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For years, and I mean years, I have been a reader of Yahoo! Sports. I found their news pretty resourceful, their fantasy games relatively fun and easy to play, and their service overall pretty strong.

As I became the head administrator of this site, I moved my focus clearly to breaking…

Tuesday night’s Florida Panthers vs. Carolina Hurricanes game was far from interesting.

The Hurricanes put a 4-1 beating on the visiting Panthers, yet both teams still remain far on the outside of the playoff picture looking in.

Jussi Jokinen added his 21st goal of the season. Manny Legace saved 19 of 20.…

Gigantic breaking news out of the National Hockey League, as ESPN’s Barry Melrose is reporting that Thrashers LW and team captain Ilya Kovalchuk has been traded to the New Jersey Devils.  Terms of the deal are undisclosed, but one source claims the Devils will give up D Johnny Oduya, RW…

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The New York Daily News is reporting that the 4-42 New Jersey Nets have tentatively struck a deal that will enable them to move to the nearby Prudential Center in Newark following the conclusion of this season.  The site change would only be temporary, and the team will move to…

As the New Jersey Devils began to play the Tampa Bay Lightning, they did not expect what is going on now. As it stands, the Lightning is leading the Devils 3 to 0, with 9:12 remaining in the second period of the game. Unfortunately though, the lights have gone out…

The St. Louis Blues have fired Andy Murray after starting the season 17-17-6 with 40 points. The Blues are 6-13-3 at home, worst in the league.

In place of Murray, Davis Payne will be the interim head coach. Payne was promoted from the AHL’s Peoria Rivermen, St. Louis’ AHL affiliate.

“Davis is…

In front of a sellout crowd of 38,112 at Fenway Park, the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers played in the third annual Winter Classic. Unlike the last two games, Ty Conklin was not playing…and the home team won.

Down 1-0 late in the third period, former Flyer Mark Recchi tied the…

Move over Terry Sawchuk! There’s a new shutout king on the rink, and his name is Martin Brodeur!

Yes, folks, Martin Brodeur has further solidified his case for being the best NHL goaltender of all time. His 104th career shutout against the Pittsburgh Penguins broke Terry Sawchuk’s shutout record and puts…

NBA:

Toronto Raptors 118 New Jersey Nets 95

Atlanta Hawks 94 Utah Jazz 83

Philadelphia 76ers 98 Boston Celtics 97

New Orleans Hornets 98 Denver Nuggets 92

Cleveland Cavaliers 85 Milwaukee Bucks 82

Minnesota Timberwolves 112 Sacramento Kings 96

New York Knicks 95 Los Angeles Clippers 91

Oklahoma Thunder 109 Detroit Pistons 98

Memphis Grizzlies 107 Indiana Pacers 94

Houston Rockets 116 Dallas Mavericks 108

Washington Wizards 118 Golden State Warriors 109

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Minnesota’s Andrew Ebbett and Columbus’ Derek Dorsett have been placed on the Injured Reserve.

The Wild center suffered a concussion last week in a game against the Phoenix Coyotes. Ebbett is the 4th Wild to suffer from a concussion this season; Petr Sykora, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, and Brent Burns are also out…