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How The Blackhawks Made It Back To The Top
The Chicago Blackhawks, the first two-time champions in the NHL's salary-cap era, could tell you better than anyone: It takes an entire team to win a Stanley Cup, but nothing is possible without the right core....

Chicago Blackhawks Win Stanley Cup In Insane Finish
That was just about the nuttiest Stanley-Cup-clinching game you're likely to see. With 1:30 left in the game, the Blackhawks trailed 2-1 and Corey Crawford was heading for the bench for an extra skater. One minute and two Chicago goals later and it was Tuukka Rask heading for his bench. ...

Andrew Shaw Took A Puck To The Face
With just about four minutes remaining in the first period of Game 6 in Boston, Shawn Thornton fired a shot into the Chicago zone that deflected off Andrew Shaw's stick and into his face, leaving blood on the ice. He went down immediately and stayed down for some time before eventually skating off....

Brek Shea Posted—Then Quickly Deleted—This Very American Photo
Why yes, Shea is from Texas, how did you guess?...

Even Bubba Watson Can Be A Petulant Jerk
Here's a nice reminder that despite his penchant for driving hovercrafts, rapping, and starting memes, Bubba Watson is still a professional golfer. Which is to say, he possesses an innate urge to act like a dick from time to time....

Game 6 Could Come Down To The Skating Wounded
They say the NHL playoffs are a battle of attrition, and the Blackhawks and Bruins, the last two teams remaining, remained remarkably unscathed until the finals. But a close, hard-fought series that's already required 20 periods over five games is taking its toll, and each team may or may not be wit...

Tuukka Rask Does Everything He Can, But Chicago Wins Game 5
Amid the 29 credited saves he made last night, Tuukka Rask made three or four exceptional saves and single-handedly kept the Bruins in the game all night, making the always-intense final minutes of the game possible. Once pulled for a man-advantage with less than a minute in the game, Rask had barel...

A Win Is A Win, But The Blackhawks Have Been Fortunate.
Three out of the four Stanley Cup Finals games have been decided in overtime. The other one was decided by two goals. The Bruins and Blackhawks both have loads of talent, but good fortune's also played a part....

The Sky Above Wrigley Field Today Was Spectacularly Haunting
This afternoon's Astros-Cubs game finally got started a little while ago after a rain delay that lasted for 3 hours, 18 minutes. This photo might have been doctored a bit by MLB's Instagram or HDR filter, but still: Who knew those eerie, dark clouds that always seem to hover above Wrigley Field coul...

Are Blake Griffin And Kate Upton Humping?
Hoo boy. This, from E (exclamation point) Online, sounds pretty hump-y to me:...

Undead And Uptight: <em>World War Z</em>, Reviewed.
1. At this point, the zombie movie has gone through just about every permutation possible, from its low-budget schlock horror roots all the way into the world of comedy, faux-documentary, Western, even romance. The one thing we haven't seen yet from the zombie genre, at least until the release of W...


You Can Fit A Stanley Cup Through Corey Crawford's Glove Side
The Blackhawks won in overtime to knot the finals at two, but Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford now has a book. It says go high, go glove side, find twine. ...

Now Mike Florio Is Getting In Twitter Fights With NFL Mascots
Resident NBC/ProFootballTalk moron and supposed NFL maven Mike Florio took his lifelong itinerary of bad decisions to a new level last night, getting into Twitter beef with Jaguars mascot Jaxson de Ville. ...

Blackhawks Beat Bruins In Overtime, 6-5, To Tie The Series
That was fun, wasn't it? After this series's first three games only yielded 12 total goals, both teams went off tonight for 11 combined goals. The game was tied 5-5 at the end of regulation, but midway through overtime, Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook slapped a wicked shot low past Bruins goal...


Jimmy Fallon's Awards For The Bruins And Blackhawks Were Damn Funny
On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, they occasionally hand out yearbook-style superlatives. Last night, they did it for the Stanley Cup finalists. It's worth your time....

Kawhi Leonard Insults And Injures Mike Miller At The Same Damn Time
San Antonio Spur Kawhi Leonard elevated on Mike Miller and inadvertently(?) smacked him in the face as he threw it down. Womp....