For years, the Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test has been a mainstay at the NFL Combine. The test is formulated to test a prospect's general aptitude. Some questions are elementary ("what is the ninth m
Your name is Scott Howson, and you're the general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Your team was at least supposed to compete for a playoff spot in the Western Conference this year, but instead, y
Have I missed it? Have I missed the battle?
With just 18 days remaining until Selection Sunday, it's too late for casual college basketball fans to get the full experience of the 2011-12 season, but i
Every NBA game features amazing athletic feats, from quick shakes to agile mid-air twists and speedy breaks to soaring rejections. But there's something particularly visceral about the power dunk. An e
Every year, we get to enjoy at least one recruiting story that sends columnists over the THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH COLLEGE SPORTS edge. This year, it was Davonte Neal, who skipped his Feb. 21 announcem
The 2012 NFL Combine is finally here.
Sort of.
The first crop of NFL draft prospects are arriving in Indianapolis on Wednesday, but we won't see any actual workouts until Saturday morning. Players will
After a one-week hiatus, SBNation.com's NBA MVP Power Rankings have returned! Very little has changed, as LeBron James has determined that he will play like Zeus' avatar for the entire season, apparent
Wednesday morning, the jury in the trial of former University of Virginia men's lacrosse player George Huguely will begin deliberations on six counts related to the death of UVA women's lacrosse player
In many ways, the point guard is the quarterback of the basketball team, responsible for making the right decisions distributing the ball. And over the last generation, as the country's best athletes h
For the third year, SB Nation will bring you a "12 Questions" interview with a different NASCAR driver every Wednesday. And who better to kick off this year's series – and be the first driver to
You have no idea how much I hate myself for that headline. As I type this I'm listening to Elliott Smith in the dark and wondering where it all went wrong.
There may be zero matchups featuring multiple
"Well, wow, what if we did everything like the NFL Combine?" asks your friend who says dumb things like this all the time. This friend probably thinks being a beer snob is an acceptable thing, and hate
Let's rewind to 2007 for a second. To the surprise of many, the Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle Supersonics leapfrog worse teams to win the first and second picks of the 2007 NBA Draft. Their reward
7. Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers (second appearance)
Date: February 3rd, 2001Game situation: Up by 26, clock position undeterminedCareer free throw percentage: 52.7 (22.1 percent worse than
13. Jamaal Magloire, Toronto Raptors
Date: January 13th, 2012Game situation: Down by three, 13.9 seconds remaining in 4thCareer free throw percentage: 64 (10.8 percent worse than 2011-12 league a
19. Shaquille O'Neal, Phoenix Suns (first appearance)
Date: April 5th, 2009Game situation: Up by two, 6:12 remaining in 1stCareer free throw percentage: 52.7 (22.1 percent worse than league averag
24. Omri Casspi, Cleveland Cavaliers
Date: December 20th, 2011Game situation: Up by two, 7:12 remaining in 4thCareer free throw percentage: 66.1 (8.7 percent worse than 2011-12 league average) Mi
30. Bismack Biyombo, Charlotte Bobcats
Date: February 12th, 2012Game situation: Down by 24, 3:29 remaining in 2ndCareer free throw percentage: 45.8 (29 percent worse than league average)Missed ri
36. Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers
Date: February 1st, 2012Game situation: Up by four, 8:13 remaining in 3rdCareer free throw percentage: 61.7 (13.1 percent worse than 2011-12 league average
When an NBA player shoots a free throw, he faces no concrete, external opponent. He is simply asked to stand and shoot unbothered from 15 feet away. He has probably played basketball throughout most or
Does Roy Keane ever tell jokes?
To say that he doesn't seem the jocular type is akin to saying that Pep Guardiola quite likes passing football, or that Paolo di Canio has some distasteful political bel
On Nov. 28, Bruce Boudreau was fired as Washington Capitals coach. Just a few days later, he resurfaced in Anaheim, while former Capitals star and -- most recently -- junior coach Dale Hunter was tryin
For a few weeks there, we'd have sworn that Jeremy Lin was New York City's megastar point guard that would have every team with cap space on pins and needles come July 1, when free agency begins. Lin,
It is late May and the cleaning crews just finished sweeping away the confetti from Real Madrid's La Liga championship celebration. Sure, Madrid may have failed to get over the hump and defeat bitter r
Kentucky vs. Syracuse is one of the more interesting "which team at the top is better" debates in recent years because the teams are such opposites. UK's otherworldly talent is always on full display,
Brett Favre, Peyton Manning ... every NFL offseason has at least one drama as its feature attraction. Sitting right below those names on the marquee is the annual tango between Vincent Jackson and the
Seven seasons without a trophy! Worst Arsenal team in 10 years! Crisis!
Obligatory observations out of the way, it is worth noting that the perceived facts of Arsenal's current situation both under and
The big storyline so far in the run-up to the 2012 NHL trade deadline? Teams can't decide whether or not they're buyers or sellers. So many teams are still in the playoff mix that, unless you're the Co
There are approximately three things you need to know about offseason college football. The first is that it's already happening everywhere anyway, as some teams have already started their official spr
No matter what happened later in the day, it would have been next to impossible to top Jeremy Lin and the Knicks on Sunday. Lin is already the biggest story in sports, and as we said last week, what ma
The 2012 NFL Combine starts this week, and with it will come a frenzy of draft talk. More than another advertisement for Under Armour, the Combine allows teams and pundits to answer pressing questions
As we hit the season's midway mark and approach both All-Star Weekend and the trade deadline, our NBA Power Rankings begin to normalize. Teams that had the benefit of soft early season schedules (76ers
With less than three weeks remaining until Selection Sunday, there is an increasing amount of clarity at the top of the bracket. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the bottom of the at-large po
The NFL franchise tag period is officially open. From February 20 to March 5, teams can apply the franchise tag -- essentially a one-year guaranteed contract -- to any player. This allows teams to prot
The idea of progressive scheduling, be it creating continuity and rivalry within a 24-team conference or preserving certain rivalries (while maintaining a limited conference schedule) in an expanded SE
There’s no point in pretending like you don’t know where this is going to start, so let’s get to it.
1. Your Linsanity update that isn’t really an update.
What, you thought one
Luis Robles is hardly a household name, even among hardcore followers of the United States Men's National Team. After being picked in the fourth round of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft, the 27-year-old goalke
It's mid-to-late February in America. Everything below is your life right now.
Drexel at Cleveland State (11 a.m. ET/ESPNU)
Easily the biggest hot/cold matchup of BracketBusters. Drexel has won 14 stra
58 schools feature NCAA Division I hockey programs this 2011-12 season, and they range from some of most known BCS programs -- Michigan, Ohio State, Boston College -- to schools like American Internati
Does VCU Still Have It?
A year ago on BracketBuster weekend, Shaka Smart's VCU Rams beat Wichita State on the road by one point. It was their only win in their final five games of the regular season, b