GLENDALE, Ariz. — For whatever reason, the Chicago Blackhawks cant clamp down and win a low-scoring affair this season. For the 66th time in 83 games they were required to score three goals to win, but they failed to do so, falling to the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 in overtime in Game 1 of their playoff [...]
Posts tagged ‘Games’
Hawks continue to struggle in close games
April 29th, 2012
NHL Playoffs: Kings Steal Two Games In Vancouver, Lead 2-0
April 28th, 2012
Goaltender Jonathan Quick has powered the Kings defense through the first two playoffs games. (Burns!/Creative Commons)
Cubs’ Offense Explodes for Two Straight Games: Fan Reaction
April 28th, 2012
Games to Make or Break a Season
April 21st, 2012
The outstanding matchups this weekend in soccer: The Times’s soccer blog has the world’s game covered from all angles. Go to the Goal Blog Saturday Liverpool vs. Everton Two teams, and their thousands of supporters who normally occupy stadiums 500 yards apart, travel down from Liverpool in the north of England to London in [...]
‘Hunger Games’ Parenting
April 21st, 2012
Amy Chua’s best-seller, “The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” trumpeted the benefits of raising children with draconian strictness in the Chinese fashion (or allegedly so). Pamela Druckerman’s “Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting” made the case for a more casual, laissez-faire approach. But each mode has something to [...]
Olympics: Games win would aid healing process – Tokyo chief
April 21st, 2012
6 days ago MOSCOW — The International Olympic Committee could give a huge boost to the healing process in Japan after the trauma of last year’s tsunami — if they award Tokyo the 2020 Games, bid leader Tsunekazu Takeda said on Saturday. Takeda was leading the presentation to the General Assembly of the Association of [...]
Livorno’s Morosini dies, Italian games postponed
April 19th, 2012
n>(Reuters) – Livornos Piermario Morosini has died after suffering a cardiac arrest during an Italian second division game at Pescara on Saturday, prompting the countrys soccer federation to postpone this weekends professional matches. We have done everything possible to save him but he never regained consciousness, doctor Leonardo Paloscia told reporters. Another doctor at the [...]
Mind games won’t affect us: Ferguson
April 19th, 2012
English Premiership Man Utd vs Aston Villa MANCHESTER – As Roberto Mancini moved on to a fresh phase of mind games yesterday by sarcastically heaping praise on title rivals Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson was quick to snap right back at the Italian. They have big experience and a fantastic team. They have everything. We [...]
Apr 14 (TheWrap.com) – Updated Saturday 9 am PT The Hunger Games fended off two new challengers Friday at the box office, with The Three Stooges and Cabin in the Woods neck in neck for second place behind Lionsgates smash hit. The Hunger Games, which has won the past three weekends and is expected to [...]