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Video: Anssi Salmela Scores, Gets Crushed by Jeff Carter
Filed under: Devils, Flyers, NHL Injuries, NHL VideosAnssi Salmela was a nice under-the-radar pickup for the New Jersey Devils in last week's Ilya Kovalchuk trade, and on Monday night he made an impact with his second goal of the season -- shorthanded -- just one minute into the...
More Snow in D.C. Than B.C.
VANCOUVER (AP) -- As Olympians arrive by the day, the Winter Games seem to be missing something. Namely, winter.
There's more snow in D.C., as in District of Columbia, than B.C., or British Columbia.
Vancouver Olympic officials have touted these as "The Green Games,"...
Drew Brees-Sean Payton: Perfect Partners
Filed under: Saints, Super Bowl FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-- We saw Drew Brees on Sunday night hold his son Baylen on the field and whisper to him after winning Super Bowl XLIV and the game's most valuable player award. There was a twinkle in his eyes that set everything around him...
Saints Fans Welcome Champs Home
Filed under: Saints, NFL Fans, Super Bowl, Super Bowl XLIV Video
NEW ORLEANS -- Why wait until Tuesday for a parade? After all, you can create an impromptu one with two simple ingredients -- a mass of people lining each side of the street and moving vehicles.And so New Orleans Saints...
Collison Shines Quickly In Place of Paul
Filed under: Hornets, Magic Darren Collison didn't improve his NBA Draft position by staying all four years at UCLA, but it certainly has saved the New Orleans Hornets this season, keeping their playoff hopes afloat. This is no ordinary late-first-round pick. Collison, chosen 21st...
'Magical' Saints Complete Miracle Run
Filed under: Saints, Super BowlMIAMI -- The more the seconds turn into minutes along the way to hours, days and years after the most improbable victory in the history of sports, the more the New Orleans Saints become a living testimony for a higher power.If you haven't gone to...
Making the Most of Andre Iguodala
Filed under: 76ers, Cavaliers, Rockets I wrote it as clear as you heard: Bethlehem Shoals is sick of rumors. I wouldn't refer to myself in the third-person unless I really wanted to call attention to my own folly. So there's your disclaimer on this: I LIE. However, the future...
Chris Kaman Replaces Brandon Roy on Western All-Stars
Filed under: NBA All-Star Game, NBA InjuriesBrandon Roy continues to suffer ill effects caused by a hamstring strain, an injury which has kept him out of action since January 20, and which has cost him 12 games in all. As such, there will be no All-Star Game appearance for Portland...
Despite HS Web Site Congrats, Seantrel Henderson Hasn't Signed With USC
Filed under: College Sports, High SchoolScroll halfway down the athletics page of the web site for Cretin-Derham Hall, a Catholic high school in St. Paul, Minn., that is home to the nation's most highly-touted football recruit. There you will come upon the following note of felicitation...
Wiz Shouldn't Count on Gasol Trade Redux
Filed under: Grizzlies, WizardsThe Gilbert Arenas scandal may not have been so bad for the Wizards. It allowed them to recognize that, Gil or no Gil, they're no longer outfitted to be taken seriously in the East. Oh wait, they loaded up this summer with Randy Foye and Mike Miller...
Sean Payton Sleeps with Lombardi Trophy: 'There's Nothing Like it'
Filed under: Colts, Saints, NFL Coaching, Super Bowl, NFL QuarterbacksFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- With confetti and congratulations pouring down on him after Sunday's 31-17 Super Bowl XLIV ambush of the favored Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton - a guy who likes...
Saints Win, Next Up: End of Days
Filed under: NFLPretty sure those fans who, in the hours and days leading up to the big game, would have gladly welcomed Judgment Day in exchange for a Saints Super Bowl title didn't mean it literally. Got some bad news. Via the As Seen in Shreveport blog, the Shreveport Times...
