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.
Getty ImagesMarch 6, 2000: Colorado sent to Boston left wing Brian Rolston, center Samuel Pahlsson, defenseman Martin Grenier and a first-round choice in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft (right wing Martin Samuelsson). The Bruins sent back defensemen Ray Bourque and Dave Andreychuk.
Bringing Bourque and Andreychuk aboard I feel made Colorado the best team in the Western Conference that season. The Avalanche won their sixth consecutive division title and for the second straight year they made it to the Western Conference Finals, but lost to Dallas, falling one win short of the Stanley Cup Final.
The next season with Colorado Bourque finally won a Stanley Cup. For an all-time great like Bourque winning the NHL championship was one of the sweetest ends to a career that has ever occurred.
March 19, 2002: The Devils sent a package to Dallas of center Jason Arnott, right wing Randy McKay and their first-round choice in the 2002 Entry Draft (which was later traded by the Stars). In return they obtained center Joe Nieuwendyk and left wing Jamie Langenbrunner.
Both Nieuwendyk and Langenbrunner are the kind of people you need on a team to win. They helped the Devils, who were seeking their third straight Stanley Cup Final, win 11 of their last 14 games. But the Eastern Conference Cinderella team that season – the Carolina Hurricanes – stunned the Devils by beating them in six games in the first round of the playoffs.
But the next season Nieuwendyk and Langenbrunner played pivotal roles as the Devils won the Stanley Cup. Langenbrunner is the current captain of the Devils.
March 8, 2006: Edmonton landed goalie Dwayne Roloson from Minnesota for a first-round draft pick in 2006 (which the Wild later traded to Los Angeles) and a conditional third-round selection in 2006.
Roloson’s superb netminding got the Oilers into the playoffs (as the eighth seed in the Western Conference), but the best was yet to come from him. He started the first 18 games of the playoffs, going 12-5 while posting a .927 save percentage and a 2.33 goals-against average. He was in one of those magical zones as he helped the Oilers reach the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1990.
Unfortunately for Edmonton, Roloson sustained a playoff-ending knee injury in Game 1 of the Final, which the Oilers lost in seven games to Carolina. But there’s no doubt that the postseason run that Edmonton had would not have happened without Roloson.
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.
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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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