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Bennie Wylie is Texas' strength and conditioning coach, but so much of what he does breeds intangibles and passion with his players.

A longtime National League scout watched the Padres recently, and as he spoke over the phone with admiration about the way they play, you could almost imagine those scenes from the movie "Miracle" when Kurt Russell, as hockey coach Herb Brooks, was s...

Blog | August 14, 2010

Pennant races are unfolding all around, and -- even better for baseball -- some of them will be played out between rivals. Buster notes that the intensity is beginning to show on the faces of the competitors. It's stretch time.

Blog | Conversation | August 14, 2010

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- We don't believe much in ghosts, but if you hang around hockey players enough, you'll understand that the game is filled with karma and superstition and omens, both good and bad. On the eve of the gold-medal game betwe...

Jim Craig holds the flag after the game while looking for his father in the stands. February 24, 1980: The U.S. men's hockey team was still basking in the afterglow of their shocking Winter Games win over the Soviet powerhouse from two days ago. W...

The U.S. Men's hockey team did believe in miracles. And pig piles. February 22, 1980: "Do you believe in miracles" is a common phrase in American sports lore now, but 30 years ago today it was uttered for the very first time in response to the u...

Josh Sacco does a pretty spot-on impersonation of actor Kurt Russell as U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks from the movie "Miracle."

Joshua Sacco, a 5-year-old fan of the movie "Miracle," does a great impersonation of Kurt Russell's portrayal of 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks.

Bucci's back, and he's covering all sorts of topics: the trade deadline, future Hall of Fame inductees, the fighting debate and the legend of Herb Brooks.

Patrick Roy, the NHL's winningest goaltender, and Herb Brooks, coach of the "Miracle on Ice" team that won gold at the 1980 Olympics, were inducted Monday into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Herb Brooks will forever be linked to the Miracle on Ice, but that one event does not begin to explain the breadth and depth of his impact on hockey.

Former Canadiens and Avalanche goaltending great Patrick Roy is among four inductees in the 2006 Hockey Hall of Fame class.

"Miracle on Ice" 1980 hockey coach Herb Brooks, track stars Bob Hayes and Evelyn Ashford and the 1984 U.S. men's gymnastics team were inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame tonight in Chicago.

Bob Hayes, Evelyn Ashford, 1980 hockey coach Herb Brooks and the 1984 U.S. men's gymnastics team highlight this year's class for the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

Calling Peter Laviolette the next Herb Brooks might be unfair, but there is no denying he might be the start of a new lineage of successful U.S.-born coaches.

Calling Peter Laviolette the next Herb Brooks might be unfair, but there is no denying he might be the start of a new lineage of successful U.S.-born coaches.