NHL lockout
Yahoo! Sports (blog)

NHL lockout : Owners, players reach tentative agreement on CBA framework
After more than 16 consecutive hours of bargaining on the 113th day of the
lockout , the
and NHLPA reached a tentative agreement on the framework of a new collective bargaining agreement around 5 a.m. Sunday. “We have reached an agreement on
Washington Post (blog)
NHL lockout
is over; players, owners reach tentative CBA deal after 16-hour talks
Deal to end
NHL lockout
tentative with 10-year CBA (opt-out after 8 years), 7-year contract limit (8 for own players) and $64.3 M cap '13-14. That 's right: After the NHL asked for a $60 million cap, the players got the League to move all the way to $64.3.
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
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Playoff Grades, wild-card weekend: Packers win, Texans survive 's easy to say now, three hours after Joe Webb set the passing game back 100 years, that Christian Ponder 's job is safe in Minnesota. But before the Vikings met the Packers in the NFC wild-card game, there were plenty of folks who felt that Webb
CBSSports.com (blog)
Nfl Schedule
Nfl Playoff Bracket, NFL Playoff Picture

playoff
schedule
and bracket: Sunday 's winners to visit No. 1 seeds
We are halfway home with Wild Card weekend in the , and so much is still to be determined. With a pair of No. 4 vs. No. 5 contests coming up on Sunday, many fans will be waiting to see what potential matchups might shake out. AFC: The winner of the
SB Nation
Playoff Picture, Bracket, and
Schedule : AFC Edition
The 2012
regular season is in the books and the playoff fields in both the NFC and AFC are set. Brad Wells of SB Nation takes a look at the field in the AFC following Week 17 action. The most notable development, of course, was the Indianapolis
The Phinsider
Houston Texans
Texans, Bengals, Cincinnati Bengals, Arian Foster
New York Daily News

Houston Texans
get 140 yards from running back Arian Foster to beat Cincinnati
HOUSTON
— The
Texans
had deployed a winning formula when they jumped out to an 11-1 start, but somehow they lost it during the month of December when they went 1-3 down the stretch. The formula featured an offense that had a quarterback who didn 't
New York Daily News
Arian Foster, defense carry
Texans
past Bengals in wild-card game
HOUSTON -- J.J. Watt swatted away passes, Arian Foster ran away from tacklers and the
Houston Texans
did just enough to knock Cincinnati out of the playoffs for the second straight year. Matt Schaub made his first postseason start a successful one when
NFL playoff schedule
NFL Playoff Schedule 2013
Bleacher Report

NFL playoff schedule
and bracket: Sunday 's winners to visit No. 1 seeds
We are halfway home with Wild Card weekend in the , and so much is still to be determined. With a pair of No. 4 vs. No. 5 contests coming up on Sunday, many fans will be waiting to see what potential matchups might shake out. AFC: The winner of the
SB Nation
NFL Playoff
Picture, Bracket, and
Schedule : AFC Edition
The 2012
regular season is in the books and the
playoff
fields in both the NFC and AFC are set. Brad Wells of SB Nation takes a look at the field in the AFC following Week 17 action. The most notable development, of course, was the Indianapolis
The Phinsider
Alaska earthquake
Earthquake
New York Times

Strong
Earthquake
Shakes Parts of
Alaska , Canada
A powerful
earthquake
sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of
Alaskan
and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were generated. The magnitude 7.5
quake
and tsunami warning that followed caused concern
ABC News
Alaska
Gets All Clear After
Quake
and Tsunami Alert
Published: January 5, 2013. JUNEAU,
Alaska
(AP) — A powerful
earthquake
early Saturday set off a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of
Alaskan
and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled after no damaging waves were generated.
New York Times
Johnny Manziel
Texas A
m, Cotton Bowl, Cotton Bowl 2013, Texas A
m Football
Dallas Morning News

Hairopoulos: Though big questions loom,
Johnny Manziel
and Texas A
amp;M just
Texas A
amp;M Aggies quarterback
Johnny Manziel
(2) celebrates on the sidelines after yet another touchdown in a huge third quarter as the Texas A
amp;M Aggies face the Oklahoma University Sooners during the AT
amp;T Cotton Bowl at Cowboys Stadium in
Dallas Morning News
Johnny Manziel
visits casino, flosses his money (Picture)
There might not be a collegiate athlete in the country who enjoys his celebrity status more than
Johnny Manziel
. The Heisman Trophy winner has been living it up the past several months. A day after lighting up Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl, he hit up an
Larry Brown Sports
Rex Ryan Tattoo
Rex Ryan
New York Daily News

