If you are surprised that the San Jose Sharks are at the top of their division, then you haven’t been watching the NHL very much recently. At the moment, the team is 18-6-4, an impressive record for this time of the season. They haven’t needed any work to get into a rhythm this year

By Chris Sheridan The New Jersey Nets are scheduled to have a breakfast meeting at 11 a.m. PT on Sunday in Los Angeles. Bacon, sausage and ham will be joined by one other piece of dead meat: Lawrence Frank.

In case you haven’t heard, Bud Selig plans to retire as commissioner of Major League Baseball in 2012. When considering Selig’s legacy on the game, it’s easy to point to changes to divisional formats, the Wild Card playoff spot, interleague play, and steroids

One of the players who has been identified with the Boston Red Sox for so long is Alex Gonzalez . It would be hard to imagine him in any other uniform. But it turns out that we’re probably going to have to, since he has left the Red Sox

Shaq has been out for more than 5 games with a strained shoulder over the last few weeks. He strained it during a game and has had to sit out while he gets better. Meanwhile, he seems to be back in shape, according to the coach, though he won’t be playing full games right off the bat

After a long time in the desert, the Ottawa Senators are finally living up to a high potential that people haven’t seen from them in many years. They beat the Columbus Blue Jackets yesterday, on some outstanding play from their goalie and a clutch goal with about 6 minutes remaining. This brings the Senators all the way ahead of the Boston Bruins in the Northeast Division.

By Chris Sheridan As the New Jersey Nets get ready to play the Sacramento Kings tonight — probably their last, best chance (since they play the Lakers next) to avoid tying the NBA record of 17 consecutive losses to start a season, it’s worthwhile to take a look back at this Noxious November and point out three games that got away from the Nets. If just one of those games had gone the other way, Lawrence Frank’s job wouldn’t be hanging by a thread, and Kurt Rambis would be the league leader in having to accept responsibility on a daily/nightly basis for his team’s brutal record.

The Chicago Bulls picked Taj Gibson with the 26th pick of the 1st round in the 2009 draft; and he has been a pleasant surprise so far this season. He’s started 10 of 13 games so far; and when ranked among rookies, he is 2nd in rebounding and blocks, 6th in minutes played, 8th in

By Henry Abbott The TrueHoop Network’s Portland blog, Beyond Bowie, had one tough job. Not only is Portland an intense online basketball market, but I’m a Blazer fan myself — so TrueHoop readers skew Portlandish and have high expectations for any Blazer news source. Meanwhile, Beyond Bowie was fighting with one arm tied behind its back

It has been a pretty dismal season for Maple Leaf fans so far. At times they have played downright awful, and lost, and at times they have played quite well, and still lost