2012 February at LinesMaker

Unlucky Bounce Costs Rangers a Victory

NEWARK, N.J. - One bounce can change the for­tunes of a hockey team. On Tues­day night, it turned a sure vic­tory for the New York Rangers into one of their more frus­trat­ing losses of the season. Dev­ils defense­man Andy Greene launched a slap shot from cen­ter ice with goal­tender Mar­tin Brodeur on the bench for an extra attacker in the final minute. The puck rimmed around the glass and ric­o­cheted to the slot, where it came to rest on the stick of a wide-open David Clark­son, who buried the tying goal for the Dev­ils with 47.6 sec­onds remaining. After a wild five-minute over­time,... 

Murray to Miss Britain’s Davis Cup Match

Updated Jan 31, 2012 9:42 AM ET LONDON Andy Mur­ray will miss Britain’s Davis Cup match against Slo­va­kia next month after sus­tain­ing “a few injuries” dur­ing his run to the Aus­tralian Open semifinals. The fourth-ranked Mur­ray, who lost to even­tual win­ner Novak Djokovic in a five-set match in Mel­bourne, says it is “prob­a­bly a sen­si­ble deci­sion” to pull out of the group matches ahead of a busy year that also includes the Lon­don Olympics. With Britain’s lead­ing player miss­ing, cap­tain Leon Smith selected James Ward, Dan Evans, Colin Flem­ing and... 

Light, Vollmer Miss Media Day as Stomach Illness Hits Patriots

An appar­ent stom­ach bug has affected the New Eng­land Patri­ots this week, as start­ing left tackle Matt Light missed prac­tice Mon­day and was kept out of Media Day on Tues­day because he is ill, accord­ing to a team official. Two other play­ers are also under the weather. Right tackle Sebas­t­ian Vollmer also skipped Media Day with ill­nesses, accord­ing to head coach Bill Belichick, while line­backer Jerod Mayo attended but said he has a cold. Other team per­son­nel have also fallen sick, accord­ing to the team official. Light started 15 games this sea­son and is a vital... 

O’Brien Adds 2 to Penn State Staff

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — New Penn State coach Bill O’Brien has added two more staffers in spe­cial assis­tant Jim Bern­hardt and direc­tor of strength and con­di­tion­ing Craig Fitzgerald. O’Brien, announced Jan. 7 as Penn State’s coach, is cur­rently work­ing with the New Eng­land Patri­ots as offen­sive coor­di­na­tor and quar­ter­backs coach as they get ready for Sunday’s Super Bowl against the New York Giants in Indianapolis. Bern­hardt, also direc­tor of player devel­op­ment, coached O’Brien when he played at Brown. Bern­hardt, who was defen­sive coor­di­na­tor... 

Come on Down to Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth

CALGARY — A day­time game show that exhorts con­tes­tants to “come on down” is offer­ing a trip to the Cal­gary Stam­pede as one of its prizes. “The Price is Right” will show­case the Great­est Out­door Show on Earth on its show this Wednesday. Stam­pede pub­lic­ity man­ager Jen­nifer Booth says the Cana­dian Tourism Com­mis­sion is fund­ing pro­mo­tion of the rodeo this year because 2012 marks the event’s 100th anniversary. Booth says details about what the prize includes and when it will be given away are under wraps until the show airs. “The Price is Right”...