Sophomore guard Sam Maniscalco (Chicago, Ill./St. Patrick) has been named the Bradley Country Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week announced Wednesday, after helping the Bradley men’s basketball team to a 1-1 record last week.
Maniscalco averaged 13.5 points, 1.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steal per game in a pair of games, while hitting 6-of-15 three-pointers. He [...]

The Chicago Blackhawks may be interested in re-signing Martin Havlat.
Havlat is set to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, and the Blackhawks have become interested again as Havlat has been injury-free this season. He missed 137 of the 246 regular season games since the lockout before this season, so the [...]

Georges “Rush” St. Pierre scouting report
Height and weight: 5-foot-10, 170 pounds
Age: 27
Hometown: Saint-Isidore, Quebec, Canada
Fighting out of: Montreal
Record: 17-2
Though much has been made of St. Pierre’s struggles with Penn in their first bout, he does enter this fight with the tactical advantage of knowing he can control Penn on the ground. If that sounds unimportant, [...]

I bet you do. Well, the committee has decided on the “safe” entertainment from that.

They went out and snagged Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band — only the greatest live performers in the history of history — for this year’s extravaganza.

POOL A — Beardstown, Midwest Central, PORTA, Concord Triopia. POOL B — Pittsfield, Havana, Camp Point Central, South Fulton.
Monday’s games
PORTA vs. Concord Triopia, 5 p.m.
Pittsfield vs. Havana, 6:30 p.m.
Midwest Central vs. Beardstown, 8 p.m.
Tuesday’s games
Havana vs. South Fulton, 5 p.m.
Pittsfield vs. Camp Point Central, 6:30 p.m.
Beardstown vs. PORTA, 8 p.m.
Jan. 29 games
South Fulton vs. [...]

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This new club feature multimaterial construction, along with strategic weight redistribution. As you might imagine, the XCG-V clubs feature a v-shaped head that enhances the sweet spot and forgiveness.
Distribution is just ramping up now to retailers nationwide. In early test sessions with the XCG-V clubs, CBSSports.com testers labeled the equipment “should [...]

1. Matt Barkley   QB  6′4″ 221   committed to USC    Future Trojan earned Gatorade National Player of the Year honors as a junior.
2. Bryce Brown   RB  6′1″  215   committed to Miami
Finished high school career with 6,809 rushing yards.
3. Aaron Murray QB/P  6′1″ 205  committed to Georgia
Injury ended his career early
4. Devin Kennard  DE/RB  6′3″ 245  choices [...]

Press Release from the Chiefs.
The Chicago Cubs and Peoria Chiefs have announced the 2009 Chiefs field staff which includes three familiar faces. New manager Marty Pevey will be joined by pitching coach Rich Bombard, hitting coach Barbaro Garbey and athletic trainer Kelly Vanhove.
Pevey is a newcomer to the Chicago Cubs organization after spending [...]

for one game….. i guess this became a rule last February that Gary Bettman told all of the team GM’s.
Here is the story:
The decision by Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk and Nicklas Lidstrom to bow out of Sunday’s NHL All-Star Game left a [...]