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Bruins’ back line boosted by rookie defensemen

Saturday, May 18, 2013

BOSTON – The Boston Bruins have three rookie defensemen in the lineup for the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Rangers. It’s not because they want to. It’s because they have to. “As you know, we’re getting thin here,” Bruins Coach Claude Julien said yesterday, a day after Torey Krug, in his first career NHL playoff game, scored to … 0

Column: Notre Dame not chicken, just greedy

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Brady Hoke was talking the way football coaches do, the way university presidents can’t. Imagine, if you will, the snickering in academia if Michigan President … 0

Rutgers names Louisville’s Hermann school’s first female AD

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Rutgers named Julie Hermann its new athletic director yesterday, and the former No. 2 athletic administrator at Louisville promised a restart for the scandal-scarred program … 0

Matt Kenseth celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Darlington Raceway, Saturday, May 11, 2013, in Darlington, S.C.  (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Kenseth passes Busch for first Darlington victory

Sunday, May 12, 2013

DARLINGTON, S.C. – Matt Kenseth passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch with 13 laps to go to win his first Southern 500 last night. Busch had the strongest car for much of the race and led for … 0

UNH men’s hockey releases schedule for 2013-14

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

The schedule is out for the University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team. The Wildcats will open the season in the University of Minnesota’s Ice Breaker Tournament, playing Clarkson Oct. 11 and then either Minnesota or Mercyhurst in the tournament final the next day. UNH opens at home … 0

Los Angeles Dodgers' Hanley Ramirez smiles during spring training baseball in Phoenix, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Headlines from around the world in sports

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Baseball Dodgers SS Ramirez on DL with strained hamstring SAN FRANCISCO – The Los Angeles Dodgers put shortstop Hanley Ramirez on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained left hamstring. The Dodgers made the move yesterday, a … 0

Crossan scores twice in UNH’s Blue-White football game

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Freshman Dalton Crossan ran for 61 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries to lead Team Cats to a 20-0 victory over Team Wild in the University of New Hampshire’s annual spring Blue-White football game yesterday at Cowell Stadium. Merrimack’s Mike Kelly had two catches for 69 yards, … 0

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg (37) throws against the New York Mets in first inning of a baseball game at Citi Field, Friday, April 19, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Headlines from around the world in sports

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

NFL Jaguars WR Blackmon suspended for substance abuse JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The NFL suspended Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Justin Blackmon for the first four games of the 2013 regular season for a violation of the league’s substance abuse … 0

New Hampshire defensive lineman Jared Smith runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

UNH’s Jared Smith drafted by NFL’s Seahawks in seventh round

Sunday, April 28, 2013

It took six years and seven rounds, but another player from the University of New Hampshire has been drafted into the NFL. Defensive tackle Jared Smith was taken by the Seattle Seahawks yesterday with the 35th pick in … 0

Tackle Eric Fisher from Central Michigan stands with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected first overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 25, 2013 at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Bring on beef in draft, starting with OT Fisher

Friday, April 26, 2013

NEW YORK – Short on glam, slim on glitter, the NFL draft was still nothing less than a rock solid B-plus. As in Big, as in Brawn, as in Bulk, as in Beefy. We’re talking a scale-busting 600 … 0

Jim Litke column: A cartel by any other name still a cartel

Thursday, April 25, 2013

The cartel formerly known as the Bowl Championship Series has changed its name. Because nothing says college football playoff better than, well, College Football Playoff. Yeah, it’s unimaginative. The capital letters are pretentious, too. But tell me you don’t envy the marketing consultants who were called in and … 0

Cowboys Stadium gets 1st playoff championship game

Thursday, April 25, 2013

PASADENA, Calif. – The first championship game in the College Football Playoff will be held at Cowboys Stadium. The BCS conference commissioners announced yesterday that Arlington, Texas, edged Tampa, Fla., in the bidding to be the site of the first title game in the new playoff system. “The … 0

Rebel Wilson arrives at the LA Premiere of "Pain and Gain" at the TCL Theatre on Monday, April 22, 2013 in Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

College Football Playoff to replace BCS

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Bowl Championship Series will be replaced by the College Football Playoff. The BCS conference commissioners announced the name of the new postseason system that starts in 2014 yesterday, the first of three days of meetings at a … 0

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