NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Everybody knows the Lightning are good. But do you know just how good? How historically good? Right now, this almost unbelievably deep group is on pace for 129 points, which would be five more than the previous high of the salary-cap era, the 124 points racked up by the historic 2005-06 Red Wings. This year’s Maple Leafs […]

A young Austrian apprentice wagon maker, Josef Fischer, decided to strike out on his own in 1924 in the trade of “wagon making and the manufacture of wooden products.” He started off with toboggans and then, the next year, he made a pair of skis. They were cut from locally grown beech or brook ash — no one is really […]

The rest of Unai Emery's side arrived in Liverpool ahead of their clash against Jurgen Klopp's men – but the German was missing after not travelling with the team despite taking part in training earlier on Friday. League leaders Liverpool are unbeaten in their 19 games this season while Arsenal come into the game fifth – two points behind Chelsea […]

To what should be the surprise of exactly nobody, the Rangers have sent Lias Andersson back to the Wolf Pack to continue his apprenticeship with 20-minute, center-stage nights in the AHL rather than with single-digit ice time on the wing of an NHL fourth line. “He’s made some great progress and he’s done some good things, but we just need […]

A five-person international jury will make a decision on Saturday afternoon after a protest was lodged against this year's Sydney to Hobart winner Wild Oats XI. The race committee lodged the protest on Friday night after it was told by Peter Harburg, the owner of runner-up Black Jack, that Wild Oats XI did not have its Automatic Identification System (AIS) […]

The Norwegian star, 38, has revealed the shocking details of his explosive bust-up with the Welsh striker in 2007. Liverpool's squad had jetted off to train in Algarve before their Champions League showdown with Barcelona. Some of the players had headed out for a drink and Bellamy called for the left-back to sing karaoke at a local bar. As reported […]

TRAINER Willie Mullins has won the last two renewals of this with Rich Ricci’s Let Dance and it would be disappointing if he does not do the business again this year with LIMINI. She’s not been seen over the sticks much since an injury saw her sidelined last year, but she came back in rude health on the flat earlier […]

The College Football Playoff gets started with two semifinal matchups on Dec. 29. The winners of both games will advance to the national championship game in Santa Clara, California, on Jan. 7.  The first game will take place Saturday afternoon in the Cotton Bowl where No. 2 Clemson faces off with No. 3 Notre Dame. It's the fourth consecutive playoff appearance […]

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Alabama linebacker Anfernee Jennings was on a westbound flight to Los Angles before Christmas when he struck up a conversation with his neighbor, a Harvard graduate interested in whether the 6-foot-3, 266-pound junior played sports, and where. Yes, I play football, Jennings answered, and I play at the University of Alabama — aware of the response that almost inevitably […]

Hobart: Wild Oats XI's Sydney to Hobart line honours win is under a cloud, with the event's race committee advising the yacht may have breached regulations. A protest has been lodged against the supermaxi after the race committee received a report from the owner of runner-up Black Jack that claimed Wild Oats XI's automatic identification system had not transmitted throughout […]