Daily Drop: Has Philly turned a corner or benefited from recent schedule?
By Bill Meltzer
The Philadelphia Flyers won for the third straight time, but the two previous victories were marred by collapses. Last night was the club's best 60-minute effort in several weeks....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

Mountain West Enjoying Another Bowl Season
By Kevin Graham
Three bowls down, two to go and so far so good for the MWC. It all started December 19 with Wyoming's 35-28 double-overtime victory over Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl and continued this week with BYU and Utah victorious in the Las Vegas and Poinsettia Bowls, respectively....more

Report: Dave Jansen vs. Kamal Shalorus on WEC 46 Main Card
By Ariel Helwani
A lightweight bout between Kamal Shalorus and Dave Jansen, which was previously scheduled to happen on the undercard of the "WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson" event, has been bumped up to the VERSUS telecast, according to a recent report by MMA Junkie....more