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The NHL is proposing a new realignment plan which would feature playoff wild-card spots plus see the league go from six divisions to four.

Adding two MLB wild-card teams and high-stakes one-game playoffs make perfect financial sense, but is it common sense? The answer is no.

Evgeni Nabokov started Saturday in the Isles' first game against their rival New York Rangers.

San Francisco will always have the 2010 World Series championship to celebrate. But the rest of us should remember baseball the way it was in 2010, because it might never be the same.

CHICAGO - If there was a second wild card team in each league then the White Sox really would be in the thick of things. Instead of being six games out of the division lead and 7 1/2 back in the current wild-card standings prior to Tuesday's game,...

With a little help from the NFL playoffs, DJ Gallo has some hints on how to return to work.

Thanks for all the feedback on the NBA Wild Card Tournament idea. Reaction was enthusiastic ... both for and against. About a quarter of you thought the idea was "great." A handful of you "loved it" or said it was "brilliant." But many of you cal...

Blog | Conversation | March 16, 2006

ESPN.com contributor Terry Frei, a longtime hockey scribe for The Denver Post, wrote an interesting "what if" piece for our Web site over the weekend. Frei wondered what it would be like if the Stanley Cup finals were contested like the Super Bowl, a...

Blog | Conversation | February 06, 2006

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Story | Conversation | January 07, 2006

The lure of drafting an entertaining talent with great on-ice vision and the ability to finish will be difficult to pass up.

Story | Conversation | June 19, 2003

There's not enough excitement in baseball with only four wild-card teams.

Marian Gaborik helped the Wild beat the Islanders to improve their playoff chances on Wednesday.