PST: Monterrey, Torreon draw 0-0 in CCL final Leg 1
The sad part about the away goals rule: It’s the best we’ve got. Which is fine, most of the time. Rather than see teams go on the road in first legs, bunker, and try to take their chances at home with 0-0 results, we usual get actual games. [...]
New Hillsborough inquiry to take place next year
LONDON (AP) -A new inquest into the Hillsborough Stadium disaster that killed 96 Liverpool fans will take place early next year.
The High Court in London quashed the original accidental death verdicts in December after secret documents examined [...]
PST: Lewandowski’s 4 goals stun Madrid in UCL
We interrupt your normal UEFA Champions League post-match programming to bring you this special announcement: Robert Lewandowski just went supernova.
The Polish international scored four times on Wednesday, leading Borussia Dortmund to a 4-1, [...]
Men at odds … for now
There’s a school of thought that holds Landon Donovan is due some extra respect for the time he’s given to U.S. soccer, an argument that makes sense on a lot of levels. The man’s been playing for his country since his mid-teens, and the [...]
Is Suarez Public Enemy No. 1?
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Indian football hopefuls dream of playing abroad
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Liverpool’s Suarez bites opponent
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Cricket-Fix scandal won’t affect us now, says Pakistan captain
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Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:27pm IST
KARACHI, April 25 (Reuters) – Pakistan are a more unified squad and will be unaffected by the 2010 spot-fixing scandal when they return to England in June for [...]
Cricket On This Day – 25th April
A cricket video for Cricket World TV about cricket news today in cricket history and a look back at cricket history being made on this day, from international cricketers born on this day to those scoring centuries and taking five-wicket [...]
PBT: Pacers offense runs circles around Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks have a problem. Well, right now they have a lot of problems, but one is bigger than the others — they cannot stop the Indiana Pacers offense.
That would be the Pacers offense that was 19th in the NBA in points per possession [...]
PBT: Lin hurts chest, questionable for Game 3
The Rockets battled back from a 15-point fourth quarter deficit before eventually dropping Game 2 to the Thunder, and they did so without one of their most important players.
Jeremy Lin played 20 first half minutes on Wednesday, but the pain [...]
PBT: Thunder hold off Rockets | Highlights
After dropping Game 1 of their first round playoff series to the top seeded Thunder by 29 points, there weren’t many who believed the Rockets would be able to compete for more than short stretches the rest of the series.
But thanks to some [...]
Spurs pull away late, beat Lakers
The necessary adjustments the Lakers needed to make in order to have a shot in Game 2 against the Spurs were only going to work if they were able to turn in a similar defensive performance that held the Spurs to 37.6 percent shooting in Game [...]
Coyotes play spoiler vs. Sharks | Highlights
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Coming off a dramatic victory in their home finale, the San Jose Sharks had a chance to move closer to earning home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
They let the opportunity slip through their fingers [...]
PHT: Blackhawks clinch Presidents’ Trophy (video)
The Chicago Blackhawks will go into the Stanley Cup playoffs as the league’s top regular season team.
The Blackhawks clinched the Presidents’ Trophy with a 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night, improving their record to a [...]
CSN: Rees accepts backup role as ND senior
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Tommy Rees would rather enter his final year at Notre Dame with regular playing time ahead of him. It may be the senior-to-be’s final season of organized football, and his farewell tour will be one marked by sporadic [...]
CFT: ‘College Football Playoff’ replacing BCS
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As Arkansas heads for a bit of a break following the conclusion of spring practice and prior to the start of the summer conditioning program, Bret Bielema has tabbed his starter at quarterback.
On the Hogs’ post-spring depth [...]
The final’s first home
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As Arkansas heads for a bit of a break following the conclusion of spring practice and prior to the start of the summer conditioning program, Bret Bielema has tabbed his starter at quarterback.
On the Hogs’ post-spring depth [...]
PBT: Warriors offense ignites in win over Nuggets
The Warriors had a lot of questions surrounding them heading into this game.
How would they adjust to playing without David Lee? Who would start in his place? Would Stephen Curry find his offense? Would anyone else step up?
In order, they answered [...]
PBT: Heat pull away late to beat Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks are hustling this series. Give them credit, they are giving a real playoff effort.
Their problem is the Miami Heat are far more talented and when they give their best effort Miami runs away and hides.
The Bucks effort meant [...]
CSN: C’s plan to feed KG fails | Highlights
NEW YORK — Getting Kevin Garnett the ball often was the game plan.
And that plan, much like most of the C’s plans in Game 2, didn’t work out how they expected as the Celtics continue to dig themselves a playoff hole that’s [...]
PBT: Marc Gasol officially crowned Defensive POTY
This was the right call — and it’s a call that might not have been made a decade ago.
Marc Gasol was officially named the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year on Wednesday. He was the frontrunner for the award, with LeBron James coming in [...]
PBT: Knicks’ Smith reportedly to test free agency
Strike when the iron is hot. It’s not just advice for blacksmiths; it applies to NBA free agency as well.
The iron is never going to be hotter for J.R. Smith, the freshly minted NBA Sixth Man of the Year. He averaged 18.9 points per game and [...]
PBT: Brown back with Cavs | LeBron’s thoughts
You can go home again. If your home is Cleveland.
Mike Brown and his family had already decided to move out of Los Angeles and go back to Cleveland before the opportunity to coach the Cavaliers fell in his lap, but now he has a job to go back [...]
PHT: Blues GM: ‘I don’t want to play Chicago’
On Tuesday, the St. Louis Blues punched their ticket to a second straight playoff appearance with a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche.
That led to GM Doug Armstrong being asked about possible first-round opponents — to which he offered up [...]
PHT: Brown to face hearing for elbowing Pominville
Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown didn’t get a penalty for elbowing Minnesota’s Jason Pominville during last night game, but he might still pay for the incident.
The NHL will hold a hearing for what they consider to be a suspension-worthy [...]
PHT: Wings’ Bertuzzi plans to return on Thursday
He’s not quite ready to go tonight versus the Kings, but Red Wings forward Todd Bertuzzi expects to return to the lineup tomorrow versus the Predators at Joe Louis Arena.
Bertuzzi, 38, has been out since Feb. 7 with a pinched nerve in his [...]
PHT: Hobey Baker winner LeBlanc set to debut
Drew LeBlanc‘s year just keeps getting better.
On Wednesday, the Chicago Blackhawks — who signed LeBlanc on the same day he won the Hobey Baker — announced he’d be making his NHL debut against Edmonton tonight.
The news had to come as [...]
PHT: Keith on female reporter rip: ‘I was frustrated’
Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith blames frustration for comments he made towards a female reporter following Monday’s 3-1 loss in Vancouver.
“I was frustrated from losing. That’s all it was,” Keith said today, per Mark Lazerus of the [...]
