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Top Ten Moments of the 2009 NHL Team Season |
| 6/18/2009 6:28:39 PM |
Now that the NHL team Pittsburgh Penguins are the 2009 Stanley Cup champions, All Team Sports Information looks back on this year’s NHL season and picks out some of the best moments.
1. Playing half of Game 7 without sports star Sidney Crosby, the Penguins hold off defending champs Detroit at home and win the Stanley Cup. 2. The incredible come-from-behind series victory... Read More |
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NFL Team Player Burress Has Day In Court--Sort Of |
| 6/16/2009 6:30:22 PM |
Plaxico Burress, a free agent wide receiver following his April 3 release from the NFL team New York Giants, appeared briefly in court this week as part of the on-going criminal case against him. Burress shot himself in the leg while at a nightclub in late November of last year and faces up to three and a half years in prison on felony weapons charges. The judge on the case... Read More
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Something's Missing For NBA Team Orlando |
| 6/9/2009 7:56:57 PM |
It’s what every kid dreams of from the time they start bouncing a basketball in the driveway. Hang around after a high school sports practice and you’ll probably see it there, too. Gym class heroes, pick-up warriors, and even the guys panting and limping their way through the over 40 rec leagues beg for it…
The Last Second Shot. In Game 2 of the NBA team Los Angeles... Read More |
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Dallas Cowboys Receiver Williams Needs To Step Up In 2009 |
| 6/5/2009 7:19:28 PM |
Last year’s mid-season trade deal that brought wide receiver Roy Williams from the NFL team Detroit Lions to the Dallas Cowboys was expected to rock the NFC. But when Williams’ stats proved seriously underwhelming—he averaged just 10.4 yards per reception and played in only 10 games as he battled a chronic foot injury—he didn’t make quite the impact Jerry Jones had... Read More
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NHL Team Redwings Off To 2-0 Start In Cup Finals |
| 6/2/2009 12:48:43 PM |
They’re at it again. The NHL team Detroit Redwings has taken a 2-0 series lead in the Stanley Cup finals against the NHL team Pittsburgh Penguins for the second straight year. So far in the series, the Redwings have scored a combined six goals to the Penguins’ two and are poised to repeat as Cup champions in 2009.
Of the thirty-two teams that have dropped Games 1 and 2 on the... Read More |
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NBA Team Denver Nuggets Need To Get Back To Basics |
| 5/27/2009 12:26:34 PM |
In the NBA team Denver Nuggets blow-out home games this season, they used their amped up home crowd as a sixth man—a really big, really loud sixth man. With a run-and-gun transition game, pull-up threes, and dunks that shook the backboards, the NBA team Nuggets were able to use big plays at key moments, exciting the PepsiCenter fans enough to rattle opposing teams. But that... Read More
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MLB Team Player A-Rod Makes A Statement In Return To Texas |
| 5/26/2009 2:09:34 PM |
New York Yankees MLB team player Alex Rodriguez has certainly had an interesting 2009 so far. Since admitting earlier this year to using performance enhancing drugs while a player for the MLB team Texas Rangers, he’s had hip surgery, been in physical rehab, worked out the kinks in the minors, and has finally come back to New York ready to get on with things. Having been... Read More
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Former NFL Team Player Favre Retirement Saga Getting Old |
| 5/20/2009 5:16:22 PM |
Is he or isn’t he? ESPN.com has reported that NFL team quarterback Brett Favre met with renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews this week to discuss the possibility of shoulder surgery on his throwing arm. Although Favre’s agent vehemently denies it, rumors have been buzzing for weeks about a possible deal between Favre and the NFL team Minnesota Vikings for the upcoming... Read More
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NHL Teams In The Post Season: And Then There Were Four |
| 5/19/2009 3:22:44 PM |
Hockey’s American renaissance continues to move forward, now with just four NHL teams left in the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs.
