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• From Penn State to the Dallas Stars, the Good, Bad and Godawful News in This Day in Sports

  Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 11:44 a.m.

  Don't think for a second this small attempt to resurrect a sports blog is an afterthought. We'll get there ... sooner than later. But on a day like today: Where to begin? Penn State, no doubt, far from home for most but not for all, and certain top of mind...

• Show Me the Highlights: Sorry, Kid, But You Can't Watch ESPN Right Now. Maybe Later.

  Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 9:21 a.m.

  For the last year, my 8-year-old boy's had a morning routine that involves watching SportsCenter and reading SportsDay over breakfast. Today he wanted to watch highlights from last night's Stars win over the Capitals, 5-2, making Dallas tops in the NHL -- big news 'round our house in the absence...

• Sure Mike Modano Has a Spot on Dallas' Mount Sportsmore. Well, Doesn't He?

  Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 8 a.m.

  Mike Modano is on Facebook. And out of hockey. The legendary Dallas Star used social media  to announce his retirement from the NHL yesterday, ending a 21-year career as one of the sport's all-time greatest skaters and its most prolific American-born scorer. Feels like we've delivered these eulogies before -- remember...

• Chuck Greenberg Wants to Own Another Metroplex Sports Team: Your Dallas Stars

  Monday, July 11, 2011 at 11:41 a.m.

  Just talked to a National Hockey League source who confirmed what the News reported last week: that former Texas Rangers' CEO Chuck Greenberg is seriously interested in buying your Dallas Stars. The Stars have been for sale since Tom Hicks' sports empire went kaput, and for a long time it...

• Baseball Goes Bonkers: The Top 5 Championship Celebrations in Sports

  Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 9:41 a.m.

  Watched South Carolina win their second consecutive College World Series last night. Their celebration -- gloves and hats flying in a giant infield dog pile -- got me to thinking: Does baseball over-celebrate? Or, perhaps, do they do it just right? Think about the Mavs' reaction after a 31-year wait to...

• Ed-die's Bet-ter ... Clap-Clap-CLAPCLAPCLAP!

  Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 8:38 a.m.

  We've seen the Rangers in the World Series and the Mavs win the NBA Finals, and on Tuesday I was reminded just how great a Stanley Cup run can be when former Stars' goalie Ed Belfour and current GM Joe Nieuwendyk were elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. They'll officially be inducted into...