Jets coach
Rex Ryan
covers up wife-Sanchez
tattoo 'I heart me ' shirt
Rex Ryan
might not wear his feelings on sleeve, but everyone knows they are just beneath it — on his arm. The Jets coach covered up the infamously suggestive
tattoo
of a sexy lady in a green jersey with a black T-shirt that reads, “I heart me” in the
New York Daily News
Rex Ryan Tattoo : Coach 's Mark Sanchez-Themed Ink Candidate for Tattoo
Rex Ryan
is too old to commit immature and ridiculous
tattoo
blunders. His Mark Sanchez and New York Jets-themed
tattoo
—that also features his wife—is one of the weirdest I 've ever seen. The image shows a female—who is believed to be Ryan 's wife
Bleacher Report
Fiesta Bowl
Fiesta Bowl 2013, Oregon Ducks
Yahoo! Sports (blog)

Oregon Wins
Fiesta Bowl : Kansas State Falls To Ducks, 35-17 (VIDEO)
Oregon running back De 'Anthony Thomas (6) returns the opening kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown against Kansas State as the Oregon sideline cheers during the first half of the
Fiesta Bowl
NCAA college football game, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, in Glendale,
Huffington Post
Chip Kelly gets a
Fiesta Bowl
win, is it his last hurrah at Oregon?
(USA Today Sports Images)GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Oregon fans at the
Fiesta Bowl , fully aware that the end of the game started the race by NFL teams to woo head coach Chip Kelly away, started the "We-want-Chip! " chant as the final minute of the Ducks
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Jeanie Buss
Hollywood Reporter

Phil Jackson,
Jeanie Buss
Engaged to Wed
The Los Angeles Lakers EVP posted a photo of her new sparkler on Twitter to announce the news. After more than a decade together, Los Angeles Lakers executive vp
Jeanie Buss
and former Lakers coach Phil Jackson are set to wed. our editor recommends
Hollywood Reporter
Phil Jackson,
Jeanie Buss
engaged
The 11-time NBA champion coach popped the question to his longtime girlfriend, Lakers executive vice president
Jeanie Buss , over the the Christmas holiday, and she accepted. On Thursday, Buss tweeted a picture of a diamond ring with the caption
Chip Kelly

Chip Kelly , NFL teams set to meet
AP Photo/Don Ryan Oregon 's
Chip Kelly
is expected to meet with the Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles about their coaching vacancies. The 49-year-old said he 's entering the interviews open-minded. He turned down an offer from
Chip Kelly
talks to Browns, will interview with Eagles
Tweet.
Chip Kelly , Oregon Duck for the final time? (Getty Images). Just hours after walking off the field in victory at the Fiesta Bowl,
Chip Kelly
appeared on the verge of jumping from the Oregon Ducks to the Cleveland Browns ... but that deal isn 't
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Bronson Pelletier
E! Online

Bronson Pelletier
Pees At LAX (VIDEO, NSFW)
A video of "Twilight " actor
Bronson Pelletier
urinating inside LAX airport has surfaced on YouTube, and the footage flies in the face of the actor 's adamant denials that his "peeing " incident never occurred. Pelletier, who plays a member of the wolf
Huffington Post
Twilight Star
Bronson Pelletier
Pees at Airport Before Getting Arrested—Watch
To pee or not to pee: That clearly wasn 't the question for
Bronson Pelletier
. The Twilight star was arrested in mid-December for public drunkenness after he showed up sloshed at Los Angeles International Airport and then purportedly proceeded to
E! Online
Andy Reid
New York Daily News

