If there were any decent synonyms for madness that began with an "N," television execs might already have devised a title for college basketball's late-November bracket business. Alas, the hoop world is stuck with a few weak options: Sometimes the multitude of Classics, Invitationals and Tip-Offs are called "Preseason Tournaments," which is incorrect, since they're part of the regular season; others call them "Early-Season Tournaments," which is still boring; and the NCAA's official term form them, "Multi-Team Events," is the most boring of all.
Question: I've got many investing options in my 401(k) -- small caps, large stocks, emerging markets, fixed-income, etc. What would be the ideal portfolio for me considering that I'm 51 and plan to retire at 65? --D.D., Anaheim, Calif.
Coming off an impressive 4-1 win at Philadelphia that concluded a 4-2 Eastern road trip, one has to wonder just how good is this year's edition of the San Jose Sharks? Certainly, the great expectations are there -- both within and outside the organization. But once again the question is: can they live up to them?
The windowless suite on the second floor of the Pacific Palms, a resort 20 miles east of Los Angeles, is prosaically named the NFL Presentation Room. In this sterile bunker, decorated with maps, charts, schematics, architectural models and a wall-mounted flat screen tuned to the NFL Network, Southern California real estate developer Ed Roski greets visitors and lays out his plan to build a gleaming pro football stadium a few miles down the road, where the 57 and 60 freeways intersect in the City of Industry.
Your big remodeling plans may be on hold for a while, but that doesn't mean you have to miss out on this buyer's market for home improvements. Just go small.
John Travolta and Kelly Preston surprised fans at a Disney expo to promote Old Dogs
In this extreme buyer's market, you can talk down the price of everything from flat-screen televisions to summer rentals. When it comes to home improvement, though, haggling is as risky as ever. Even if contractors are more willing to lower their prices nowadays, they're still liable to get angry and to cut corners on the job.
Class-action lawyers are offering cash-strapped municipalities a new way to fill their dwindling coffers: sue online travel companies like Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz, Priceline and Travelocity.
Dallas Stars forward Steve Ott was suspended one game by the NHL for attempting to injure Anaheim's Travis Moen during a fight Saturday.
New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, Calgary Flames right wing Jarome Iginla and Atlanta Thrashers left wing Ilya Kovalchuk have been named the NHL's Three Stars for the week ending March 1.
If there were any decent synonyms for madness that began with an "N," television execs might already have devised a title for college basketball's late-November bracket business. Alas, the hoop world is stuck with a few weak options: Sometimes the multitude of Classics, Invitationals and Tip-Offs are called "Preseason Tournaments," which is incorrect, since they're part of the regular season; others call them "Early-Season Tournaments," which is still boring; and the NCAA's official term form them, "Multi-Team Events," is the most boring of all.
Question: I've got many investing options in my 401(k) -- small caps, large stocks, emerging markets, fixed-income, etc. What would be the ideal portfolio for me considering that I'm 51 and plan to retire at 65? --D.D., Anaheim, Calif.
Coming off an impressive 4-1 win at Philadelphia that concluded a 4-2 Eastern road trip, one has to wonder just how good is this year's edition of the San Jose Sharks? Certainly, the great expectations are there -- both within and outside the organization. But once again the question is: can they live up to them?
The windowless suite on the second floor of the Pacific Palms, a resort 20 miles east of Los Angeles, is prosaically named the NFL Presentation Room. In this sterile bunker, decorated with maps, charts, schematics, architectural models and a wall-mounted flat screen tuned to the NFL Network, Southern California real estate developer Ed Roski greets visitors and lays out his plan to build a gleaming pro football stadium a few miles down the road, where the 57 and 60 freeways intersect in the City of Industry.
Your big remodeling plans may be on hold for a while, but that doesn't mean you have to miss out on this buyer's market for home improvements. Just go small.
John Travolta and Kelly Preston surprised fans at a Disney expo to promote Old Dogs
In this extreme buyer's market, you can talk down the price of everything from flat-screen televisions to summer rentals. When it comes to home improvement, though, haggling is as risky as ever. Even if contractors are more willing to lower their prices nowadays, they're still liable to get angry and to cut corners on the job.
Class-action lawyers are offering cash-strapped municipalities a new way to fill their dwindling coffers: sue online travel companies like Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz, Priceline and Travelocity.
Dallas Stars forward Steve Ott was suspended one game by the NHL for attempting to injure Anaheim's Travis Moen during a fight Saturday.