2-on-1: NHL In the Olympics
Filed under: NHL Fans, Russian Hockey, Team USA, Team Canada, Olympic HockeyEvery Monday during the season two of our hockey writers will debate one topic. It's the 2-on-1. This week, Chris Botta and Adam Gretz talk about the upcoming Olympics, the NHL's involvement, and who...
Danica Will Make NASCAR Debut at Daytona on Saturday
Filed under: Daytona Int'l Speedway, Nationwide Series, Danica PatrickDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- After a top-10 taste of stock car racing over the weekend, Danica Patrick has decided to accelerate her learning curve and will enter Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series season-opener...
Super Bowl Media Week: A Back Porch Retrospective
Filed under: Sports Media, NFLThe NFL season is officially over. For those of you not willing to embrace that reality, we offer this: a chance to relive Super Bowl week through the magic of the internet and the eyes of Will Brinson. It'll be just like virtual reality, but in two...
Can Celtics Make Another Brilliant Ray Allen Trade?
Filed under: Celtics, Kings, NBA RumorsIn retrospect, Danny Ainge has executed no trade as brilliant as the one which in essence sent the fifth pick in the 2007 draft and Delonte West to Seattle for Ray Allen. It was a huge risk at the time: Allen had come off double ankle surgery...
Time Was Right for Saints' Gutsy Call
Filed under: Saints, NFL Coaching, Super BowlMIAMI -- Contrary to what you'll be hearing for the next few years, Sean Payton isn't that smart. If he were, he would have waited a little longer before dropping a bomb on his kicker. "Hey, we're running it," he told...
Saints Win? Maybe Brees Is 'Breesus'
Filed under: Super BowlMIAMI -- It was a convergence of voodoo and love and confetti, all the things a visitor feels walking through New Orleans yet rarely felt by the good people who live there. Finally, on a Sunday night in south Florida that didn't happen unless you believe...
Peyton One of the Greats? Not Quite
Filed under: Colts, Super Bowl, NFL Quarterbacks, NFL AnalysisMIAMI -- The great ones thrive in this situation. Everything has gone against you for the longest time. The whole world is watching. Your opponents have admitted often that they are scared to death of your skills. You'...
For Joseph Addai, a Super Outing, but No Ring This Time
Filed under: Colts, Saints, NFL Playoffs, Super Bowl
MIAMI -- There's something about a Super Bowl stage that brings out the best in Indianapolis Colts running back Joseph Addai. He easily could have been the MVP of Super Bowl XLI three seasons ago at this same South Florida stadium...
Saints March Right Through the Door
Filed under: Saints, Super Bowl MIAMI -- The brash and bold attitude the freshly anointed New Orleans Saints displayed on Sunday night is a trait they have flaunted all season. There was nothing fluke or lucky or miraculous about what the Saints did to the Indianapolis Colts here well...
On Bad Ankle, Dwight Freeney Comes Up a Foot Short
Filed under: NFL Injuries, NFL Playoffs, Super Bowl, NFL Analysis MIAMI -- Dwight Freeney never took a pain killing injection. He taped his badly sprained right ankle at least three times -- twice at halftime -- trying to keep the torn ligaments from ruining what was left of his speed...
Emotional Saints Rewrite History
Filed under: Colts, Saints, NFL Playoffs, Super Bowl MIAMI -- If ever there was a Super Bowl champion that was more than just a Super Bowl champion, it's the New Orleans Saints. "We played for so much more than ourselves. We played for our city. We played for the entire Gulf...
Tracy Porter, Saints' Defense Make Play of the Year
Filed under: Colts, Saints, Super Bowl, NFL AnalysisMIAMI -- You want to know about Tracy Porter's haircut, which is understandable, and we'll get to that. You can't write the story about the guy whose interception of Peyton Manning won the Super Bowl without addressing...
Drew Brees Named Super Bowl MVP
Filed under: Super BowlSaints quarterback Drew Brees was named Super Bowl XLIV MVP after New Orleans won its first-ever championship with an 31-17 win over the Colts. Brees tied a Super Bowl record with 32 completions. He finished 32 of 39 for 288 yards and two touchdowns -- both in...
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