NHL Three Stars: Panthers keep torrid pace; Crosby heats up No. 1 Star: Roberto Luongo, Florida Panthers The Florida netminder stopped 39 of 39 New York Rangers shots on goal to help his team pick up a record eighth straight win. The Panthers retook the top spot in the Atlantic Division with the victory, jumping past idle Montreal. Also, Luongo’s shutout was his 71st of his NHL career, which … [Read more...]
The Daily Dose: Dose: Holy Draymond Green!
The Daily Dose: Dose: Holy Draymond Green! There were 11 games played on Saturday, putting 22 teams in action. Jarrett Jack and Kenneth Faried left with what look to be pretty serious injuries, while the Warriors needed overtime to get by the Nuggets after Stephen Curry left with a shin contusion. Let’s get to it. Follow me on Twitter by clicking here! Nets 100, Celtics 97 – Jarrett Jack left … [Read more...]
Joe Pavelski takes out Bryan Little with check to the head (Video)
Joe Pavelski takes out Bryan Little with check to the head (Video) San Jose Sharks forward Joe Pavelski received a two-minute minor penalty for an illegal check to the head of Winnipeg Jets forward Bryan Little in Saturday’s game between the two teams at SAP Center. In the above video, it appears Little has his head down as he cuts to the San Jose net. Pavelski then hit into Little, sending … [Read more...]
Warriors withstand Curry’s re-injury, fend off Nuggets in OT
Warriors withstand Curry's re-injury, fend off Nuggets in OT The Golden State Warriors' Saturday night visit from the Denver Nuggets started off about as well as the team could have hoped. With Stephen Curry back in the starting lineup after missing two games with a left leg contusion, the Warriors took the first quarter 37-13 behind 20 points from Draymond Green, himself fresh off a … [Read more...]
Maryland and Northwestern provide wildly entertaining 30 seconds
Maryland and Northwestern provide wildly entertaining 30 seconds No. 4 Maryland went on the road to Northwestern on Saturday and had little trouble beating a suddenly very competitve team in Evanston 72-59, but if all you saw from the game was the sequence from the tweet below, you would have thought it was a much more competitive game. It's hard to imagine 30 seconds of basketball in which … [Read more...]
Nuggets’ Kenneth Faried stretchered off with apparent neck injury
Nuggets' Kenneth Faried stretchered off with apparent neck injury The Denver Nuggets saw a disappointing end to a hard-fought contest in their 111-108 overtime loss to the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night at Oracle Arena. Yet the difficulty of losing a close game paled in comparison to worries about an apparent neck injury suffered by one of their top players in the closing moments. … [Read more...]
Ohio State LB Darron Lee turning pro
Ohio State LB Darron Lee turning pro Ohio State linebacker Darron Lee is going to the 2016 NFL draft. Lee, a redshirt sophomore, made the announcement on Twitter. The next step. pic.twitter.com/RrReDit6PJ— Darron Lee (@DLeeMG8) January 3, 2016 Lee has been one of Ohio State's best defensive players over the past two seasons. He had 66 tackles and 11 tackles for a loss in 2015. He also had … [Read more...]
2015 NFL picks against the spread: Week 17 games actually in 2016 – Revenge of the Birds
2015 NFL picks against the spread: Week 17 games actually in 2016 - Revenge of the Birds The final week of the regular season. We have hit the final regular season weekend for the NFL. There are 16 games, all on Sunday. It is your last chance to get bets in on a bunch of games. As I have each week for the last three seasons, I make my picks against the Vegas spread. Last week was rough. I finished … [Read more...]
Isaiah Cousins’ strong second half vaults Sooners past Iowa State
Isaiah Cousins' strong second half vaults Sooners past Iowa State Two of the best players in the nation were on the court competing against each other Saturday evening trying to earn their first Big 12 Conference win of the season, but it wasn't Oklahoma's Buddy Hield or Iowa State's Georges Niang who ended up being the difference maker. Oklahoma senior guard Isaiah Cousins scored all 15 of … [Read more...]
Tim Duncan goes scoreless for 1st time in 19-season career
Tim Duncan goes scoreless for 1st time in 19-season career Tim Duncan remains one of the most important players on the Spurs at 39 years old, a mark of his startling dependability and understanding that he has to adjust his role to the realities of what qualifies as advanced age in the NBA. Yet Duncan has now encountered a few statistical lows in what could be his final season. The first … [Read more...]