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Recent Columns:
Todd McLellan discovered a lot about his team during his triumphant NHL coaching debut, a dominant performance by the San Jose Sharks in a 4-1 victory over the Ducks on Thursday.
Still feeling the sting of their first-round playoff elimination last spring, the Ducks had vowed they would resemble the fast, forceful team that won the Stanley Cup in 2007.
Jason Bay is not competing mano a manomano a mano -- or in this instance mano a Manny -- with the man who preceded him as the Boston Red Sox's left fielder.
Wanda Mercury-Simmonds raised her four sons to be strong but respectful and to channel their boundless energy into sports, as she had done as a tomboy alongside four brothers.
Like the Kings, future franchise goaltender Jonathan Bernier is a work in progress -- promising but unproved, not quite ready to play with the big boys but maybe not that far away if he can absorb a few bumps without bruising his confidence.
Teemu Selanne will outlast General Manager Brian Burke in Anaheim, or so it seems now that the dynamic right wing has signed a two-year contract that will carry him to the end of his glorious career.
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Two years ago USC could blame a failed two-point conversion pass attempt for its confounding and confusing loss here to Oregon State.
Bobby Ryan was angry.
The numbers that relegated Kings goaltender Jason LaBarbera to second-tier status weren't his goals-against average or save percentage.
Isn't this interesting, the Dodgers losing for the third time in five games and the Arizona Diamondbacks, last seen careening toward oblivion, suddenly looming large in the Dodgers' rearview mirror after winning six of seven games.
