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Australian Hockey Player Celebrates Goal By Sliding On Head Across Ice (Video) The hockey goal celebration game was recently taken to an entirely different level, in Australia of all places. Ric Del Basso scored a game-winning shootout goal on Saturday night for the Perth Thunder in Australian Ice Hockey League action. That was cause for celebration, and Del Basso upped the ante when it comes to celebratory antics. After netting…

Former Boston College baseball captain and ALS awareness advocate Pete Frates will be honored at the 21st Oldtime Baseball Game on Monday night. (Conor Ryan/WEEI.com) Pete Frates is no stranger to the Oldtime Baseball Game. Just a few months after the initial news that the former Boston College baseball captain was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis –€“ also known as Lou Gehrig‘€™s disease — Frates took part in the baseball charity…

The Jamaican bobsled team may have company at the Winter Olympics one day. (USATSI) Everyone loves an underdog. That’s why we have a litany of underdogs in the movies, from Rocky Balboa to Rudy to a bobsled team from the island of Jamaica. Now there’s a new real-life underdog story being written and again it’s Jamaicans at the heart of this tale. Graeme Townshend, the first Jamaican-born player in the…

BRISTOL, Tenn. – NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin got spun out and wrecked while racing as the leader by Kevin Harvick at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night. Hamlin later fired his HANS (or Head and Neck Support) device at Harvick’s car as it passed under caution. The incident happened on the 161st lap. Hamlin had been leading, but Harvick was on his trail for some laps. As Hamlin continued, Harvick…

BRECKENRIDGE — Tejay van Garderen has seen both the horrors and wonders of the famed individual Vail Time Trial, a 10-mile uphill grind that Saturday will be the site of the penultimate stage of this year’s USA Pro Challenge. Sitting once again in the overall race lead, it is his tour to lose — though his advantage is the slimmest it’s ever been before attempting this course: 20 seconds over…

Seminole County is about to enter the big leagues of youth sports — joining a multibillion-dollar industry that caters to a growing army of families who travel across the country to watch their kids compete in sports tournaments. The county’s planned $27-million sports mega-complex will include a baseball stadium and fields for soccer, lacrosse, football and softball. When completed in 2016, supporters hope, the 102-acre complex off East Lake…

BRECKENRIDGE — Tejay van Garderen has seen both the horrors and wonders of the famed individual Vail Time Trial, a 10-mile uphill grind that Saturday will be the site of the penultimate stage of this year’s USA Pro Challenge. Sitting once again in the overall race lead, it is his tour to lose — though his advantage is the slimmest it’s ever been before attempting this course: 20 seconds over…

JSKnews via YouTube Albert Ebosse (r.) died after being struck in a head during a soccer match in which his team lost. A soccer player has died after being hit by an object thrown from the crowd. Albert Ebosse was declared dead after being taken to hospital in Tizi Ouzou, east of the Algerian capital, Algiers. Reports suggest that fans were throwing rocks….

CHICAGO — In the mind of Chicago Cubs reliever Wesley Wright, Jackie Robinson West has already won on Sunday. And that’s before they take on South Korea in the Little League World Series Championship. “I’m already proud of these guys,” Wright said Sunday morning. “Winning today is a side note.” He echoes how the rest of the team and undoubtedly the city of Chicago feels as JRW has put inner-city…

NFL PRESEASON 4 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco » WTTG (Channel 5), WBFF (Channel 45) 8 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona » WRC (Channel 4), WBAL (Channel 11) WNBA PLAYOFFS 7 p.m. Game 2: Atlanta at Chicago » ESPN2 9 p.m. Game 2: Phoenix at Los Angeles » ESPN2 MLB 1:30 p.m. San Francisco at Washington » TBS, MASN2,WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500 AM) 2 p.m. Baltimore at Chicago Cubs…

Kevin Love has officially joined LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers after the Cavs, Minnesota Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers completed their trade call with NBA officials Saturday afternoon, league sources told Yahoo Sports. In the finalized deal, the Cavaliers receive Love while sending Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall picks of the past two NBA drafts, to the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves will also receive forward Thaddeus Young…

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If Steve Keener truly wants to run a progressive organization like he says, sooner than later the CEO of Little League Baseball will do what he suggested to Yahoo Sports could be possible in the future: give back some of the $76 million in television rights fees the organization is reaping over the next eight years to the kids whose names, images and likenesses fill up flat screens every summer….

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Denny Hamlin got spun out and wrecked while racing as the leader by Kevin Harvick at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night. Hamlin later fired his HANS device at Harvick’s car as it passed under caution. Continue reading Hamlin appeared to adhere to NASCAR’s new rule of staying in your damaged car until safety crews…

BRISTOL, Tenn. It was a clean sweep for Team Penske. Joey Logano held off Brad Keselowski to win Saturday night’s Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway and became the third consecutive Penske driver to win at the fast half-mile track this weekend. Logano’s teammate, Keselowski, won Thursday’s NASCAR Truck series race and teammate Ryan Blaney won Friday night’s Nationwide Series race. Logano’s win is his third in the…

If Steve Keener truly wants to run a progressive organization like he says, sooner than later the CEO of Little League Baseball will do what he suggested to Yahoo Sports could be possible in the future: give back some of the $76 million in television rights fees the organization is reaping over the next eight years to the kids whose names, images and likenesses fill up flat screens every summer….

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The Ohio State-Navy game will be televised by the CBS Sports Network, a cable channel. The network is available on two of the most three prominent cable providers in central Ohio, though it is generally not part of any “basic” cable plan. Generally speaking, CBS Sports Network is available on cable through tiered-pricing plans or as part of “premium” sports packages. It also is available from satellite providers. *** >>…

St. Xavier’s Michael Vitucci won the Moeller Primetime Invitational Friday night.(Photo: eNQUIRER FILE) Participation in high school sports continues to rise, as evidenced by a newly released national survey. The number of participants increased for the 25th consecutive year in 2013-14 to a record total of 7,795,658, according to an annual survey from the National Federation of State High School Associations. The number of participants last school year increased by…