Alexander Burmistrov Dekes Through Washington Defense

Filed under: Capitals, Thrashers, NHL Videos

The Atlanta Thrashers entered Friday's game against Washington riding a three-game losing streak, and also having lost six of their previous seven games. They managed to break out of their recent slump in a big, impressive way, knocking off the Southeastern Division leading Capitals with a 5-0 win. They received goals from five different players, including a highlight reel goal from 19-year-old rookie Alexander Burmistrov.

Burmistrov, the No. 8 overall pick in this past summers draft, has been impressive this season due to his advanced defensive play for a rookie, and the creativity offensively is starting to show up as well. Friday's game was a nice example due to this play late in the third period that saw Burmistrov dance with the puck past Washington defenseman Jeff Schultz, as well as goaltender Michal Neuvirth. The goal is Burmistrov's third of the season.

Here's the video...

 

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Source: http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2010/11/20/alexander-burmistrov-dekes-through-washington-defense/

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IMG Shows Strength as ATP Puppet Board Refuses to Self-Investigate

Filed under: FanHouse Exclusive, ATP, Sports Business and Media

A major sports gambling scandal with a nice, neat and quick conclusion. No mess, no fuss. Does that pass the smell test?

The ATP World Tour, the men's tennis tour, is trying to slip one past you. Ted Forstmann, the CEO of IMG (pictured), bet on tennis. He allegedly called Roger Federer, an IMG client who Forstmann says is a friend, before a match and got inside information.

And apparently, there is no investigation; not of Forstmann, not of Federer. None of tennis' governing bodies has even bothered to call the guy making the accusation, while the things he has said keep turning out to be true.

I'm calling B.S. on the ATP. There is no way this was within the rules. So why is the ATP letting it go?

Maybe Gavin Forbes knows. He's a Senior Vice President at IMG.

Maybe David Egdes knows. He's an executive at the Tennis Channel, which is partially owned by IMG. He also used to work for IMG.

Source: http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2010/11/24/img-shows-strength-as-atp-puppet-board-refuses-to-self-investiga/

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Robert Garrigus, Biggest Winner of All at Children's Miracle Network Classic

Filed under: PGA

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- After Robert Garrigus thrashed the field with a closing-round 8-under 64 Sunday to win the
Children's Miracle Network Classic, one last question lingered: just how many winners can one tournament provide?

If you plan on counting, be sure to bring fingers and toes. Being at Disney World for the final event on the PGA Tour's incredibly long schedule means you do not need a tournament title to leave feeling like a champ.

Garrigus won the tournament. Troy Merritt won a $1 million bonus in the Kodak Challenge. Roland Thatcher finished solo second and won the right to return to full-time employment next year. Heath Slocum finished T-45 and won an invitation to next year's Masters.

If there had been any more trophies, it would have been Little League.

 

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Source: http://golf.fanhouse.com/2010/11/14/robert-garrigus-biggest-winner-of-all-at-childrens-miracle-net/

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Tiger Woods Lays Up During ESPN Radio's 'Mike and Mike' Interview

by Milton Kent

Filed under: Sports Business and Media

The true purpose of Tiger Woods' much ballyhooed interview with ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike In The Morning was revealed about five minutes after the interview ended. That's when co-host Mike Greenberg read the first of a number of plugs for Woods' golf event next month.

In other words, just like virtually every other interview on Mike and Mike with an active professional athlete, where the celebrity in question answers a couple of questions about the season to date, then touts his commercial sponsor, Woods got the word out about his event without having to get his hands dirty.

In a roughly 25-minute interview over two segments, Woods broke no new ground from the story he has offered the past year. He declined to provide any details about the Thanksgiving Day accident at his home, he said precious little about whom he has taken advice from and he added nothing to speculation that he might have taken human growth hormones. Woods wouldn't even take a shot at Augusta National Chairman Billy Payne, who famously chided him before the Masters this year about his behavior. As Greenberg rightly pointed out, Woods' answers, in many cases, sounded like he was parroting a therapist.

In fairness to Greenberg and co-host Mike Golic, they were put in a no-win situation. They were asked to interview a man who has notoriously kept a wall between himself and the public, parceling out just enough of himself to say that he made the attempt. Recognizing that, the pair attempted before the interview started to lower expectations, first by saying that they weren't going to try to make themselves into Barbara Walters or Mike Wallace, and then by declaring that they would not explore the salacious details of last Thanksgiving and its aftermath.

To their credit, the two of them, and particularly Golic, the former defensive lineman, pressed Woods to the degree that they were allowed to, both by the limits of time and by the evasiveness of the interviewee.

 

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Source: http://golf.fanhouse.com/2010/11/18/tiger-woods-lays-up-during-espn-radios-mike-and-mike-intervie/

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ACC Report: Virginia Tech Closes in on Seventh Straight 10-Victory Season

Filed under: Boston College, Clemson, Duke Football, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, University of Miami, NC State, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, ACC

Rivalry Week carries additional significance for ACC teams.

Virginia Tech, for instance, is seeking to become the first team since 2000 to go unbeaten in ACC play when it welcomes Virginia to Lane Stadium on Saturday.

The Hokies have won nine straight since opening defeats to Boise State and James Madison, and one more victory will make them the only team nationally to have 10 or more wins in each of the past seven seasons. Virginia Tech has already clinched a berth in the ACC Championship Game as the Coastal Division winner.

Hokies coach Frank Beamer, whose 238 career wins put him in a tie for 10th-place on the all-time FBS career victory list with Ohio State's Woody Hayes, credits his players' character for the team's about-face.

Beamer also pointed to the outstanding play of quarterback Tyrod Taylor, whose 31 wins as the starting quarterback is a school record. The Hokies have gone 40-12 since Taylor's arrival and are on the verge of a third ACC title in his four years.

 

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Source: http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/11/24/acc-report-virginia-tech-closes-in-on-seventh-straight-10-victo/

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Denny Hamlin Already Looking Toward 2011

Filed under: Denny Hamlin, Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCAR

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Only 25 laps into Sunday's Ford 400 NASCAR season finale, Denny Hamlin realized his day was going to be long, and his hopes of holding off his two championship challengers diminished as the hot South Florida afternoon wore on.

When the green flag dropped, his 15-point championship lead over four-time defending Sprint Cup series champ Jimmie Johnson technically vanished, based on Hamlin's 38th-place starting position compared to Johnson's sixth.

Then on lap 25, Hamlin collided with Greg Biffle, sending Hamlin's No. 11 FedEx Toyota spinning on the infield grass -- an omen for what would come. Tire problems, pit road miscommunication and then an ill-timed caution period late in the race spelled his ultimate doom. The 30-year-old driver finished 14th in the race and became the first driver in NASCAR's seven-year Chase playoff format not to win the title when leading the championship with one race remaining.

"It's tough, trust me, these years don't come by too often in anyone's career,'' said Hamlin, who finished championship runner-up, 39 points behind the newly crowned five-time champion Johnson.

"I was privileged enough to be part of the closest championship in (Chase) history and give it my best effort, but it wasn't enough today. Our car got banged up and we just couldn't overcome it.''

 

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/11/21/denny-hamlin-already-looking-toward-2011/

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SBI Live Q&A (Nov. 23rd Edition)

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