Hockey fans in Winnipeg are thrilled to have an NHL franchise back in town, but the euphoria that has taken over the city could be tempered by a couple of Eastern Conference contenders that will look to make sure that the Jets’ return flight isn’t a smooth one.
The Phillies cruised past the Cardinals in Game 1 of the National League Division Series but the message was loud and clear after Game 2: St. Louis will not go quietly.
Even if you’re a casual MMA fan, you won’t want to miss UFC 136 this Saturday night. One of the most stacked cards in while features two title fights, including the rematch between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard following their draw last January.
The Boston College Eagles will be looking for their first conference win of the season when they take on the Clemson Tigers in an ACC-Atlantic Division matchup this upcoming Saturday afternoon. The game is slated to kick-off at 3 p.m. and it will be available on ESPN3.com.
The Connecticut Huskies open-up their conference play in the Big East against the West Virginia Mountaineers this upcoming Saturday afternoon at Mountaineers Field in Morgantown. Kick-off is scheduled for 12 p.m. and the game will be available on ESPN3.com.
The St. Louis Blues have settled in as that perennially hyped team of youngsters, projected to break out every year but never doing so. They had a cup of coffee in the 2009 playoffs, when they were swept by Vancouver in four games, but haven’t sniffed the postseason since. It’s time to ask, once again: this is the year?
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After winning the Stanley Cup in 2009-10, the Chicago Blackhawks crawled into the eighth playoff seed on the final day of the 2010-11 regular season. We all understood why they regressed; totally maxed out with their salary cap, they traded away half their team.
Sigh. Do I really have to write a new Detroit Red Wings preview?
I should just use a template. Nothing changes. Two years ago or one year ago, the Red Wings had an ageless wonder on “D” in Nicklas Lidstrom, two of the game’s best all-around players in Pavel Datsyuk and Nicklas Lidstrom, a bonecrushing hitter in Niklas Kronwall, and a rising star goaltender in Jimmy Howard. Guess what?
Arguably, there was no busier team this offseason than the Florida Panthers in terms of sheer volume. General manager Dale Tallon got busy, acquiring Jose Theodore, Brian Campbell, Ed Jovanovski, Scottie Upshall, Tomas Kopecky, Tomas Fleischmann, Kris Versteeg and Sean Bergenheim.
Nobody was expecting the Indianapolis Colts to put up such a strong fight against the Pittsburgh Steelers in a game that ended with a game-ending field goal in the dying seconds to cost the home side on Sunday Night Football.
Preview: Dover is the third race of the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, the first two having been won by Tony Stewart, who now leads the point standings. Although he’s won twice at Dover in 25 starts, Stewart’s two wins here came back-to-back in 2000, and Dover has not been a great track for him recently.
