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This Weekend in Sports: U.S. Open, NBA Finals & the Stanley Cup

Joe Student — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:00:13 +0000

The calendar is packed with championship-level offerings in several sports this weekend. Here’s what to watch: Friday, June 14 2013 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Penn.; 3 p.m. (ET) on NBC The best golfers in the world descend on suburban Philadelphia for the second major of 2013. Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and [...]

Blackhawks Fan Grows Playoff Lawn, City Cuts It

Joe Student — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:41:52 +0000

The Stanley Cup Finals begin Wednesday night in Chicago when the Blackhawks face the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of the NHL's championship series. If Chicago loses, its fans may storm the offices of the city of nearby Park Ridge, Ill. in protest because the suburb's leaders obviously don't understand NHL playoff superstitions.

Who's Going to Win the Stanley Cup, Boston or Chicago? — Sports Survey of the Day

Chris Chaberski — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:47:31 +0000

Two of the NHL's "original six" franchises will meet in the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1979. The Boston Bruins, representing the Eastern Conference, will face the Western Conference-champs, the Chicago Blackhawks, with Game 1 starting at 8 p.m. EST Wednesday night.

This Weekend in Sports: NBA and NHL Playoffs

Joe Student — Fri, 31 May 2013 16:43:43 +0000

Both the NBA and NHL postseasons are nearing their championship rounds. Here’s what to watch this weekend: Friday, May 31 French Open Roland Garros Stadium, Paris; various times on ESPN2 / Tennis Channel; through June 9 Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are the top seeds in the men’s and women’s draws at the 2013 French [...]

Who Is the Hottest Team in the Stanley Cup Playoffs? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:52:45 +0000

The Stanley Cup playoffs are about halfway through the second round, so it seems like a fair time to wonder, which team is playing the best? In the East, it’s a tough choice between two scorching hot teams. After coming back to eliminate Toronto, the Boston Bruins are up 3-0 on the New York Rangers. [...]

This Weekend in Sports: The Indy 500, UFC 160, NBA & NHL Playoffs

Joe Student — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:15:24 +0000

“The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and a UFC heavyweight title bout highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here’s what to watch this holiday weekend: Friday, May 24 NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Finals Game 2 — Indiana Pacers at Miami Heat American Airlines Arena, Miami; 8:30 p.m. (ET) on TNT After a thrilling Game 1 win in [...]

This Weekend in Sports: The Players Championship and NBA, NHL Playoffs

Joe Student — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:06:44 +0000

One of the PGA Tour’s most lucrative tournaments and the NBA and NHL playoffs highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here’s what to watch this weekend: Friday, May 10 The Players Championship — Round 2 TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; 12 p.m. (ET) Golf Channel; through Sunday, May 12 A $9.5 million purse is [...]

2013 NHL Playoffs First Round — Western Conference Preview & Schedule

Joe Student — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:50:27 +0000

The first round of the 2013 NHL playoffs starts Tuesday night, as 16 NHL teams vie to become the one to drink from the Stanley Cup in June. The top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks were the league’s best team in the regular season and are favored to win the West. The defending champion L.A. Kings are also [...]

2013 NHL Playoffs First Round — Eastern Conference Preview & Schedule

Joe Student — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:00:24 +0000

The first round of the 2013 NHL playoffs starts this week, as 16 teams begin their quest for the Stanley Cup. The Pittsburgh Penguins were the best team in the Eastern Conference, but seven other squads believe they can reach the finals. Here’s a preview of the 2013 NHL playoffs’ first round match-ups in the [...]

Buzzer Beaters: Verlander & Posey Sign Huge Deals, Penguins Win 14th Straight and More

Chris Chaberski — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:04:48 +0000

Today’s top sports stories: The Detroit Tigers extended Cy Young and MVP winner Justin Verlander for a record $180 million through 2019. The deal also has a vesting option which could push its value past $202 million. [ESPN] In another major contract agreement, defending National League MVP and former Rookie of the Year Buster Posey [...]

NHL Shows Off Its Geography Knowledge With New Realignment Plan

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:03:21 +0000

The NHL you know and love is about to become a thing of the past. The league has announced plans to realign, beginning next season. Gone is the current six-division format, replaced by four currently unnamed divisions. So, what exactly does this mean? Well, here’s the lowdown: The Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets [...]

Buzzer Beaters: NHL Realignment Approved, NFL Free-Agency Moves and More

Chris Chaberski — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:00:52 +0000

Todays’ top sports stories: The NHL’s board of governors has approved a broad realignment plan for next season that would split the league into two conferences with two divisions each. The top three teams in each division would make the playoffs, plus the two teams with the next best records in each conference, regardless of [...]

The NFL Playoffs or the Return of the NHL — Which Has You More Fired Up? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 02:35:53 +0000

Normally we would be knee deep into the NHL season by now, but the puck will drop later this month on a new season thanks to the lockout, which ended last weekend. And the NFL playoffs are in full swing. So what are you more pumped for — the NHL’s return, or the NFL playoffs? [...]

NHL Lockout Ends as Players, Owners Reach Tentative Agreement

Joe Student — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:01:30 +0000

The National Hockey League and its players’ union reached a tentative agreement to end the league’s 113-day lockout on Sunday. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr announced the deal early Sunday morning in New York after a 16-hour bargaining session in Manhattan, which started on Saturday. The new collective bargaining agreement [...]

Would You Watch Hockey if the Lockout Ended Today? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:00:42 +0000

The NHL Lockout has cost hockey fans, and players, over 400 games, but could it soon be over? The NHL players and owners met for over 10 hours on Tuesday of this week, and reports say they are close to an agreement. So far, the lockout has seen the cancellation of 422 games, including the [...]

NHL Lockout Causes Couples to Lock in, Like in the Sexy Way

Jackie Mancini — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:54:54 +0000

In America, we traditionally see a jump in the NLMI (National Love Makin' Index) anytime there's a big blizzard or some other kind of catastrophic weather event that keeps us locked indoors with people who we are attracted to. (Mark our words, in eight months we there will be a bunch of New York babies named Sandy. Poor kids.) Blizzards don't scare Canadians, though, so up there an NHL lockout is what it takes.

Molson Coors Wants the NHL to Pay Them for All the Beer People Aren't Drinking

Mike Adams — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:28:04 +0000

Executives at Molson Coors, the oldest and largest beer company in Canada, are not very happy with this whole NHL lockout thing. The brewing giant says the lockout is to blame for a sobering decline in beer sales.

Check Out the Official Song of the 2012 NHL Lockout

Donald Deane — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:15:55 +0000

The 2012 NHL lockout is only about a week underway, but singer/songwriter Vicki Shae of Winnipeg-based radio station QX 104 already has a song ready to mend the broken hearts of fans everywhere. And it's a nifty parody of Taylor Swift's 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' to boot. Nothing lessens the sting of a painful labor dispute more than a heartfelt breakup tune, right?

NHL Player Picks Up Hitchhiking Bono in Canada

Amory Gritta — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:53:13 +0000

Edmonton Oilers' center Gilbert Brule could have sworn he saw U2 frontman Bono hitchhiking on the side of a Canadian road Tuesday.

Kelsey Nichols, his girlfriend and the driver of the car that had allegedly just whizzed past the rock icon, had her