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.
APThe bench is deep and experienced. And almost everyone on the team can hit from almost anywhere on the court.
The Hawks played as good a game as they were capable of in their Game 4 loss. They even had a seven-point lead at the end of the first quarter, the first time in the series they had led at the end of a quarter. But at the end, James took the ball, drew half the defense to him, and either took it to the hole with three guys hacking him and trying to tackle him, or dished to a teammate standing all alone beyond the arc for an easy three.
The game was close, but never in doubt, and in the end, the Cavs won by double digits again. The reason it wasn’t in doubt is the same reason they have no intention of taking a game off — LeBron.
He’s coming of age in these playoffs, and the Cavaliers are responding to his lead. They play the best defense in the NBA. They out-rebounded the Hawks by double digits. In the final minutes, when the Hawks had to get the ball back, Cleveland got three consecutive offensive rebounds — and three more 24-second clocks.
At no time have they looked like a team that needs to lose, just to remember what it feels like. They look like a team that is intent on giving no one even the slightest shred of hope.
And now they’re looking like a team that’s going to go home, take a day or two off, then get back to work while waiting to see who emerges from the Boston-Orlando season to try to do what no one has yet been able to accomplish this year: Not to win a series, but to win a game.
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.
Paul Pierce has been around long enough to know what Rajon Rondo's performance can mean for the aging Boston Celtics.
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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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