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AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
5 Failed Gretzky Heirs A few players emerged as successors because of their success at a young age, but we mustn't forget that, in addition to a solid skill set, the true heir must have Gretzky's humble personality as well. Here are the 5 players that came closest. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
7 Overlooked Draft Picks Today, we present draft history's lucky seven: players who were picked out of the bottom of the draft barrel, but went on to excel, make a significant impact and collect the big bucks. All figures are in U.S. dollars. |
AskMen.com Mohit Arora |
Top 10: Sports Superstitions Sometimes it's not enough to just practice and train for hours on end, as players also need to have a mental edge, which often manifests in some strange and nonsensical behaviors and beliefs. |
Sports Central May 26, 2008 Andrew Jones |
The Top 10 Cities For Hockey Fans These ten cities have winter and great hockey to watch. |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Eye-Popping Contracts Here's a list of 10 sports contracts that involve double-digit length or triple-digit figures. |
AskMen.com Phil Helm |
Top 10: Outrageous Hall Of Fame Exclusions The following is a list of 10 athletes who were outrageously exluded from their respective sports hall of fames. |
AskMen.com Schrager & Weinberg |
Sports Gossip: The Monday Morning Couch Potatoes Ninth-inning heroics help lead to All Star game victory... Roger Federer captures eighth Grand Slam, fourth straight Wimbledon... Chicago Bulls the biggest players in the NBA offseason... Italy wins fourth World Cup... etc. |
AskMen.com Andrew Segal |
Top 10 Winningest Sports Cities Cities are ranked by the total number of titles won by all their teams in the four major professional sports. While it's fairly obvious that New York would be No. 1, some of the other cities on the list are a bit surprising. |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Athletes Without Championships Disney movies typically have happy endings, but sports careers often have more tragic conclusions. |
Sports Central April 17, 2008 Sean Crowe |
Why the NHL is Dead The question is, how do we bring it back to life? |
Sports Central October 25, 2004 Eric Poole |
Hockey Strike? What Strike? It's difficult to tell which is worse, the total absence of any progress toward ending the National Hockey League's work stoppage -- or the lack of outrage about it. |
Sports Central June 13, 2005 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: On-Ice Advice Here are four amendments that would truly return hockey amongst the ranks of the major sports. |
Sports Central October 5, 2005 Mike Chen |
Five Reasons to Watch the NHL In case you didn't hear about it (and Martha Burk is doing her best to make sure that you do), the NHL is back from its lockout of stupidity and looking to break the ice with fans new and old. |
Sports Central March 1, 2011 Andrew Jones |
The Wisdom of the NHL Draft The NHL, at least in the last 10 years, has been by far the safest draft. It has produced superstars much like the NBA, but it has not given way to the ridiculous busts that have plagued other sports. |
Sports Central March 24, 2007 Greg Wyshynski |
Will Fans Support International Expansion? Give us a reason to care and that will erase any of our apathy for non-U.S. franchises. |
Sports Central October 4, 2005 Mark Chalifoux |
Greatest TV Athletes of All-Time The other day, I was debating the greatest TV athletes with my co-host on our radio show. |
Sports Central June 5, 2004 Jonathan Moncrief |
NHL - Meet the Hart Trophy in St. Louis It appears as though hockey fans will have only three more chances to cheer in 2004 after Lord Stanley's Cup is paraded about - the NHL draft later this month, the World Cup of Hockey and the NHL Awards show, coming up June 10th in Toronto. |
AskMen.com Mike Brophy |
2007 NHL Season Review It was an interesting season, to say the least. |
AskMen.com Mark Simmons |
soccer betting What do we think about when high-budget sporting franchises come to mind? Baseball? Basketball? Hockey? Although all of these might be valid answers to the question, soccer should also be added to the list. |
Sports Central May 24, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group B The Group of Death this group is not, but it won't be a cakewalk for the favorites to get through. Here's who and what you need to know as the games kick off. |
AskMen.com Alvin Chang |
Watch Hockey I know, I know: You've never gotten "into" hockey. Well, give it a chance. |
Sports Central June 11, 2005 Greg Wyshynski |
Sidney Crosby, Broadway-Bound? Does Sidney Crosby have the potential to be hockey's next superstar? |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Sports Mama's Boys They whine, cry and run away from all responsibility. These are the big babies playing professional sports today. |
Sports Central January 12, 2005 Mike Chen |
The Four-Month Itch Okay, I admit it. I really, really, ridiculously miss the NHL. |
AskMen.com Matthew Ross |
NFL's Surprise Team, Lewis Reigns Supreme Who will be next season's Patriots?... Yankees, Red Sox have company?... How about those Nuggets?... |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
The Business of MVPs When it comes time for a player to renew his contract, having an MVP award on the resume can be a great bargaining chip. |