New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, Calgary Flames right wing Jarome Iginla and Atlanta Thrashers left wing Ilya Kovalchuk have been named the NHL's Three Stars for the week ending March 1.
Philadelphia Flyers center Mike Richards, Florida Panthers goaltender Tomas Vokoun and Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Cristobal Huet have been named the NHL's Three Stars for the week ending Feb. 22.
The St. Louis Blues signed center Andy McDonald to a four-year contract extension Monday.
New Jersey Devils right wing Jamie Langenbrunner, Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby and Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Green have been named the NHL's Three Stars for the week ending Feb. 1.
Los Angeles Kings left wing Dustin Brown, Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward and Edmonton Oilers right wing Ales Hemsky have been named the NHL's Three Stars for the week ending Jan. 25.
San Jose Sharks forward Patrick Marleau and Dallas Stars defenseman Stephane Robidas were added Wednesday to the Western Conference roster for the All-Star game.
Well, here we are already at the halfway point of the 2008-09 NHL season, and just look at all the fun that has gone down:
The injury list keeps growing for the Philadelphia Flyers.
Like the horizontal scar on the bridge of his nose, Ilya Kovalchuk wears his frustrations honorably. In five NHL seasons, he had as many 40-plus goal seasons as playoff games: four. Despite the futility, he still plays with a high-revving motor, maybe one not cranked to Alexander Ovechkin's RPMs, but certainly high enough.
A wildfire that destroyed more than 200 structures, including several mansions in a community where celebrities own homes, was sparked by a bonfire that its makers apparently thought was extinguished, authorities said.
Firefighters will need at least until midweek to get control of wildfires that have destroyed more than 900 homes and other structures in Southern California, a Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman says.
As if rising gas and food prices weren't enough, a ticket to the Magic Kingdom will soon cost a few bucks more.
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The first sanctioned world title fight in mixed martial arts history became official Friday afternoon when Fedor Emelianenko and Tim Sylvia made weight at the Honda Center.
The NHL got a dream finals this spring: Its biggest star, Sidney Crosby, facing the Red Wings, perhaps its most entertaining team. After getting essentially anonymous matchups in 2006 (Carolina-Edmonton) and '07 (Anaheim-Ottawa), the league can now hope (off the record, of course) for a Penguins-Wings rematch in 2009. Here's a look at each team's off-season challenges.
Days after calling off two shows, the singer is forced to postpone six more
That loud crash you just heard was the window of opportunity slamming on the Ottawa Senators.
With Alexander Ovechkin on the cusp of the first 60-goal season in 12 years, NHL coaches are having a love affair with the incandescent Capitals star.
Mortgage costs just got cheaper for buyers in high-cost areas.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' starting goaltender, Marc-Andre Fleury, returned to action last week after missing nearly three months with a high ankle sprain. After allowing the Boston Bruins two goals on 18 shots in relief of starter Ty Conklin in a game the Pens lost 5-1 on Thursday, Fleury was calm, composed and sharp in his first start three days later.
The absolute last thing that Toronto Maple Leafs general manager John Ferguson, Jr. wants to do is trade Mats Sundin.
While the top five remained in tact this week, former No. 6 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) saw its ranking drop 16 spots after its loss to Lutheran (Orange, Calif.). There's little time to worry about rankings, though, as the Monarchs face a burgeoning rival Servite (Anaheim, Calif.) Friday at Angels Stadium.
BIGGEST CLIMB: Columbus (25 to 13) BIGGEST FALL: San Jose (8 to 14), Vancouver (11 to 17), Anaheim (15 to 21)
BIGGEST CLIMB: Carolina (11 to 4) BIGGEST FALL: Anaheim (5 to 14)
EASTERN CONFERENCE: Atlantic | Northeast | Southeast WESTERN CONFERENCE: Central | Northwest | Pacific
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Teemu Selanne had to look down at his shirt to confirm what had just happened. After 14 years of disappointment and setback, he just wanted to touch it and make sure it wasn't a dream.
Everyone loves to hate a villain, and in the NHL, the Ducks are exhibit A -- as in Anaheim. Even their makeover from the cartoonish Mighty Ducks to their more Dark Wing inspired motif fits. They fought more than any team during the regular season, and they continue to win in the playoffs despite taking penalties at an alarming rate. It's part of playing a relentless forechecking style and banging bodies at every opportunity.
