Sports

Kevin Bieksa of the Vancouver Canucks was resting on the bench during his team’s recent skills exhibition when five fans seated behind him started to relentlessly harass him with pokes to the head. Will the grizzled defenseman take their bait and respond?

Philadelphia, Atlanta, Memphis and the Los Angeles Clippers are all unlikely division leaders as the NBA nears the end of its first full month of play. Here’s what’s happening in the association:

Notre Dame beat top-ranked Syracuse, 67-58, on Saturday to give the Orange their first loss of the season. Third-ranked Baylor also suffered its first two defeats in the past week, dropping games to number five Missouri and No. 7 Kansas. After second-ranked Kentucky’s 77-71 win over Alabama on Saturday, the Wildcats are a sure bet to take over the top ranking in the new AP Top 25 poll. Here’s what

Two thrilling conference championship games produced a Super Bowl pairing: the New England Patriots will face the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis on Feb. 5. Here’s a recap of all of Sunday’s NFL action:

Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno, the all-time leader in college football history who was involved in the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State, has died at age 85 of lung cancer.

Yah know, for an ‘American Idol‘ judge, Steven Tyler is not the best singer. Would you like to refute that? If so, have a listen to his performance of the national anthem at the start of the AFC title game and get back to us.

Listen up all you winter sports lovers! February 11 and 12 are the perfect excuse for you to fulfill both your need for cross-country skiing and getting out of the states. That’s the time you need to be making your way up to Quebec, Canada for the Canadian Ski Marathon (CSM), the longest, and perhaps most grueling cross-country ski race on the planet.

The announcer for NAIA college Lindsey Wilson’s basketball team put the ‘goooal’ guy and every other play-by-play man who gets caught up in the moment to shame with his amazingly exuberant call.

It started innocently enough. “Kid Reporters” Jaylah and Ryan were interviewing members of the New York Knicks at their practice facility, asking the very tall men kid-friendly questions, like can they spell “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” (Not surprisingly, they couldn’t.) Then, the intrepid duo went in for the kill, asking the players if they would sing some Justin Bieber for the camera. Y

The Flathead Valley Chapter of the Grizzly Scholarship Association is bringing Coach Robin Pflugrad, Director of Athletics Jim O'Day, and other UM staff members out to Kalispell to celebrate the Montana Football team's class of 2012. The event will run a video showing off the teams signees this year and will offer hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar to those in attendance.