USA men’s basketball picks Greensboro, NC, for 1st home game

The U.S. men's basketball team has selected Greensboro, North Carolina, to host its first home World Cup qualifying game.

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Flyers loan Matt Read to AHL, reminding us that NHL cuts can be cruel

Read will still cost the Flyers about $2.6 million in cap space.

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Massive NBA All-Star Game changes, teams to be picked by captain, play for charity

Suddenly the NBA All-Star Game is going to be more like the pickup game at the schoolyard. And it just made an often tedious game far more interesting. The NBA Announced significant changes to the All-Star Game, starting for the 2018 edition in Los Angeles next February. Team captains will choose the teams from the pool […]

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End of Leafs’ LTIR drama? Lupul reportedly fails another physical

It looks like the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks can both let out sighs of relief regarding prominent players and LTIR. Reports indicate that Marian Hossa will indeed go to LTIR, and reporters including Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston pass along word that the same appears to be true regarding Joffrey Lupul. In fact, NHL executive […]

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LeBron James pokes fun at “rookie” Dwyane WadeD

LeBron and Wade are going to have fun playing with each other again no matter what.

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Penguins cut losses with Pouliot, trade him to Canucks

Pittsburgh receives a fourth-round pick and Andrey Pedan for Pouliot.

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Tristan Thompson good with move to bench, will try to be Sixth Man of Year

Tristan Thompson was professional about this when a lot of players would not have been.

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