As we’ve learned over the years, if there’s a unique way to get injured, professional baseball players will typically find it in due time.
Nowadays, more and more of those unique injuries seem to be coming at a time when players are at their happiest: during pregame, in-game or postgame...
In his second NFL season, Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder finished 21st in Football Outsiders' opponent-adjusted metrics among qualifying quarterbacks and threw 18 touchdown passes to 12 interceptions. But more will be expected of Ponder if the VIkings are to get further in the...
In the second period of Game 3 of the Western Conference Final, Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks got into it with Jeff Carter of the Los Angeles Kings. At one point, Keith was reaching down to pick up his glove when Carter appeared to hit it – or Keith – with his stick blade.
So Keith...
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...
The Boston Bruins got a big emotional boost Saturday night. Prior to the club's Game 2 matchup with first-round opponent the Toronto Maple Leafs, the TD Garden received a visit from Jeff Bauman, the local hero who lost both his legs in the Boston Marathon bombings but played a major role in...
Jeff Bzdelik's time as head coach at Wake Forest might be growing short because of the caustic atmosphere developing around his program from angry fans as much as the results his team has produced.
In fact, if a countdown clock at Firebz.com is correct, there shouldn't be more than two days...
No. 1 Star: Jeff Carter, Los Angeles Kings
Carter’s natural hat trick powered the Kings to a 5-1 victory over the Nashville Predators, giving him 14 goals on the season. He turned the trick with two goals in 19 seconds in the third period.
No. 2 Star: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins...
Jeff Gordon's DuPont No. 24 is getting a new look and name.
DuPont's paint business, a longtime sponsor of Gordon's No. 24, has been sold to the Carlyle Group and been rebranded as Axalta Coating Systems and the company will fulfill its 14 race sponsorship of Gordon's car.
“While these are...
Jeff O'Neill, alleged victim of online espionage.
On Wednesday, the Players' Association submitted another CBA proposal. It was summarily rejected by the NHL, who appear be playing the neutral zone trap in these negotiations, and shortly thereafter, several of the frustrated players took to...
NASCAR pledged it wouldn't render immediate judgment on Jeff Gordon for his role in wrecking Clint Bowyer and upending the end of Sunday's Phoenix race. But officials didn't wait much longer, handing down a decision on Monday evening: a fine of $100,000 and a 25-point penalty.
It was not a...
The St. Louis Rams improved to 3-2 on the 2012 regular season with a 17-3 win over the previously undefeated Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night, but the win came with a hefty price tag as wide receiver Danny Amendola is believed to have suffered a broken collarbone while laying out in an...
Last week at Bristol, Denny Hamlin put himself in the picture to be at the top of the Sprint Cup Series points standings when the Chase begins. Sunday night at Atlanta, thanks to Jamie McMurray's right front tire and some quick work by his pit crew, Hamlin made sure that he will be at the top of...
Quarterback Jeff Driskel may have been injured during Florida football practice Tuesday, but it wasn't severe enough to cause coach Will Muschamp any concern.
What did concern Muschamp, however, was the rumor that started making its rounds on the Internet that Driskel, who is in a heated...
Summer is for lake swimming and beer drinking. And JEFF the Brotherhood agrees, at least according to the band's newest video for the song "Sixpack." More »
NEWARK -- When NBC's Pierre McGuire asked Jeff Carter after Game 2 about whether or not the Los Angeles Kings' plan was to shoot low stick side on Martin Brodeur, his response was, with a smile, "I can't tell you too much, he might be watching this."
While Carter may not be jumping to divulge...