Daily Drop: Thriller in San Jose
By Bill Meltzer
The Phoenix Coyotes gave the San Jose Sharks all they could handle in one of this season's most exciting games. The goaltending battle was especially compelling. ...more

DHEA Could Spell DHEAth for Tom Zirbel's Career
By Joe Parkin
The cycling world is abuzz with the news of American cyclist Tom Zirbel’s positive doping test for the banned substance DHEA at the US national championships. Zirbel, who is under contract with the...more

Top 10 WEC Stories of 2009
By Ariel Helwani
Overall, 2009 has to be deemed a successful year for World Extreme Cagefighting. New stars were born and instant classics were produced, which should make for a very interesting 2010. VERSUS.com looks back at the top-10 WEC stories of 2009 below:...more

Gaborik's Production A Pleasant Development
By Chuck Gormley
When the Rangers handed the injury-prone left wing a five-year, $37.5 million deal on July 1, fans in Manhattan crossed their fingers. Yes, Marian Gaborik was the most talented forward on the free-agent market, but he also missed 65 games with a hip injury last season and had missed 138 games over the past five seasons....more

Anderson, Avs Surprising Out West
By Mike Heika
Every year, we ``experts’’ are asked to make predictions about the sport, and every year I look at things in absolute terms of black and white…for about a month. Then I realize just how wrong I was. Of course, there is a certain sense of community in knowing I wasn’t the only one....more

Closing Thoughts on 2009
By Adrian Dater
Yeah, there were some embarrassing headlines for Gary Bettman in 2009, starting with the Phoenix Coyotes’ abysmal situation. The fact is, hockey is dying in Glendale (sorry, Phoenix) and nobody seems to have a great idea how it’s going to change.
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Brodeur Tops Holiday Headlines
By Darren Eliot
I was a hockey card collecting nine year-old in Burlington, Ontario when I saw the number 103 under the shutout column on the back of Terry Sawchuk’s card. It seemed so distant, especially when viewed with the picture of a graying and -- as such to me – ancient Sawchuk on the front. ...more