Super Bowl XLVI
Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
DeMarco: Plug in a well-heeled ownership group and negotiate one of those mega-bucks TV deals that are going around, and the Dodgers could become the west coast version of the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox.
Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi scored shootout goals to give Detroit a 2-1 win over Anaheim on Friday. The victory was the Red Wings' 19th consecutive at home, one shy of the NHL record.
Jeremy Lin had the most astounding performance of his remarkable week, scoring a career-high 38 points and outdueling Kobe Bryant as the New York Knicks held off the Los Angeles Lakers 92-85 on Friday night.
Arc's weekend preview: The way you beat Kentucky is by getting physical with their big guys, and the Wildcats don’t have much depth up front.
CFT: Jordan Jefferson makes it clear he wasn't happy with LSU's game plan in the Tigers' BCS Championship Game loss to Alabama.
Despite an injury scare and a few missed opportunities at Monterey Peninsula CC, Tiger Woods remains in contention at the AT&T.
John Isner jolted Roger Federer with his big serve and booming groundstrokes Friday, winning 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2 to give the United States a 2-0 lead against Switzerland in the first round of the Davis Cup.
Manchester City will find at least three highly motivated players in its way Sunday when it tries to improve upon its flagging away form in the Premier League at Aston Villa.
All that stuff about the Olympic ideal, how it's all about taking part, not winning, can often seem like so much hot air, rendered hopelessly quaint and outdated by the ultra-competitive and mercenary world of modern sport. Until, that is, you speak to Kieran Behan.
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.
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DETROIT - He won’t be a Detroit Red Wing, but Chris Chelios still wants to play.
The 47-year-old defenseman said Wednesday he has no hard feelings about Detroit’s decision not to sign him for next season. In fact, he says his 10 years as a Red Wing couldn’t have turned out better.
“Absolutely no regrets, “ he said. “I had the best 10 years in Detroit.”
He was limited to 28 games during the 2008-09 regular season because of a broken leg suffered during an exhibition game. He played in six games during the playoffs, which Detroit lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Chelios has played 25 NHL seasons, winning three Stanley Cups and three Norris Trophies as the league’s top defenseman. He said he had one last chat with Red Wings’ owner Mike Ilitch at the Detroit Tigers’ game Tuesday night, and is ready to move elsewhere. He and his agent will start contacting teams July 1, when he officially becomes a free agent.
“I just want to see if I can get the opportunity with another team and if I can contribute,” he said, adding that he would prefer to play with a team in the Eastern Conference because travel would be easier than in the far-flung Western Conference.
But Chelios also said if things aren’t going well and he’s not playing a month or two into next season, he would retire. And if he can’t catch on with a team, Chelios said he expects to do more with the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team. General manager Brian Burke has said that Chelios will have a non-playing role.
Chelios, who started his NHL career in Montreal, won two Stanley Cups with the Red Wings after being acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1998-1999 season. As a Blackhawk, Chelios was been one of the players Detroit fans hated the most. But he is now one of the city’s most beloved athletes.
“Who would have thought, with what I did for Chicago to the city of Detroit, that I would be able to make this kind of relationship?” Chelios asked.
Whatever happens next year, his family won’t move from the Detroit area, where Chelios owns bars. He has two daughters still in high school. His son Dean will be attending and playing hockey at Michigan State next season and his son Jake will play with the Chicago Steel of the Major Junior United State Hockey League in 2009-10.
Chelios is the second-oldest to ever play in the NHL. Only Gordie Howe, who played at 52, was older. But Chelios says Mr. Hockey won’t have to worry about losing that distinction to him.
“I’ll be satisfied to be the oldest American,” he said.
Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi scored shootout goals to give Detroit a 2-1 win over Anaheim on Friday. The victory was the Red Wings' 19th consecutive at home, one shy of the NHL record.
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Jeremy Lin had the most astounding performance of his remarkable week, scoring a career-high 38 points and outdueling Kobe Bryant as the New York Knicks held off the Los Angeles Lakers 92-85 on Friday night.
Plenty of people are telling the Jeremy Lin story, because it's just a good story. The underdog, the unexpected and the first player since LeBron James nearly a decade ago to put up at least 20 points and eight assists in his first two NBA starts.
Chris Paul had 24 points, including the game-winning 17-footer with 3.2 seconds left, Blake Griffin added 16 points and 11 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 78-77 on Friday.