Rotoworld: Oregon RB LaMichael James and Oklahoma State WR Justin Blackmon among top 10 players who are being overhyped for the 2012 draft.
SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
PBT: Boston's Rajon Rondo continues to be named in trade talks, which is madness. The Celtics guard creates offense and makes everyone around him better, which was evident in Sunday's win over the Bulls.
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Lefty wins his 40th PGA Tour event with his never-ending supply of tricks up his sleeve. What We Learned this week at Pebble Beach.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
ReutersA triumph at East Lake will be quite a way to wrap up his greatest season to date — nine wins in 16 starts — but it will also provide for two months of build-up. Woods will rest, but not the hype, and where better a place but Maui to resume the streak. The newly-named Mercedes-Benz Championships is one he’s won twice. When he gets a third, the streak will be at eight and onward to another favorite locale for Woods, Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif., just north of San Diego.
Three times he’s won the Buick Invitational, so it looks routine for the streak to hit nine, at which time the hype will be at fever pitch. Within a few days of that ninth straight victory, the Super Bowl will have been played, the NBA and NHL will be months away from the only interest they generate (playoffs), and baseball will be sequestered in spring training outposts in Arizona and Florida.
In other words, the sports stage will be cleared for all-Tiger, all-the-time, particularly with 17 days in between his win at the Buick and the start of the Nissan Open. It will give us plenty of time to write about how Woods will try and solve the dilemma that is Riviera and no doubt there will be stories suggesting he attend a séance in an effort to seek advice from Ben Hogan, a legend from another era who knew how to win at that classic layout.
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My biggest fear is that some will write about the prospects of his record-tying 11th win at the WGC Accenture, and how ticklish that will be, given the fickle nature of match play and the new venue involved. Or even, believe it or not, the stories that will be written about the record-breaking 12th straight win, and how fitting it will be to come at the home of the game’s greatest ambassador, the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida in mid-March.
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Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
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