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Hockey

• NHL: Columbus 3, Anaheim 2 (OT)
  Derick Brassard's second goal of the game Friday, coming with 1:05 left in overtime, gave the Columbus Blue Ja...
• Blue Jackets snap skid, beat Ducks in OT
  ANAHEIM, Calif. - Derick Brassard scored his second goal with 1:05 left in overtime, and the Columbus Blue Jac...
• Sharks pleased with goalie tandem
  1 goaltender Antti Niemi was back between the pipes at practice Friday, and he pronounced himself fit to play ...
• NHL: Calgary 3, Chicago 1
  Miikka Kiprusoff made 26 saves Friday while establishing a team record for games played, boosting the Calgary ...
• Iginla scores, Flames beat Blackhawks 3-1
  CALGARY, Alberta - Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist to help Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3...

YellowBrix Top Entertainment

• Gibson called as witness
  A SHERIFF'S deputy who claims he was discriminated against after arresting Mel Gibson (left) on suspicion of d...
• Safety among prevalent issues for Goodell
  Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Armed with labor peace for the next 10 years, NFL commissioner Roger Goode...
• Here's looking at you, Bogie Smithsonian to revisit 70-year-old 'Casablanca'
  SOMETIMES," says Stephen Bogart from his home in Naples, Fla., "I can't believe I ended up being the son of Hu...
• 'The Artist' actor shocks even France LegXX rated poster
  He had the right to remain silent. But now actor Jean Dujardin, star of the hit silent film "The Artist," is ...
• Auto firms bank on Super Bowl ad buzz
  Feb. 03--Airtime in the precious moments away from the action during Sunday's Super Bowl costs more than ever ...

YellowBrix Top Headlines

• FBI-Scotland Yard conference call leaked by the hackers they're after
  THE FBI and Scotland Yard suffered an embarrassing security breach yesterday when hackers from Anonymous broke...
• Planned Parenthood, Komen bond in Mass.
  Feb. 03--The national furor over a breast cancer charity's plans to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood h...
• Jobs report boosts Obama
  Feb. 03--Unemployment has hit a three-year low, the Dow industrials have returned to pre-crash levels, and the...
• Syria launches deadly assault on Homs
  At least 200 people were killed Friday night in a bombardment of Homs, one of the centers of opposition to Syr...
• Shiites targeted by N.Y. police -- Surveillance based on religion, report shows
  NEW YORK - The New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims a...

Basketball

• UMaine rallies for overtime win over Alabama-Huntsville
  Feb. 04--ORONO, Maine -- Good teams have to find different ways to win games. The impressive and hard-working...
• NBA: Los Angeles Lakers 93, Denver 89
  Andrew Bynum had 22 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks Friday and the Los Angeles Lakers survived a late pus...
• Nowitzki scores 30 points, but Mavericks fall to Pacers
  Feb. 04--DALLAS -- Dirk Nowitzki finally rediscovered his shooting touch. Paul George scored a career-high 30...
• Mavericks notes: Owner, coach fined for separate incidents
  Feb. 04--DALLAS -- In an odd set of circumstances, an NBA owner and coach from the same team got fined on the ...
• Bynum, Bryant lead Lakers past Nuggets 93-89
  DENVER - Andrew Bynum scored 22 points, Kobe Bryant added 20 and the Los Angeles Lakers opened a season-high s...

Golf

• Daly still smiling as he evades the storm
  JOHN DALY swept back to the top of the leader board without striking a shot as 35mph winds blew golfers off th...
• Boys soccer: Durrance comes through again for Jesuit
  Feb. 04--LARGO -- Late in the regular season, Jesuit boys soccer coach Bob Bauman told senior forward Brett Du...
• European tour weather delay
  GUSTS OF 35mph meant less than three hours' play was possible on the second day of the Commercialbank Qatar Ma...
• Levin grabs lead at delayed Phoenix Open
  Scottsdale, AZ (Sports Network) - Spencer Levin was already having a good round before he drove into the bunke...
• Eagle sends Levin to lead at Phoenix Open
  An eagle on the par-4 17th hole Friday lifted Spencer Levin to an 8-under 63 and a three-shot lead in the susp...