Welcome to the Stanley Cup playoffs, Ric Jackman. We don't expect to be needing your services for very long, but as long as you're here, why not stay awhile and make yourself feel at home? Have a seat, read a magazine, score a goal if you feel like it. The world is at your skates and, I mean, as long as you're here ...
It's a rough crowd in the Anaheim locker room on the night of May 3. The Ducks have just closed out their Western Conference semifinal series against the Vancouver Canucks, winning Game 5 on Scott Niedermayer's bad-angle, what-the-hell wrist shot from 59 feet in the second overtime. An unofficial assist came from his younger brother, Rob, who had freed up the puck with an organ-jostling, ass-over-bandbox hit on Vancouver winger Jannik Hansen. Across the room from Rob, now recounting that collision to a scrum of reporters, is Brad May (he of the 2,000-plus career penalty minutes) discussing the mucking he did in those final seconds. In the middle of the room stands the formerly handsome
While these aren't full recipes for playoff success, here are three ingredients for each of the eight semifinalists:
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For the first time in the NHL's 90-year history, neither of last season's Stanley Cup Final participants will be a part of the playoffs. The Oilers flamed out shortly after shipping Ryan Smyth to Long Island and a third-period collapse on April 3 sealed the Hurricanes' fate.
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- You can't have a good comeback story in baseball without a little controversy. So it is that Sammy Sosa, in his return from major league purgatory, is being accused of cheating.
"I am, by nature, a control freak," Tiger says with a smile.
Now that the dust has settled after last week's trading frenzy, consider the business aspects that arose at the deadline:
Memo to Nashville:
The Bruins Get: RW Chuck Kobasew, D Andrew Ference
The most improbable heavyweight in the National Hockey League wears a Boogie Nights mustache, speaks passable Spanish and graduated from Princeton in 2003 with a 3.16 grade point average and a degree in economics. George Parros is not the most famous pugnacious Princetonian -- former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wrestled there in the early 1950s -- but the university is not exactly a haven for the cap-and-goon set. If throwing punches during hockey games seems an odd way for an Ivy Leaguer to make a living, it is no more bizarre than the careers of classmates whom Parros says are now in "I-banking," investment bankers who put in 15-hour days and sleep in their offices. Through Sunday, Parros had played 19 games and averaged 4:41 minutes of ice time this season. If he dresses for 18 of his team's final 30 games and ramps up his ice time to five minutes, he'll play 180 minutes this season. For Parros, earning the NHL minimum of $450,000, that's $150,000 an hour. Take that to the I-bank.
When the Dallas Stars next take their home ice, not one of them will be wearing the No. 12. It didn't have to be an empty sweater. There could have been a superstar wearing it if only the Stars had chosen a different path. If they'd decided to protect their assets.
Each week SI.com will select the athlete who displays excellence on and off the field as the Primetime Performer.
On a night when the past was being honored in Detroit -- Steve Yzerman's jersey was hung from the rafters alongside those of Gordie Howe, Sid Abel, Terry Sawchuk, Ted Lindsay, and Alex Delvecchio -- the future was also being foreshadowed:
When it comes to affordable housing, no region can top the Midwest: Nine of the top ten of the nation's most affordable housing markets are there, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index.
Once a year, baseball-card collectors gather for the granddaddy of all sports collectible conventions - the National Sports Collectors Convention.
There's a long line of mayors hankering to get their cities wireless broadband. Garry Betty knows how to give them what they want. EarthLink, the nation's biggest independent ISP, is rolling out wi...
When you're buying a new car, you don't want to think about unloading it even before you've gotten the first whiff of new-car smell.
How many home cities can the Angels perch on the head of a pin?Apparently, two is too many.
This new brand of doggie diapers has a funny name -- 'Pee Pees -N-More' -- and it looks comical on a pooch. So could a puppy burp cloth be next?
She wants you to sign this for her," says a grinning dad, framing a space with his fingers on his daughter's T-shirt. Arturo Moreno, the new owner of the Anaheim Angels, bends down, happy to oblig...
CHILI PEPPERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN ACquired taste--but now they're a whole lot easier to acquire. No longer do you have to haunt organic food markets, gourmet shops and faraway farm stands to find t...
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If you're looking to buy a home, give the housing market a cheer. If you're selling, give it two cheers. Home prices have been rising modestly, about 3% to 4% during the past year, and they're like...
Now you know how the CEOs of U.S. automakers feel in their war against Japanese imports. Since its 1990 debut in an Anaheim, California, arena (see photo), the 40-foot, 30-ton Robosaurus has crushe...
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