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On Saturday evening, Derrick Rose returned from injury to the Chicago Bulls lineup and led his team to a victory over the Sacramento Kings. He also promptly broke Tyreke Evans’ ankles. Either that or the floor was very slippery and somebody …
The Houston Texans put a good old fashioned whooping on the Tennessee Titans in Houston on Sunday, but that won’t be the biggest story of the day. Cortland Finnegan and Andre Johnson were both ejected from the game following a brawl unlike any …
Colt McCoy was unable to go for the Cleveland Browns on Sunday due to a high ankle sprain. Naturally that was bad news for the Browns, who have been playing inspired football since McCoy took over Week 6. The Browns’ signal calling duties …
One of the reasons the Green Bay Packers have been so successful as of late is their ability to protect the football. After not committing a single turnover since their week 10 win over the Vikings, Aaron Rodgers picked a bad time to put an end to …
Between the Keep LeBron Out Web site and high ratings for the Miami Heat, we know they’re a popular yet polarizing team. But at 9-8 on the season, we don’t know if they even warrant the coverage. What we do know is that every angle of …
My old colleague at Sporting News Radio, Tim Brando, used to say that the best thing about college football is the fans, and the worst thing about college football is also the fans. Never has there been a better example of that maxim than the …
Randy Shannon was fired as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes football program Saturday evening following the team’s loss to South Florida. While Shannon is a fine man and a good recruiter, the move was necessary for the program to get back to …
While a loss by Boise State and wins by Oregon and Auburn have made the National Championship Game projection more clear, other results from Saturday have altered the BCS bowl game scenarios. Since our last BCS bowl game projections, one-loss LSU …
Media commentators often say crazy, off-the-wall things just to get attention and rile up fan bases. If that was ESPN analyst Mark May’s objective on Saturday night, he certainly succeeded, but at the cost of his credibility. Maybe he was just …
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State brought us an insane shootout on Saturday night that resulted in a 47-71 victory for the Sooners. Toward the end of the fourth quarter, three touchdowns were scored in well under a minute. Hats off to Oklahoma for …
Oh yeah, and Oregon too. We chose to highlight Auburn and Boise State because of their heart-stopping finishes on Friday, both of which left the BCS picture looking clearer than it has all year. When Boise State blew a 17-point lead against Nevada …
How is it possible to score five points in 20 minutes of a basketball game? I still can’t believe it actually happened, but as LBS contributor Danny Lee pointed out, Cal scored only five points in the first half against Notre Dame on Friday. …
As if the 3-7 record wasn’t embarrassing enough for the Denver Broncos, now we know they lose even when they cheat. Broncos video man Steve Scarnecchia was being investigated for filming a San Francisco 49ers practice the week the teams were in …
When the disaster that quickly became known as Spygate ravaged the Patriots organization at the start of the 2007 season, a lot of people assumed the practice of videotaping opponents was not uncommon. At the same time, it seemed safe to assume that …
No less than a week after a two-year-old child fell out of a luxury suite at Staples Center and died, people watching the end of the UCLA-Arizona State game witnessed a similar incident. A young boy fell out of the stands after UCLA scored a …
Roster maneuvering is one of the difficult tasks a college football coach has to manage. Because of injuries, attrition, or a lack of development by a player, coaches began employing the practice of oversigning — signing more players than are …
