NHL Three Stars: Bishop, Stamkos lead Bolts; Bernier blanks Wings No. 1 Stars: Ben Bishop / Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning The Lightning netminder tied a season high with 37 saves while the Tampa captain scored twice and assisted on another during a 4-0 shutout of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Stamkos scored one of two Lightning shorthanded goals in the third period to help the team snap a … [Read more...]

Bracket Lames: Inconsistent Tar Heels completely untrustworthy Split personalities are capricious by nature. Take iconic Batman character 'Two-Face.' Prior to undergoing a life-altering facial disfigurement from acid tossed by Sal Maroni (Comics version), a transformative, the mercurial man was Harvey Dent, respected, upstanding District Attorney of Gotham. Post-scarring, however, his … [Read more...]

Hampton and the coach who called Jesus back in NCAA tournament One of our favorite results from a lengthy list of conference championship games across the nation Saturday came in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference where Hampton beat South Carolina State 81-69 to advance to the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row. Nothing against South Carolina State. It had a good season and was … [Read more...]

Kansas leaves no doubt it is No. 1 overall seed by winning Big 12 There will be some level of drama Sunday for almost every team that has earned an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament and those waiting on pins and needles for at-large bids. Some want to know if they get to go dancing at all. Others are just waiting on a seed, a site and the next opponent. Kansas is the known quantity. … [Read more...]

Meet the Isobel Cup: Made in Canada, established in America (Photo) NEWARK, N.J. -- Lord Stanley's Cup was delayed as he made his way to Chicago for its presentation to the Chicago Blackhawks last June. The NWHL's Isobel Cup, the trophy named for Stanley's daughter, was in Indianapolis as the league dropped the puck in their first finals on Friday night. It must be a family thing.  A late … [Read more...]

Boston Pride win controversial Game 1 of Isobel Cup                   SHOTS   1 2 3 OT TOTAL       1 2 3 OT TOTAL Buffalo Beauts 0 1 2 0 3     Buffalo Beauts 5 5 10 0 20 Boston Pride 0 2 1 1 4 OT   Boston Pride 9 8 10 7 34 NEWARK, N.J. -- As a rookie professional league, the NWHL is experiencing a lot of 'firsts.' Last weekend, they had their first playoff games. On Friday night, … [Read more...]

Steve Stricker shares Valspar Champ. lead, seeking 1st win since '12 Semi-retirement totally didn't work for Steve Stricker. A season ago, Stricker teed it up nine times, hoping to play well enough in limited action to stay in the world top 50 and play a schedule of leisure that included the majors, the World Golf Championships and The Players. The plan didn't work, and an offseason back … [Read more...]

Evgeni Malkin leaves game after Dalton Prout collision (Video) Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin left his team’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday shortly after a crunching hit by Dalton Prout. The play happened early in the second period. Malkin sped into the Columbus zone on the forecheck and collided with Prout along the boards. A screen shot of the moment where … [Read more...]

Non-Wallet: Twelve guys (sorry Giancarlo) I probably won't be drafting Many scribes are going to post this sort of thing later in the spring, and often I’ve done that, too. But where's the utility in that? How much does it help you late in draft season? You don’t have to follow my recommendations, of course. It’s your team, it’s your investment, it’s your name on the door and on top of the … [Read more...]

Buddy Hield and Georges Niang combine for 70, Sooners advance College basketball fans hoping to see something special from two of the nation’s best players Thursday night got their money’s worth from Oklahoma senior Buddy Hield and Iowa State senior Georges Niang in an entertaining battle in the Big 12 Conference tournament. Hield led the the third-seeded Sooners past the sixth-seeded … [Read more...]