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Alexei Yashin . . . captain of New York The New York Islanders' team captain discusses the National Hockey League's new collective bargaining agreement, new rules, and Sidney Crosby -- billed as hockey's "next Wayne Gretzky." |
AskMen.com May 17, 2013 Simon Kuper |
David Beckham's Career Now that he no longer needs to waste time playing soccer, he can dedicate himself to his true vocation: global celebrity. |
Sports Central September 30, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
The Hockey Cynic's Guide to the NHL East A look at the teams in the NHL East for the upcoming hockey season. |
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 Stanley Holmes |
Bend It Like...Blanco Cuauhtemoc Blanco, like Beckham, has amped up pro soccer's star power. Plus, he's pulling in Latino fans. |
Salon.com May 30, 2002 Andrew O'Hehir |
The greatest show on earth It's World Cup time again -- when more than a billion people will be enthralled not just by the joy of victory and agony of defeat, but also by the mystery and despair that is championship soccer... |
Sports Central October 16, 2004 Greg Wyshynski |
Our Daddy, Who Art in Da Bronx Boston Red Sox fans know the difference between conspiracy theories and the supernatural. |
Sports Central June 9, 2006 Bob Ekstrom |
NHL's Saturday Night Special With the NHL yet to coronate a champion in an annual ritual more exhaustive than Mr. Trump's search for his next Apprentice, it is difficult to imagine that NHL seasons once wrapped up on May 10. |
AskMen.com Johnny Testa |
Breakaway Tips From Alexander Ovechkin One of the best players in the National Hockey League offers some tips on how to successfully score on a breakaway. |
Sports Central February 12, 2005 Greg Wyshynski |
How to Simply Fix the NHL The solution to professional hockey's problems isn't found in salary caps or luxury taxes or franchise players or "cost certainty." |
Sports Central February 11, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
Hockey's Higher Calling Hockey is bigger than the NHL, and if the NHL should ever go down, it's not taking hockey with it. |
Sports Central May 11, 2010 Brad Oremland |
Infotainment Comes to Sports It seems like legal experts get more face time on ESPN these days than coaches and GMs do. With each passing year, less and less of SportsCenter is devoted to game highlights, while more and more of it is devoted to off-field transgressions. |
BusinessWeek November 1, 2004 Jay Greene |
How This Diehard Fan Would Fix Hockey The sad truth of the lockout is that for the vast majority of American sports enthusiasts, it doesn't much matter. The National Hockey League may well lose the entire 2004-05 season, and most sports fans in this country won't even notice. |
Sports Central May 4, 2009 Jonathan Hamelin |
The "Price" is Wrong Just when you thought the Montreal Canadiens' dreadful season couldn't get any worse, Carey Price had to open his mouth. |
Sports Illustrated April 9, 2002 Daniel G. Habib |
One-man Show Thanks to goalie Jose Theodore's heroics, surprising Montreal looks playoff-bound... |
AskMen.com August 12, 2013 Gray Miles |
Rafael Nadal At The 2013 Rogers Cup Despite his history of severe knee injury, he is amassing the stats that give certain tennis fans a leg to stand on when they claim he's the greatest ever. |
Sports Illustrated April 16, 2002 Grant Wahl |
A Bad Break If you think the U.S. media hyperventilates over sports, consider the reaction in the U.K. last week to the news that English soccer captain David Beckham may miss the upcoming World Cup finals -- which begin on May 31 -- after breaking a bone in his left foot... |
Sports Central July 22, 2007 Greg Wyshynski |
Jordan vs. Beckham, the Debate Continues Beckham's exhibition debut (should it even happen) is both sports news and an ESPN promotional vehicle. Here's what readers have to say. |
Sports Central July 25, 2013 Kevin Beane |
NFL Culture By Team (Part 2) Let's look at the outstanding characteristics of the teams in the NFC and see how they are perceived by the world at large and by me. |
Sports Central September 20, 2010 Justin Shagrin |
London Calling Is the NFL selling out because of its international game in London? |
Sports Central January 27, 2015 Brad Oremland |
NFL State of the Union The state of the NFL is strong, of course. It's the most popular sports league in North America, and it will remain so for the foreseeable future. But even a strong league has areas for improvement. |
Sports Central July 30, 2005 Greg Wyshynski |
The NHL's Unanswered Questions Some of the NHL's rules changes for the upcoming season are, admittedly, good ones; some are admittedly bad. Others, well, have me just confused. |
Sports Central October 19, 2005 Mike Chen |
NHL Back With a Bang, But Will it Survive? The NHL is back in a big way, and with enough momentum to make every sports league consider self-destruction for a year. But the NHL can fall back to earth quickly if it becomes complacent -- or worse, lazy. |
Sports Illustrated April 30, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Wall of violence The NHL throws up its own roadblocks to acceptance... |
CRM June 2010 Juan Martinez |
Market Focus: Sports and Entertainment Facing Off with Social Media: Two National Hockey League franchise have goals for Facebook and Twitter. |