With just over two minutes remaining in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals and the Miami Heat holding a very comfortable lead over the Indiana Pacers, coaches Erik Spoelstra and Frank Vogel had largely emptied their benches, resulting in end-game playing time for the likes of Pacers reserve...
Justin Abdelkader will likely be the next NHLer to get a call from Brendan Shanahan after being ejected for a nasty, high bodycheck on Anaheim Ducks' defenceman Toni Lydman.
While the Department of Player Safety may appreciate Abdelkader giving them an easy one after the difficult situation...
Like any very competitive event that shoves 10 really strong people into a condensed space, an NBA game can occasionally break out into a fight opponents. The league is a fraternity, but sometimes its members get really upset and shove each other.
On Tuesday night, several members of the...
College athletic directors are employed to adjudge whether some of the highest-paid executives in American sports -- college coaches -- are exhibiting good judgment. Imagine the shock then when one of those ADs shows some old fashioned poor judgment of his own at a high school sporting event...
With all the folderol about whether Ndamukong Suh did or did not kick Matt Schaub in the man-parts during the Houston Texans' overtime win over the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving day, the move that New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Brodrick Bunkley put on San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman...
Binghamton Senators goaltender Robin Lehner is no stranger to dropping the blocker and the glove and scrapping with an opponent. His fiery temper has given us some memorable moments over the past few years.
On Saturday night, Lehner added another fight to his belt taking on Riku Helenius of...
With trade rumors swirling all around him, Zack Greinke took his scheduled turn for the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon in Houston. Incredibly, it would prove to be the shortest start of his career, though at least the scouts on hand watching could note that it had nothing to do with...
Midway through the second period, Vancouver Canucks defenseman Aaron Rome laid this hit on Anaheim Ducks rookie Devante Smith-Pelly:
Rome was given five minutes for elbowing and a 10-minute game misconduct. Smith-Pelly*went to the locker room, but returned a short while later.
The hit...
ARLINGTON, Texas — Seeing your team getting shellacked in Game 3 of the World Series can apparently rob some folks of their common sense.
With the Cardinals leading 14-6 in the seventh inning on Saturday night, an unidentified Texas Rangers fan tried to get in on the action by slinging a...
Here we go again with Carlos Zambrano.
Zambrano, who was abused for five home runs and subsequently ejected after throwing at Chipper Jones during a 10-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Friday night, reportedly cleaned out his locker prior to the conclusion of the game and informed people within...