NHL Picks: Lightning keep top spot in Atlantic with win over Bruins - CBSSports.com Welcome to NHL Picks where CBSSports.com hockey writers Chris Peters and Adam Gretz offer their predictions for all of the day's games. Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning, 7:30 p.m. ET First place in the Atlantic Division is on the line Tuesday night as the Lightning and Bruins square off in Tampa. One point … [Read more...]
Cycling-Road-Paris – Nice stage 2 results (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Paris - Nice stage 2 results (Reuters) March 8 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from Paris - Nice (Contres - Commentry, 213.5 km) on Tuesday 1. Michael Matthews (Australia / Orica) 5:04:26" 2. Niccolo Bonifazio (Italy / Trek) ST 3. Nacer Bouhanni (France / Cofidis) 4. Alexander Kristoff (Norway / Katusha) +1" 5. Arnaud Demare (France / FDJ) 6. Ben Swift (Britain / Team Sky) 7. … [Read more...]
Leicester City fans causing earthquakes with celebrations
Leicester City fans causing earthquakes with celebrations Leicester City’s supporters celebrated a recent goal so jubilantly that a minor earthquake was detected in the city, a group of geology students said on Tuesday. The group from the University of Leicester recently placed earthquake-monitoring equipment at a school close to Leicester’s King Power Stadium. When Leonardo Ulloa scored […] … [Read more...]
Playing with Peyton: Stories from Manning's football peers – NFL.com
Playing with Peyton: Stories from Manning's football peers - NFL.com Eight football peers share their personal memories of taking the field with one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. By LaVar Arrington There's a certain feeling you get when facing great quarterbacks. You want to play at their level, and I felt that in my preparation when playing Peyton. In my mind, I always felt truly … [Read more...]
Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen is now ‘Grizzzilla’
Chris 'Birdman' Andersen is now 'Grizzzilla' Chris 'Birdman" Andersen joined the Memphis Grizzlies in mid-February after parts of four seasons with the Miami Heat, which means that he was likely to undergo some kind of adjustment period no matter how hard he tried to adjust to his new home. The early results have been pretty good — Andersen has started four of his nine games with the team … [Read more...]
NCAA Hockey 101: Big Ten tighter than it should be
NCAA Hockey 101: Big Ten tighter than it should be As we head into the final weekend of regular-season play in the Big Ten, just about anything could happen. Minnesota is up four points on Michigan atop the conference, and it's possible that the Wolverines could pull ahead. The Gophers host lowly Wisconsin for a pair, while Michigan hosts Penn State, so it's not particularly likely, but it's … [Read more...]
Meldonium detected in Russian speed skaters Elistratov and Kulizhnikov – R-sport (Reuters)
Meldonium detected in Russian speed skaters Elistratov and Kulizhnikov - R-sport (Reuters) MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Olympic short-track speed skating gold medalist Semion Elistratov and five-time world champion speed skater Pavel Kulizhnikov have tested positive for the drug meldonium, the R-Sport news agency reported on Tuesday. R-Sport did not say how it had heard about Elistratov's test … [Read more...]
Meldonium detected in Russian speed-skaters Elistratov and Kulizhnikov – R-sport, citing source (Reuters)
Meldonium detected in Russian speed-skaters Elistratov and Kulizhnikov - R-sport, citing source (Reuters) MOSCOW, March 8 (Reuters) - Russia's short-track speed-skater and 2014 Olympics champion Semion Elistratov and five-time world champion skater Pavel Kulizhnikov tested positive for the presence of meldonium, R-Sport reported on Tuesday, citing a source. Reuters could not immediately … [Read more...]
Dolphins cutting best cornerback because of his disruptive wife?
Dolphins cutting best cornerback because of his disruptive wife? The Miami Dolphins are planning to cut Brent Grimes at the start of the league year on Wednesday. Typically, when you hear such things in the NFL it comes down to age or money. But it's not as if you can say that Grimes is exceptionally old (he turns 33 in July) or that he was compensated at a ridiculous rate, with an average … [Read more...]
Chris ‘Birdman’ Anderson is now ‘Grizzzilla’
Chris 'Birdman' Anderson is now 'Grizzzilla' Chris 'Birdman" Andersen joined the Memphis Grizzlies in mid-February after parts of four seasons with the Miami Heat, which means that he was likely to undergo some kind of adjustment period no matter how hard he tried to adjust to his new home. The early results have been pretty good — Andersen has started four of his nine games with the team … [Read more...]