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: Syracuse is among a solid group of No. 1 seeds in our latest tournament projections, but the middle of the pack is much more murky.
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.
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods greeted their Sunday pairing at Pebble Beach with optimism. But the day would end happily only for one.
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.
APIn the first overtime, back-to-back 3-pointers by Jordan Crawford (18 points) gave Indiana a 69-66 lead, but McCamey buried one of his own to tie it with just under a minute left.
The Hoosiers’ Jamarcus Ellis missed two free throws with 29.5 seconds left, and the Illini’s Pruitt missed two with two seconds left, sending it into another OT.
“Sooner or later, something is going to go right for our group,” Illini coach Bruce Weber said.
McCamey said: “We had our chances.”
The wild game took some of the focus off the Gordon subplot.
The Illini are in danger of missing the postseason for the first time since 1999, and many fans blame Gordon for that.
The Indianapolis native gave Illinois an oral commitment as a high school junior but changed his mind after Sampson replaced Mike Davis at Indiana.
Fans and some coaches even questioned whether Sampson had followed proper protocol by contacting Gordon without talking to Weber first.
On the court, Gordon’s transition to college has been seemless — his struggles in the first half notwithstanding.
The explosiveness and touch from the perimeter simply were missing early on, and the crowd pounced on him, chanting: “In your head! In your head!”
“Coach just told me I had to settle down,” Gordon said. “Usually, when I go too fast, I get a turnover, and it’s just about myself. I just needed to handle that on my own.”
Arc: Syracuse is among a solid group of No. 1 seeds in our latest tournament projections, but the middle of the pack is much more murky.
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.
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