Tag: News Observer

Rotoworld.comDale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 Chevrolet SS) leads the first practice for the Sprint Cup The Profit on CNBC 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. A lap of 138.723 mph was…

ESPNThe Heat outscored New York 23-3 over the final 7:02 of the third and won their sixth straight. The Heat shot 61 percent, while the Knicks shot 37 percent. No…

ESPN (blog)The Canadian Olympian had a goal and two assists to lead Dallas to a 4-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night. Kari Lehtonen made 29 saves for…

MiamiHerald.comheat notebook. Miami Heat’s LeBron James makes masked debut. By Joseph Goodman The Miami Herald. Get Adobe Flash player. LeBron James shows off his protective mask during Thursday’s game against…

News & ObserverNashville, TN (SportsNetwork.com) – Patric Hornqvist scored with 6:04 remaining and the Nashville Predators rallied past the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-2, in the first game back from the…

ESPNLeBron James started Thursday night for the Miami Heat, his first game since suffering a broken nose against the Oklahoma City Thunder last week. James had been listed as a…

Fox NewsVILLANOVA, Pa. – Butler kept its beloved mascot, Blue III, home. The Bulldogs seemed to leave their offense behind, as well. Darrun Hilliard and James Bell scored 11 points…

Chicago TribuneFeb 26 (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Angels agreed to a record $1 million, one-year contract for 22-year-old center fielder Mike Trout on Wednesday, setting a positive tone for…

Bleacher ReportDwight Howard scored 25 points, James Harden added 23 and the Houston Rockets rallied for a 115-112 victory over the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center on Sunday night.…

ESPNOKLAHOMA CITY — LeBron James scored 33 points before leaving in the fourth quarter with a bloody nose and the Miami Heat beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-81 on Thursday…

ESPNWHILE PREPARING FOR the NFL combine on Feb. 22, I worked hundreds of hours on my 40-yard dash, 225-pound bench press, 20-yard shuttle and other drills, hoping that better results…

ESPNBut this imperfect, top-heavy Russian team faces incalculable pressure in Sochi, with everyone from President Vladimir Putin on down eagerly anticipating a medal run in the nation’s first home Winter…

Washington PostDURHAM, N.C. – Of course it would end this way, nearly 90 years of bitterness compacted into one evening. If the Maryland-Duke rivalry is indeed to be no more,…

Taipei TimesLu Yen-hsun hits a shot to Alex Kuznetsov during their quarter-final of the US National Indoor Tennis Championships at the Racquet Club in Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday. Photo: EPA.…

The VergeFashion Week was once the sole purview of the elite. Celebrities, socialites, and editors of powerful magazines like Vogue would descend on New York to get first-looks at what…

Baseball’s biggest free agents, team by teamNews & ObserverThe man they called “Cobra” was a two-time All-Star with the Reds, and when he was traded to Oakland after the 1987…

ESPNLOS ANGELES — For three quarters, the Los Angeles Lakers tempted the sellout crowd at Staples Center into believing they would pull off one of the most improbable upsets of…

Orlando SentinelDAYTONA BEACH — Shaking off comments by Hall of Fame driver Richard Petty this past week that questioned her abilities, Danica Patrick said, “Everybody is entitled to their own…

ESPNOAKLAND, Calif. — With one eye on the defense and the other on the clock, LeBron James let the time tick down before carrying the Miami Heat into the All-Star…

BusinessweekDespite its glitz, buzz, and Instagram potential, New York Fashion Week (Feb. 6 to Feb. 13) has deceptively simple business goals. Designers spend as much as $1 million to stage…

Sun-SentinelAmid reports that Major League Soccer has awarded a franchise to David Beckham, the soccer legend will reveal progress toward locating the team in Miami during a downtown news conference…

News & ObserverPHOENIX — There are two kinds of bosses: The ones you work for and the ones you work with. Outgoing NBA commissioner David Stern made sure underlings knew…

New York set to weather dire predictionsNews & ObserverScott Says. New York set to weather dire predictions. By Scott Fowler. [email protected] 1, 2014. 2014-02-01T00:01:35Z. By Scott Fowler The_Charlotte_Observer. Facebook Twitter…

MiamiHerald.comColorado Springs, CO (SportsNetwork.com) – Minnesota Wild forward Zach Parise on Friday was named captain of the United States men’s ice hockey team for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Parise served…

Bleacher ReportIf the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets meet in the playoffs, hopefully it won’t be under these circumstances. The Rockets topped the Spurs, 97-90, rallying back from an…

ZDNetSummary: A MacWEEK special report in January, 1994 looked at the first decade of Macintosh as well as what the future might hold for the platform. At times it’s nostalgic…

News & Observer1998 The new iMac personal computer, a futuristic translucent machine sporting a built-in monitor is photographed. In 1998, Apple came out with its first iMac. PCs at the…

ESPNNEW YORK — The start of Sunday’s Stadium Series game between the New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils was postponed because of the glare on the ice at…

News & ObserverThe Milwaukee Brewers made that clear Thursday night when they took the unusual step of issuing a statement to contradict various reports that the team had a four-year,…

USA TODAYNASCAR delivered a TKO to its old qualifying format Wednesday, a move that will generate far more excitement and interest for its time trial days this season. For a…

WorstPreviews.com“Ride Along” comedy, starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, turned in the best performance of all-time for the Martin Luther King Jr box office weekend. Costing only $25 million to…

News & ObserverRAPID CITY, S.D. — A documentary film showing this week at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, features “Sue” the dinosaur. KOTA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1eKqayp ) that…

News & ObserverSan Diego’s loss to Denver last weekend could signal an even greater loss in the fashion world: the bandwagon bolo tie trend. Former N.C. State and current San…

News & ObserverFrom left, Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey star in the new HBO drama “True Detective.” HBO. True Detective (9pm, HBO) – The premiere of a critically acclaimed new…

News & ObserverCHARLOTTE — I thought Steve Smith looked quick Thursday. The ground at Carolina’s practice field wasn’t as hard as it was Wednesday. And during the segment of practice…