Roger Federer (right) nearly blew his chance at his first French Open title a day after Nadal lost, but he rallied from a 2-set deficit to advance to the quarterfinals.
Red Wings take 2-0 series lead in the Stanley Cup Finals. Pittsburgh to rename their NHL team “the Bills.”
Shocking news of the day: Lions are the [...]
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Quick hits: Federer, Red Wings, OSU, Lions
Is this Jordan Staal kissing Evgeni Malkin?
A reader sent me this picture that supposedly shows Pittsburgh Penguin Jordan Staal kissing teammate Evgeni Malkin. It is mentioned on this site and this site. It’s from 2007 and while it could be them, who knows? It all looks like a big goof anyway. But want to ask our hockey mavens if you think [...]
Stanley Cup Finals Preview
The more things change, the more they stay the same. For the second consecutive year the NHL season wraps up with a Detroit Red Wings-Pittsburgh Penguins final. Let the battle between Motown and the Steel City commence!
Last year the Red Wings won in 6 games. Despite the addition of Marian Hossa near the end of [...]
The Rematch….Wings vs Pens
This is what I’m talking about. The Detroit Red Wings against the Pittsburgh Penguins for the Stanley Cup Finals. It doesn’t get better than this. The Penguins Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are on fire with 28 points a piece in the playoffs so far. But don’t ever count out the Red Wings, even if [...]
Hockey prospect asked: Are you gay?
Tomas Tatar, a Slovakian hockey player with NHL skills, described the interview process he underwent during the league’s draft combine. He was asked one question that seemed rather odd.
Tatar: The interviews are in English with a wide range of questions.
Q. Such as?
Tatar. The usual things so that I would talk about myself and my family, [...]
Quick hits: Brady, Williams, Barcelona, Vikes
Red Wings beat Blackhawks to reach Stanley Cup finals. Lakers beat Nuggets for 3-2 lead.
Peter King continues the Tom Brady love affair. Peyton Manning is still upset about coaching changes.
Venus Williams saves match point, advances to French Open third round. All told, only eight seeded men have been ousted while 13 seeded women are out. [...]
Quick hits: Anquan, Magic, ManU, Penguins
The Orlando Magic have taken a 3-1 series lead over the heavily favored Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs aren’t out of it yet, with two home games remaining. But they’ve lost 6 of their last 8 games against the Magic.
Pittsburgh Penguins sweep Carolina Hurricanezzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Cardinals WR Anquan Boldin will fire agent Drew Rosenhaus (right), whom I find [...]
Quick hits: NFL Network, Patrick Kane, Mets
Comcast Cable got the NFL to back down from demands for their NFL Network and got them to reduce their monthly rate to 15 cents per subscriber, which opens the door for the Network to show up on other cable operators.
Speaking of the NFL Network, they’re mad at Jon Gruden because he skipped out on [...]
Stanley Cup Conference Finals preview
Sometimes, even the blind squirrel finds the acorn. That’s one way of looking at the fact that I not only called all four conference semifinal series winners, but also correctly predicted that no series would go less than six games. Three of them ended up going the distance, as it turned out, with the Carolina-Boston [...]
Quick hits: Boston, T.O., Phillies, Chris Benoit
Boston teams win big: Bruins extend series to game 7, Celtics take 3-2 lead.
When Terrell Owens shows up for minicamp in Buffalo, VH-1 will be there to chronicle the whole thing. Yeah, he’s definitely leaving all his issues in Dallas. It’s a new T.O.
Phillies’ Jayson Werth steals second, third and home against the Dodgers. In [...]
Quick hits: Utecht, Red Sox, Caps-Pens, Cavs
Ex-Red Sox player says the team taught them how to use steroids.
Cleveland Cavaliers sweep the Hawks. Ilgauskas: “We have nothing to celebrate. What is there to celebrate? We have bigger goals than this.”
Caps-Pens, the NHL’s answer to the Celts-Bulls series, is going to Game 7.
Cincinnati Benglas tight end Ben Utecht drops an album all about [...]
NHL: Capitals-Penguins must-see TV
The first-ever Stanley Cup playoff showdown between the NHL’s top two superstars has lived up to the hype. On Monday night Alexander Ovechkin’s Washington Capitals forced a seventh game in their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 5-4 overtime win at The Igloo (or, if you’re a stickler for corporate names, [...]
Quick hits: KKK, Celtics, Safina, Penguins
Celtics win on a last-second shot from Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis (right). Yes, you read that right.
NBA admits referee mistake that lead to Nuggets win over Mavericks. Do these league announcements help or hurt?
After Serena Williams’ announcement that she is the No. 1 player in the world, the actual No. 1, Dinara Safina, wins the [...]
Video: Reporter sees rat on ice, freaks out
Ten seconds of hilarity, courtesy of Comcast’s Lisa Hillary during an on-ice segment prior to the Penguins-Capitals game. Watch the video.
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Quick hits: Kobe, Manny, Beckham
I’ve been waiting years to read this column: Kobe Bryant is a dirty player.
Think the Dodgers will be fine without Manny Ramirez? They blew a 6-0 lead and suffered their first home loss of the season in their first game without him.
David Beckham wants to return to AC Milan after another year in Los Angeles.
17-year-old [...]
