Back in 2003, the Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild went to overtime in Game 7 of their first round series. The Wild won that game in what would be goalie Patrick Roy's final game as a player. Eleven years later, Roy faced the same outcome in his first season behind the Avalanche bench. Here is a look at the highs and lows of Colorado's promising 2013-14 season.
The first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs has come to an end and it is now time to keep stock of which players lifted their teams in the first round and are the early Conn Smythe contenders for playoff MVP. Here are the top contenders in no particular order.
Year after year, the San Jose Sharks are christened as a favorite to compete for the Stanley Cup. But year after year they disappoint and wind up knocked out of the playoffs in some embarrassing manner. The team has only made the Conference finals three times in its history but has been eliminated in rather woeful manners each time. In 2003-04, the team was bounced by a lower seeded Calgary Flames side in six games. In 2009-10, the team was swept out of the Conference finals by the Chicago Blackhawks and a year later the Vancouver Canucks took them down in five games. But the playoff embarrassment does not end there. Perhaps the team's biggest fail (before this season) took place in 2008-09 when it won the President's trophy but was eliminated in the first round by the Anaheim Ducks; Anaheim won the first two games in San Jose and took three wins in the first four games of the series.
Evidence that video game competitions are growing in fans In a release on Monday, Major League Gaming (MLG) announced that it, as "Major League Gaming (MLG), the global leader in eSports, and ESPN X Games are teaming up for the first-ever MLG X Games Invitational at the inaugural X Games Austin from June 6-8, 2014, at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in Austin.
The Houston Rockets and the Portland Trail Blazers will face each other in what could be the final game of the series. Will Jeremy Lin improve his shooting?
The National Basketball Association banned Donald Sterling for life for his racist remarks and will be forced to sell the Los Angeles Clippers franchise. And after the announcement was made, several big-name personalities quickly expressed intention in buying the Clippers.
Bayern flops inexplicably against Ronaldo and co. Simply brilliant is the best -- perhaps only -- way to describe the performance by Madrid, while Bayern, the hosting team nonetheless, did the exact opposite.
African sides have never had formidable success at the World Cup and many do not believe that that trend will come to an end in Brazil this summer. There are some teams that are expected to get out of the group stage, but Cameroon in not one of them. Can the team prove doubters wrong?
The soccer world was stunned on Tuesday when Real Madrid dismantled reigning European Champions Bayern Munich in the second leg of the Champions League semifinals.
The Los Angeles Clippers took a big financial hit to their sponsorship, brand name, and bottom line in the aftermath of Donald Sterling's racist comments recently revealed on TMZ.com.
As Chris Paul and Blake Griffin struggle to rally the Los Angeles Clippers in their NBA playoffs war with the Golden State Warriors amid the Donald Sterling controversy, how will the news of Sterling's lifetime ban affect the Clippers' chances of landing premium free agents in 2014 and 2015?
Donald Sterling has been banned for life and fined a record amount for making racist remarks. Things just keep getting worse for Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling.
The New York Rangers face Philadelphia Flyers in Philadelphia with a chance to end the series. Game six of the Eastern Conference playoffs between the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers will be played Tuesday night in Philadelphia at 7:30 p.
NBA Tuesday night has three thrilling game 5 playoff games you do not want to miss. The first round of the NBA playoffs are almost complete and we have seen some great basketball.
The Columbus Blue Jackets saw the best season of their career come to an end on Monday when the team was defeated 4-3 in game six of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Here is a look at the highs and lows of the team's season.
