The review-free afternoon in Dubai was brilliant, as were Younus Khan and Azhar Ali The madness stopped after lunch and Test cricket as we have come to know it, or at least expected it to be during this series, took hold, as if all that had gone before, here and in Abu Dhabi, had all been a bad dream. There is still much of this game to play certainly in terms of time and much can change. But it ...
Crytek is developing a free-to-play multiplayer FPS called Warface, and it's already winning awards from Chinese critics. We've got the full scoop on what Warface is and why you should be interested.
(February 8, 2012; Toronto) It was an ordinary workday, and while business people scurried through Commerce Court, all of a sudden, they stopped in their tracks. What is going on? Where did those hockey sticks come from? How did those nets appear? Who's doing play-by-play? There's a road hockey game in progress!! But what the heck is with those guys wearing jockstraps over their suits?
Jenna Ralston drives to the hoop in a recent Pacwest game. The fifth-year forward set team records with 42 points and 10 threes against Langara Jan. 27.
Last month, BCS executive director Bill Hancock told reporters that conference commissioners would be discussing "50 to 60 concepts" for reforming the sport's postseason. This week, we found out the eye-opening details for one of those plans. The Chicago Tribune first reported that athletic directors from the Big Ten -- a league once seen as a champion of the BCS status quo -- are exploring a ...
Microsoft's free-to-play, unofficial sequel to its Flight Simulator franchise, "Microsoft Flight," launches on Feb. 29, Microsoft said Monday.
Super Bowl Sunday is not just about the game. Sure, fans want to see the Super Bowl XLVI matchup of the New England Patriots (15-3) versus the New York Giants (12-7), but with Super Bowl Sunday also comes the wonderful opportunity to place prop bets on the game. These are bets that have virtually nothing to do with the actual play on the field. Cross-sport prop bets can be highly entertaining on ...
IF you're a shooter, the "heat check" in basketball is one of the sport's most exciting moments. It means you're already hot and, by tossing up a shot you have no business taking or making, you're checking to see just how scorching you are.
Four years ago, Elena Delle Donne was the top basketball recruit in the country. But Delle Donne walked away from an elite college program — so she could be with her severely disabled sister and the rest of their family. Now she's the best college player in America.
The NFL wants to add even more fans to the millions already following the sport -- and is willing to pay $1 million to do it. The league will run an ad during the Super Bowl introducing the "Perfect Challenge," a deceptively simple new fantasy game. Each week, participants must pick an eight-player lineup out of the entire NFL.
Four Quarters with Molly Gregory
A fundraising initiative organized by University of Guelph students and three area youngsters has set a new world record. Hopscotch 4 Hope, an event that raised more than $22,000 last October, is now in Guinness World Records as the longest hopscotch game. Organizers drew more than 5½ kilometres of hopscotch squares along the streets of Eden Mills, Ont. More than 850 participants raised money ...
ALL-SPORT TRAININGFAIRFAX: The Canon Tennis and Swim Camp offers weeklong training for children ages 7-13.
In the middle of a three-game road swing, Santa Clara travels to San Francisco to take on the Dons at 8 pm on Thurs, Feb. 9. The game will be televised nationally on ESPNU with Mark Neely and Miles Simon making the call.
Mike Jakubo wasn’t expecting to have quite so much free time as he pursues another Northern Ontario championship. In fact, so far, the Sudbury skip hasn‘t had to curl a full 10 ends.[...]
Penn-Trafford junior Andy Abreu is the Greensburg Trib Spotlight Male Athlete of the Week.
It’s easy to make an argument for Johanna Closson Steenekamp as the best basketball player ever to don a green and gold Lady Bulldog jersey. Closson owns nine — yes, nine — basketball records at Whitefish High School.
Before entering the offseason (my in-season), which is longer than the season, let?s look back on Super Bowl XLVI, the most watched program in the history of television:
Some say statistics are like children’s modelling clay, you can make them into any shape you want, roll them up and start all over again when it suits you. However, some can help tell you the true story.
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh, known for his risk-free batting style that brought him nearly 11,000 Test runs, wishes he could have flung the bat in the Twenty20 format.
