See here: Kurt Busch joins with Tag Heuer for three races
For a small team in NASCAR, finding sponsorship that sticks is like trying to make a snowball by grabbing flakes out of the air. So it has to come as good news to Phoenix Racing that its newest driver,...
View ArticlePuck Headlines: Rangers’ honour assaulted officer Auricchio; Dustin Penner’s...
Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • This is what Dale Weise...
View ArticleEarly Exits: Robert Griffin III, Baylor’s shooting star
At this point, there's not much to be said about Robert Griffin III's rise to college football royalty that hasn't been said, and then repeated, and then condensed onto the scrolling ticker at the...
View ArticleChad Mendes fires back at Gray Maynard, Jose Aldo’s secret weapon
Jose Aldo knows he'll have to grapple come Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro so he brought in what he thinks is the answer to solve the Chad Mendes riddle. Gray Maynard is a former college wrestler...
View ArticleJ.C. Romero gets ‘justice,’ settles tainted supplement suit
Relief pitcher J.C. Romero said he wanted to clear his name after getting suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball in 2009 after flunking a drug test. So, he did what we do best in America: He...
View ArticleIs Dion Phaneuf of Maple Leafs really the NHL’s most overrated player?
NHL players polls are always a good time. They're like the "Burn Book" from "Mean Girls", only with fewer devil's horns drawn on photographs and use of the word "fugly." The latest one comes from the...
View ArticleShowdown, Week 2: Simpson, Choi, & Na
So in an attempt to inject a bit more life and interest into tournaments, and because we're all inveterate gamblers who are one bad card from being out on the streets, Jay Busbee, Jonathan Wall and I...
View ArticleChuck-a-puck fundraising fate could help heal wounds from paralyzing hockey hit
It's the kind of coincidence that can make the hair on your arm stand on end. In one of the more truly unreal coincidences imaginable, a puck bearing the number of a prep hockey player paralyzed over...
View ArticleBarcelona mural passes ‘D10S’ tag from Maradona to Leo Messi
Barcelona design firm Axe Colours decided to celebrate Lionel Messi's third Ballon d'Or with a special mural. In addition to the depiction of a celebrating Leo and the three golden balls, they also...
View ArticleCourt Report: Please welcome Dorell Wright to the 2011-12 season
Dorell Wright scored 20 points in 38 minutes on Tuesday, hitting six of his 11 threes and adding 10 boards, a steal, and a block in the 111-106 overtime win over the Heat. A few weeks ago, nobody would...
View ArticleHow Baylor compares to college basketball’s elite
When undefeated Baylor went on the road and defeated 18th-ranked Kansas State 75-73 on Tuesday night, it sparked an interesting debate. Do the Bears deserve to be considered a Final Four favorite in...
View ArticleVideo: A great dunk, some knockoff uniforms, and an amazing headband
At BDL, we regularly bring you exciting dunks from NBA and NBA-associated events. Sometimes, though, great plays happen elsewhere, in professional leagues in countries Americans usually only hear...
View ArticleA requiem for the 2011/2012 Atlanta Falcons
Today, we say goodbye to the 2011/2012 Atlanta Falcons, a team that was good, but a team that should've been better than just "good." The Falcons were so confident that they were close to being...
View ArticleVideo: Warriors owner Joe Lacob got excited for his birthday
If you haven't heard, on Tuesday night the Golden State Warriors beat the Miami Heat 111-106 in overtime. It was a crazy game, with the Warriors coming back from 17 down in the second half, not...
View ArticlePostmortem: Texas staggers off the mat
A season in review. • Be careful what you ask for. The general consensus on the starting quarterback in August was "Anyone but Garrett Gilbert," and the wish came true: Gilbert was benched in the...
View ArticleThe 49ers want to channel the honey badger against the Saints
The San Francisco 49ers are looking to the animal kingdom for inspiration as they take on the New Orleans Saints this Saturday. Specifically, they are looking to the honey badger, the animal whose...
View ArticleWhy Gerald Wallace won’t sign an extension with Portland
With the regular season in full effect, it's sometimes difficult to remember that the NBA just underwent a potentially disastrous lockout. The league came out on the other side just fine, but there was...
View ArticlePuck Previews: Pens/Caps; Burke on ‘overrated’ Phaneuf
Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished....
View ArticleExclusive: Univ. of Michigan, NHL in advanced discussions for 2013 Winter...
Michigan Stadium is known for being the biggest college football venue in the land, playing to crowds of more than 110,000 every fall. But the 84-year-old stadium, affectionately referred to as The...
View ArticleDTotD: Alvaro Arbeloa sent off for a blatant and weak elbow
Alvaro Arbeloa really wanted to catch Malaga's Nacho Monreal in the face with his elbow on Tuesday...even if he was a little farther away than he thought he was. So, as they both went up for a header,...
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