Baseball

• ACC: Pitt is headed to Coastal; Syracuse goes to Atlantic
  Feb. 04--It's unclear when Pittsburgh and Syracuse will become members of the ACC, but the league knows how it...
• Big 12 Insider: Road schedule looks good for Missouri
  With one significant exception. Missouri, rather than Texas A&M, is the third team in the free-for-all with B...
• Plenty of fight in Green
  Feb. 04--It wasn't your average NBA game. What the Celtics and Knicks did last night was more suited to a gam...
• Pacers start season with bats blazing
  Feb. 04--The struggles of 2011 are officially in the past for the USC Aiken baseball team. The new-look Pacer...
• Blackhawks drop fifth game in a row
  CALGARY, Alberta -- There's no immediate help on the horizon for the struggling Blackhawks. Before dropping th...

NCAA Football

• Kyrie Irving draws raves from Van Gundy
  ORLANDO, Fla. -- Kyrie Irving's fan club gained another huge supporter when Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy...
• Hafner family stays active in William Penn football
  Feb. 03--This reporter wrote in Thursday's Globe that Greg Hafner was head football coach at William Penn Univ...
• A Rough Stretch For Seton Hall
  Feb. 03--When UConn caught a glimpse of Seton Hall a month ago, the Pirates were a team on the rise. When UCo...
• Southridge boys make playoff push
  Feb. 04--KENNEWICK -- Three weeks into January, things were not looking good for the Southridge boys basketbal...
• FOOTBALL: Area 1A teams to face each other twice in district play
  Feb. 03--ODESSA, Texas -- MIDLAND Iraan, McCamey, Van Horn and Wink have to beat up on each other more than us...

YellowBrix Top US News

• Feds end pursuit of Armstrong
  A U.S. attorney said Friday the Justice Department has ended an investigation into whether cycling champion La...
• L.A. teacher under scrutiny before -- Authorities reveal complaint from 1994
  LOS ANGELES - Deputies recommended in 1994 that an attempted fondling charge should be filed against a teacher...
• Pathogen detected in raw milk from Pa.
  Maryland health officials have confirmed the presence of Campylobacter jejuni in two unopened raw milk samples...
• N.Y. AG files foreclosure fraud charges
  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Friday charged Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo ...
• Jobless rate falls to 8.3%
  WASHINGTON -- Employers added a better-than-expected 243,000 non-farm payroll jobs in January and the unemploy...

Football

• Handicapping the Pro Football Hall of Fame possibilities for 2012
  INDIANAPOLIS -- "Somebody asks me what I think of Bill Parcells and without thinking much I blurt, "A real gro...
• Maine coaches think Patriots will beat Giants in Super Bowl XLVI
  Feb. 04--Dan O'Connell vividly remembers the day he became a New York Giants fan. O'Connell, the football coa...
• Super Bowl: Five reasons for a Patriots victory
  Special teams: Let's be honest -- if it weren't for 49ers returner Kyle Williams, the Giants might not even be...
• Super Bowl: Five reasons for a Giants victory
  The obvious: So the Giants beat the Patriots not only in their previous Super Bowl matchup, but what about las...
• Slow start but Super finish for former TCU, South Grand Prairie player
  Feb. 04--INDIANAPOLIS -- If he wasn't here, preparing to play in Super Bowl XLVI, Malcolm Williams has no doub...

NCAA Basketball

• Nowitzki finds shot, but Mavericks lose anyway
  DALLAS -- Dirk Nowitzki finally rediscovered his shooting touch. Paul George scored a career-high 30 points a...
• Warriors' Ellis best chance to be an All-Star
  It's becoming an annual tradition. In early February, the water coolers around the Bay Area are held up by pe...
• Are the Heat all they are cracked up to be?
  By John McMullen, NBA EditorPhiladelphia, PA (Sports Network) - To most NBA fans, Miami is the big time. That'...
• Celtics beat Knicks for 10th straight time in Boston
  Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Ray Allen scored nine of his 14 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Boston...
• Sixers wilt in fourth, can't beat Heat
  Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Dwyane Wade scored a game-high 26 points as the Miami Heat used a dominant...