Archive for the NHL Category
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Ex-Red Wing Probert dies
Retired hockey enforcer Bob Probert, as adept with his fists as with a stick in a 16-season career with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks, died Monday after suffering chest pains while boating with his family. He was 45. Probert, who st
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A Sports Fan’s Guide to Weekend Television Viewing: June 25-27
With the U.S. advancing, the World Cup becomes more visible in the states this weekend and now the matches become crucial. It’s a fairly quiet weekend with college baseball, Interleague play and Wimbledon being the major forces. On Friday, we
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Blackhawks Win Stanley Cup
Patrick Kane sneaked the puck past Michael Leighton 4:06 into overtime and stunned Philadelphia to lift the Blackhawks to a 4-3 overtime win in Game 6 on Wednesday night for their first championship since 1961. Kane will go down as scoring one of the
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League Approves Sale of Wizards
The National Basketball Association's Board of Governors has unanimously approved the sale of the Washington Wizards to the owners of the Washington Capitals, the league said Tuesday. Lincoln Holdings, an enterprise controlled by Ted Leonsis, will ow
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A Sports Fan’s Guide to Weekend Television Viewing: June 4-6
We’re almost at the start of summer and that means more baseball, tennis, softball and golf, but that also means winter sports such as basketball and hockey are about to end. Next week, the World Cup arrives and that triumphs over everything.
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What to Watch this Weekend – June 3rd
The NBA Finals get underway tonight with game one of the dream match-up between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. These two franchises have combined for 33 World Titles and have everyone licking their chops to see which team wins the 34t
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Fearless Predictions for the Week of May 31st to June 6th
- With the NCAA probe into the recruitment and academic history of Eric Bledsoe by the University of Kentucky Wildcats, expect John Calipari’s name to come up again for the vacant NBA Head coaching positions.As the NCAA probes into Calipari’s pla
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What to Watch this Weekend – May 27th
After the first two games of the NBA Conference Finals it appeared that a Boston - Los Angeles matchup in the finals was a foregone conclusion. Suddenly both series have dramatically tightened up to become anyone’s guess. The NHL Stanley Cup Fin
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Flyers and Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup
The Philadelphia Flyers are back in the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in 13 years. Captain Mike Richards had a highlight-reel goal early, Arron Asham and Jeff Carter scored 84 seconds apart in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals and the F
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Capitals Sign Backstrom for $67M
Twenty-two-year-old Nicklas Backstrom signed a 10-year, $67 million deal with the Washington Capitals on Monday. He and Ovechkin accounted for 210 points this season, making them the top scoring teammate duo in the league. Ovechkin is about to enter
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