Playoffs

SUNRISE, Fla. — Claude Giroux has proven to be pretty darn good at putting the puck in the net. Apparently he's got some Nostradamus tendencies, also. When the Flyers lost seven of their first eight games, the captain made a prediction that seemed pretty unlikely at the time...

Here's what you missed on the Sports Bash Saturday with Matt Hammond on January 4: -- Lot of reputations aren't earned, they just happen. Saints being a bad road team isn't one of them. It's real. There's oodles of proof. THE ROUNDUP 12:15 pm -- We whip around to all of the week's top stories: (1) Louisville's Charlie Strong to Texas...

The Philadelphia Flyers are off to the worst start in franchise history and have failed to score more than two goals in a game this season. But Claude Giroux still thinks that the last-place Flyers can make the playoffs. "We're not far off at all," Giroux, the Flyers' 25-year-old captain, said after Monday's practice, according to the Philadelphia Daily News...

(77-75) Phillies 6, (86-65) Braves 2 WP: Kyle Kendrick (10-11, 3.89 ERA) LP: Tommy Hanson (12-9, 4.46 ERA) SV: Jonathan Papelbon (37)

When you're playing for a wild card spot you need to win. You can't lose to a bad team. You can't lose, period, but losing to a bad team means you probably don't deserve to make it into the playoffs.

Late-season scheduling is doing the Phillies flickering playoff hopes some favors, well beyond the 39 remaining games on their slate.

Who should be the real NBA MVP, and who will win an NBA title first? LeBron vs Durant... Mike Gill answers that question in today's Post-Show video:  

Some might say it's the Sixers youth and energy keeping them in games with the Boston Celtics. As both teams get set for Game 3 tonight, we want to play a little game. We're giving you three current Sixers, and we want you to tell us who of the three needs to be on the team next year...

Kevin Garnett scored 29 points — his most in the regular- or postseason this year — and added 11 rebounds on Saturday night to give the Boston Celtics a 92-91 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in the opener of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Maybe you figured the Flyers were poached before Game 4. Maybe you didn’t. But whether you leaned “Cold, Hard Realist” or “Unabated Optimist” coming in, you also tilted toward getting something reputable, conciliatory, acceptable in the closing act -- whatever way that went...