Ducks Rip Canucks, Backup Goalie Raycroft

After losing the services of starting goalie Roberto Luongo for the indefinite future with a broken rib, the Canucks may have breathed a sigh of relief too soon after backup goalie Andrew Raycroft’s performance in his first game in relief. After an excellent effort in an overtime victory over Los Angeles, Raycroft was torched for four goals in two periods before being pulled from the game. Corey Schneider, recently recalled from Manitoba of the AHL, played the third period in net giving up three more goals as Anaheim cruised to a 7-2 victory. The Canucks scored twice in the first five minutes of the game to lead 2-0 before giving up seven unanswered [...]

Crosby’s Shootout Winner Gives Penguins Victory Over Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets learned a valuable lesson about NHL hockey on Friday night-it’s dangerous to ’sit on a lead’ and particularly against the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Down 3-1, Pittsburgh tied the game late in the third period as Ruslan Fedotenko and Alex Goligoski each lit the lamp with less than three minutes remaining. After a scoreless overtime period, Sidney Crosby scored the only goal of the shootout to give the Penguins an improbable 4-3 victory. It was the 9th win in ten games for Pittsburgh, who are a perfect 6-0-0 on the [...]

An Introduction To CFL Canadian Football For The NFL Fan

In the United States, summertime is when teams get prepared to play football. NFL teams start training camp, and college teams start practice. North of the border in Canada, however, summertime is when their professional football season begins in the form of the Canadian Football League [...]

Jets End Three Game Losing Streak With Win Over Raiders

The New York Jets and rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez found a sure fire cure to their recent struggles-a game against the lowly Oakland Raiders. Sanchez passed for–3 yards and a touchdown, plus added a rushing touchdown as New York thumped Oakland 38-0 in the largest regular season shutout win in franchise history. Oakland quarterback JaMarcus Russell continued to struggle, and he passed for just 61 yards with three interceptions before he was benched in favor of Bruce Gradowski. The Jets improved their record to 4-3 while the Raiders dropped to [...]

The Historical Roots Of MMA: Muhammad Ali Vs. Antonio Inoki

Decades before mixed martial arts became popular in the United States, events matching fighters of different fighting disciplines were very common in Japan. They weren’t called “mixed martial arts” at the time, but that’s essentially what they were.There’s an entire history of pro wrestlers fighting specialists from other martial arts (particularly judo) that were leaving out, but during the’70’s Antonio Inoki began to put the concept of “mixed martial arts” on the map with his matches against fighters from other [...]

Phil Esposito’s Rampage On The NHL Record Book

Though his scoring records have been obliterated by Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, former Boston Bruins/New York Rangers center Phil Esposito is still regarded by hockey cognoscenti as one of the greatest offensive players in the history of the game. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, as is his brother Tony Esposito who was a standout goaltender for the Chicago [...]

Carolina Thumps Slumping Tampa Bay

Carolina Panthers’ quarterback Jake Delhomme struggled on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and was fortunate that his running backs bailed him out. Delhomme threw for only 65 yards with two interceptions, but D’Angelo Williams (152 yards) and Jonathan Stewart (110 yards) kept the chains moving as the Panthers won their second straight game defeating the Bucs 28-21. Tampa Bay has now lost ten straight dating back to last season and are 0-6 for the first time since’85. Carolina improved to 2-3 with the [...]

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Betting on sports can be a very profitable hobby or work, if they are following the right strategies. If you have a passion for the sport and spend a weekend week watching football, baseball, basketball, hockey, horse racing, etc. in sports betting is definitely for you! You can convert your useless knowledge to see [...]

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I am 12 and stuck in a house with 1 friend who lives nearby and going somewhere, that the brother is hogging the TV play video games with his friend, who does not like the sport and not a hobby, and rotting in a computer chair! please help!

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UFC 85 Flashback: Alves Dominates Hughes

A day after failing to make weight for his fight against Matt Hughes, Thiago Alves dominated the former UFC welterweight champion en route to a 2nd round TKO victory. The main event at UFC 85 in London was somewhat anticlimactic to the fans at the O2 Arena who considered the semifinal matchup between Manchesters Michael Bisping and Jason Day the biggest fight on the card. Bisping actually improved upon his excellent showing against Charles McCarthy at UFC 83 and pummeled Day mercilessly from the top mount position until the fight was stopped just past the 3 minute mark of the first [...]

Insight Into A Virginia Beach Striper Fishing

Virginia Beach is the ultimate location for striper fishing. This unique winter sport is a popular hobby of many fishing enthusiasts. Many people catch a fifty pound rock fish and do not even blink an eye. The really cool part about Virginia Beach Striper Fishing is that you can participate from Autumn until as late as [...]

Make The Most Of Green DC Shoes

If you take part in any form of extreme sport then you are no doubt familiar with the DC brand. This brand of clothing and footwear is precisely engineered for those that like taking part in dangerous sports. Typical examples include snowboarding, skateboarding and BMX riding. These are not sports that you will find everyone able to do and that is why a pair of green DC shoes is a must have for a sporting [...]