In Sunday night’s Western Conference opener, the young NHL team Chicago Blackhawks took a hard lesson from the defending champion Detroit Redwings, as Detroit commanded long stretches of the game on the way to a resounding 5-2 win in Game One. Keys to the... Read More |
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Fantasy Baseball: How To Recover From Manny's Suspension |
| 5/13/2009 2:39:00 PM |
When Major League Baseball announced last week that the MLB team Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez had violated the league’s drug policy and would be suspended for 50 games, fantasy baseball team owners across the country were crushed. With Ramirez putting up crazy (and apparently pharmaceutically enhanced) numbers so far this season—hitting .348 with six homers... Read More
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Cuban At It Again: NBA Team Owner Stirring Up Controversy |
| 5/12/2009 4:13:19 PM |
Dallas Mavericks NBA team owner Mark Cuban is known for being an in-your-face, emotional kind of guy. The billionaire businessman has been in trouble with the NBA to the tune of about $1 million in fines for behavior unbecoming of an owner throughout his tenure in Dallas. So it’s no surprise that Cuban would be a little heated after a blatant missed call cost the Mavs Game 3... Read More
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NFL Draft Aftermath: How Did 2008's Worst NFL Teams Fare? |
| 5/7/2009 2:49:51 PM |
The three NFL teams with the worst records in 2008 went a combined 4-44. Given that, it’s easy to believe that adding any player with a pulse to their rosters would be a step up. Now that the 2009 NFL draft is over, All Team Sports Information takes a look at how those three NFL teams fared.
With a 0-16 record in 2008, it’s no surprise that the NFL team Detroit Lions took... Read More |
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NHL Teams Battle Into Conference Semifinals |
| 5/5/2009 1:48:36 PM |
The 2009 Stanley Cup is getting a little closer every night for the eight NHL teams left in the playoffs. With three of the four series tied at a game apiece, this is shaping up to be one of the most competitive NHL postseasons in recent memory.
In the East, the NHL team Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes have fought hard to a one-all tie. The Bruins took a decisive 4-1... Read More |
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Little Big Men: NBA Team Point Guards Heating Up The Playoffs |
| 4/29/2009 1:22:36 PM |
| This year’s NBA playoffs are starting to look like a showcase for some of the most exciting point guard match-ups in recent years.
The big draw in the NBA team Bulls-Celtics series has been the play of Boston’s Rajon Rondo and Chicago’s Derrick Rose. In his first-ever playoff game, the 2009 NBA Rookie of the Year erupted for 36 points and 11 rebounds against the Celtics. While... Read More |
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MLB Team Boston Red Sox Extend Win Streak To 11 |
| 4/28/2009 4:10:56 PM |
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Face it. The MLB team Boston Red Sox are hot. Love them or hate them (New York Yankees fans), you have to admit they’re playing some of the best baseball in the league right now.
With Monday night’s win over the lifeless MLB team Cleveland Indians, Boston has now won 11 straight, including an undefeated 9-0 home stand capped off by a three-game sweep of the MLB team New York... Read More |
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NFL Team Lions Reveal New Logo, Big Weaknesses Leading Up To Draft |
| 4/22/2009 4:29:47 PM |
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After posting the first-ever winless season in NFL history, the NFL team Detroit Lions are looking ahead this year with a new logo unveiled at a media conference Monday. The forward-slanting type and fiercer mascot are meant to convey a “sense of mission and direction,” according to NFL team personnel. As if there was any other way to respond to a 0-16 season.
Credit Detroit... Read More |
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NHL Team Ducks Sweep Top-Seeded Sharks in San Jose |
| 4/21/2009 12:10:12 PM |
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Facing the top-ranked San Jose Sharks and playing in one of the toughest arenas in sports, the NHL team Anaheim Ducks would have been lucky to head back to Arrowhead Pond with a 1-1 split. Instead, the NHL team Ducks will return to their home ice with a 2-0 lead over the Sharks. San Jose must now win four out of the next five games just to advance past the first round.
Since... Read More |
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NBA Team Cavaliers Continue To Roll At Home |
| 4/15/2009 3:04:34 PM |
| The Cleveland Cavaliers just can’t lose this season at Quicken Loans Arena. No, really. After trouncing the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics by 31 on Sunday, The Cavs secured a league-best 39-1 record at home. No, really. With the win over Boston, Cleveland locked up home-court advantage throughout the playoffs, and an eight point win over Indiana on Monday assured the... Read More
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MLB Team Angels Mourn, Regroup After Tragedy Takes Teammate |
| 4/14/2009 2:43:13 PM |
| Early last Thursday morning, just hours after the best game of his MLB career, Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a horrific car crash with a suspected drunk driver. By all accounts, Adenhart was a promising young athlete who had worked hard to break into the Angels starting rotation—the kind of kid who deserved it.
Postponing Thursday’s game... Read More |
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