Chiefs Hire
As Head Coach
Since
Andy Reid 's
arrival in Philadelphia in 1999 the Eagles have 130 regular-season wins, the NFL 's sixth-highest total in that span. Philadelphia also has 10 postseason wins, third-most since 1999, and six division titles, also third-most, under
With hiring of
Andy Reid
done, Chiefs turn attention to rebuilding after 2-14
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs were in shambles after the worst season in franchise history, and chairman Clark Hunt promised their devoted followers that better ways were ahead. That was on Monday. By Friday, he had delivered
Andy Reid
Washington Post
Buckwild
The Atlantic Wire
's
Buckwild ' Series Premiere Pulls 2.5 Million Viewers
And while
Buckwild 's
numbers are nowhere near the Jersey Shore highs many will likely want to use as a comparison, its premiere actually outperformed Jersey Shore 's 2009 series launch of 1.375 million. It also outperformed the 2012 debut of recent
Hollywood Reporter
Buckwild ' Breakdown: Get Your Fix Of 'Gandee Candy ' Now! 's "
Buckwild " burst onto the scene this week, bringing the fightin ', muddin ', and cussin ' residents of Sissonville, West Virginia to the national stage ... and introducing the term "Redneck MacGyver " into the pop-culture lexicon. Yes, in just two
MTV.com
Ray Lewis
BaltimoreRavens.com

Roger Goodell says he 'll continue to use
Ray Lewis
as a sounding board
More than any defining play that
Ray Lewis
made or accolade that he earned, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will most remember the leadership that the long-time Ravens middle linebacker brought to both his team and the league. In a phone interview
Baltimore Sun
Al Tielemans/SI
Multiple sources told SI.com the Ravens linebacker is close to signing a multi-year contract with the network. At ESPN,
Lewis
is expected to have a significant role on the network 's Monday Night Countdown program. As with most ESPN NFL talent,
Lewis
Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl 2013, Teddy Bridgewater
SB Nation

Sugar Bowl
reaction: Teddy Bridgewater 's Louisville stands up to SEC bully
In my
Sugar Bowl
preview, I said the game would hinge on first-down yardage because, even though I thought the world of Teddy Bridgewater, nobody in the country could consistently convert third-and-longs against the Florida defense. But then
SB Nation
Louisville upsets Florida, 33-23, in
Sugar Bowl
22 Louisville stunned the fourth-ranked Gators, 33-23, in the
Sugar Bowl
on Wednesday night. Shaking off an early hit that flattened him and knocked off his helmet, Bridgewater was 20 for 32 passing for 266 yards and two touchdowns against the heavily
Los Angeles Times
2013 Calendar

A Handy
2013 Calendar
For Gamers
Start flipping open those cute puppy
calendars
your parents bought you, and pull out your Sharpies, because it 's time to get down to the temporal nitty gritty on entertainment in 've got a ton of (hopefully) great, big games, movies, and more
Kotaku
Sofia Vergara
New York Daily News

Sofia Vergara
accidentally flashes her breast as she tumbles to the ground
Sofia Vergara
might have fallen on her behind, but she is not falling behind in the wardrobe malfunction category. One of the “Modern Family” star 's breasts popped out of her sexy strapless number as she fell to the ground at a New Year 's Eve party.
New York Daily News
Sofia Vergara
Nip Slip: Actress Has Wardrobe Malfunction During New Year 's 's hope this doesn 't create more bad blood between
Sofía Vergara
and her fiancé, Nick Loeb. Apparently, our favorite "Modern Family " star popped her top on New Year 's Eve and one lucky photographer captured the moment on film. On the same night
Huffington Post
Chris Christie
John Boehner
Christian Science Monitor

Chris Christie 's
epic rant is about so much more than disaster relief
Chris Christie 's
rant against House Speaker John Boehner Wednesday was one for the ages. Pundits and journalists alike were agape over the New Jersey 's governor 's willingness to name names and eviscerate his own party 's leadership after Boehner
Washington Post
Chris Christie : Did primal scream help or hurt his presidential prospects
Did New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie
help or hurt himself on Wednesday by blasting his own political party? In case you haven 't heard, after House Speaker John Boehner delayed a vote on a $60 billion superstorm Sandy recovery bill, Governor Christie lit
Christian Science Monitor
ProPublica

Watchdogs to : Reject Rove Group 's Tax Application
Two watchdog groups are calling on the
to reject Crossroads GPS ' request to be recognized as a social welfare nonprofit. Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center, nonpartisan outfits that favor tighter campaign finance regulations, wrote a letter
ProPublica
Could Deny Crossroads GPS Tax-Exempt Status
In a letter drafted by Executive Director of the Campaign Legal Center, J. Gerald Herbert, and President of Democracy 21, Fred Wertheimer, the two cited an investigation led by ProPublica, meaning the
could deny Crossroads GPS tax-exempt status as
Independent Voter Network