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December 21, 2015 E-MAIL PRINT by Mike McMahon and Adam Wodon/CHN Staff Writers Related Articles Boston University   Greer Leaves BU For QMJHL BU and College Hockey’s Score Effects Problem BU Snaps Quinnipiac’s 17-Game Unbeaten Streak 3 NCAA Players Named to Sweden World Junior Prelim Roster Nick Roberto Former Maine Recruit Nick Roberto Picks BU Boston University junior forward Nick Roberto, who has not played this season due to a team-imposed…

RELATED: What drivers and crew chiefs are on the move for ’16? Joe Gibbs Racing announced its driver/crew chief lineup for the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on Monday, with key changes coming for drivers Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin. Dave Rogers, most recently Hamlin’s crew chief with the No. 11 JGR Toyota, shifts over to the No. 19 Camry to pair with Edwards. Mike Wheeler, who served last year as crew chief for JGR’s…

Police says 39 year old Ian Mackie tried to convince a child – who was younger than 14 – to send him sexually explicit pictures.

We all know the women from the “Real Housewives” franchise; now get ready for the “Hockey Moms.” Starting this weekend, television viewers will get the chance to follow the adventures of four area hockey moms navigating the demanding world of hockey their kids are immersed in. The 11-part Minnesota-made series will air in the Twin Cities at 6:30 p.m. Saturdays on KSTC-TV (45TV) right during the heart of hockey season….

For those of you looking for an explanation for why Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. retaliated so many times with so many cheap shots aimed at Carolina Panthers cornerback Josh Norman, ESPN’s Adam Schefter provided one possibility. PLUS: Mike Francesa rips Beckham, Coughlin (AUDIO) The reporter posted this on his Facebook page on Monday afternoon: Does that really explain everything? That the presence of some bats and comments set off one of the…

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For those of you looking for an explanation for why Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. retaliated so many times with so many cheap shots aimed at Carolina Panthers cornerback Josh Norman, ESPN’s Adam Schefter provided one possibility. PLUS: Mike Francesa rips Beckham, Coughlin (AUDIO) The reporter posted this on his Facebook page on Monday afternoon: Does that really explain everything? That the presence of some bats and comments set off one of the…

It’s Monday on CBS Sports’ Eye on Baseball, which means it’s that time again. This Week in (Dumb) Baseball. As regular readers already know, this feature has the title, sure, but it’s mostly for fun— a fact that eludes the masses but remains the case. For example, if you tell me to “quit whining,” you are missing the point. I’m mostly chuckling to myself as I write these things (with…

The Boston Red Sox announced this afternoon that they are retiring Wade Boggs’ number 26 in a ceremony at Fenway Park on May 26, 2016. It’s kind of crazy that this is only happening now. Boggs’ decade in Boston saw him post some of the best numbers any hitter has posted in baseball history. While there he collected 2,098 hits and posted a line of .338/.428/.462. Which, we should remember, came…

Credit: Scripps Translational Science Institute Paul DePodesta, right, walks with Eric Topol, director of Scripps Translational Science Institute, in this undated photo. Scripps Health announced today that baseball data guru Paul DePodesta is joining the Scripps Translational Science Institute faculty as an assistant professor of bioinformatics. DePodesta, who will start Jan. 1 but maintain his role in the New York Mets front office, rose to fame with the use of…

Leave it to the father of two teenage girls to confront the presumption that women are the weaker sex when it comes to sports. When President Obama welcomed the World Cup champion U.S. women’s soccer team to the White House this fall by saying “playing like a girl means you’re a badass,” his became the loudest voice in a growing chorus acknowledging what has been a breakthrough year for women…

If you travel to the soccer fields of suburban New Jersey every weekend, or spend Friday nights under the lights of a Texas high school football stadium, you are probably under the impression that team sports in America are thriving. You are wrong. Participation in youth team sports (ages 6-17) is down 9.3% over the last five years, a combination of a 3.7% drop in the number of kids playing…

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After the comments and the controversy, the petition and the questions in parliament, came at last a result that was probably inevitable from the moment Andy Murray sent an inch-perfect lob over the head of Belgium’s David Goffin to secure Great Britain’s first Davis Cup in 79 years. Murray was named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday in a star-studded ceremony in Belfast for the inspiring, pivotal…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Several newspapers are reporting that manager Louis van Gaal will be sacked if Manchester United lose to Stoke on Boxing Day. (Various) And United made contact with former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho about replacing Van Gaal, even before Saturday’s defeat to Norwich. (Sun) Mourinho, 52, would “jump at the chance” to manage at Old Trafford. (Daily Mail)…

Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini have been suspended for eight years from all football-related activities following an ethics investigation. They were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) “disloyal payment” made to Platini in 2011. The Fifa ethics committee found Blatter and Platini had demonstrated an “abusive execution” of their positions. Blatter later told media: “I will fight for…

The Denver Broncos, and Brock Osweiler, were given a gift. The Broncos trailed by a touchdown but the Pittsburgh Steelers‘  Ben Roethlisberger threw an inexplicably bad interception with 2:01 left. Broncos ball on the Steelers’ 41-yard line. Osweiler had a chance to at least tie the game and redeem himself after a bad second half. Let’s take a step back for a moment and think about the bigger picture. Many…