcel Dionne for fourth all-time in NHL history. Jagr had been sitting on 730 goals for his previous eight games. Above is the video of the score – a deflection by Jagr … [Read more...]
Football Daily Dose: Dose: Cardinals Sack Vikings
Football Daily Dose: Dose: Cardinals Sack Vikings The Minnesota Vikings gave a much improved effort on Thursday night after being decimated by Seattle in Week 13, but ultimately fumbled away their chance at forcing overtime before losing 23-20 to the Arizona Cardinals. The Vikings held the Cardinals to just two touchdowns after coughing up 38 points last week, but weren’t able to capitalize after … [Read more...]
Cousins, Rondo host dunk party in Kings’ narrow win over Knicks
Cousins, Rondo host dunk party in Kings' narrow win over Knicks The Sacramento Kings have been irrelevant for a good long while, which means that this season ranks as one of the most exciting in recent franchise history. The team sat three games out of the Western Conference playoff picture heading into Thursday's home game against the New York Knicks, but DeMarcus Cousins and Rajon Rondo … [Read more...]
The Daily Dose: Daily Guster: Rosenworcel
The Daily Dose: Daily Guster: Rosenworcel As many of you know, I have some rockstar friends. Brian Rosenworcel, the drummer for Guster, is one of them, and he wanted to write a Daily Dose. So here it is, in all its glory. Brian is one of my favorite people in the world, and I’m so excited that he chose to do this. Enjoy. Steve Alexander (Dr. A) It’s a real honor to be writing a guest Daily Dose. … [Read more...]
With no headgear, US Olympic boxers are struggling with cuts (The Associated Press)
With no headgear, US Olympic boxers are struggling with cuts (The Associated Press) Antonio Vargas never had a cut in his boxing life until blood trickled down his forehead Wednesday during his most important bout. The touted flyweight fought through the surprise and pain, but his Olympic dreams were imperiled when he lost a split decision at the U.S. team trials. ''It happened so fast,'' … [Read more...]
DISH Network adds Premier League Extra Time channels
DISH Network adds Premier League Extra Time channels DISH Network is adding the Premier League Extra Time channels to its programming beginning this Saturday, December 12. With Premier League Extra Time, soccer fans in the United States can watch any of the Premier League matches that are not shown on NBCSN, NBC or USA. “DISH customers with a […] DISH Network is adding the Premier League … [Read more...]
Breaking News: Week 14 NFL Chat
Breaking News: Week 14 NFL Chat Patrick Daugherty Breaking News Thursday, December 10, 2015 Patrick Daugherty answers all your Week 14 questions in a 3PM ET Friday chat. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. … [Read more...]