Thirty-one players recorded a point in the NHL All-Star game. None of them was named Sidney Crosby.

The trouble with being so good for so long is that it makes the bad times look even worse.

Thirty-one players recorded a point in the NHL All-Star game. None of them was named Sidney Crosby.
Tiger Woods began a new year with his worst season debut.
On its soon-to-be frozen surface, the outdoor rink that is under construction at UConn's Rentschler Field might seem like an attempt to duplicate the NHL's popular Winter Classic at a minor-league level.
The rumors can stop swirling: The baby grand piano that turned up on a Miami sandbar was burned to tatters by New Year's revelers, then brought to its new home by a television designer's teenage son who said Thursday he hoped the idea might help him get into a prestigious art school.

Tiger Woods' twirled the driver in his hand after another tee shot went where he was aiming, right down the middle of the first fairway on the South Course at Torrey Pines.

The female leads of Bollywood films are not glammed up, do not break into hip-swinging musical numbers, do not shed their clothes and are not mere love interests for the larger-than-life hero. But now there is a whiff of change, with women playing central roles in films like "No One Killed Jessica," which is based on a notorious real-life Indian criminal case.

While the NFL and NBA are facing labor uncertainty, the NHL is taking a moment to puff out its chest as it heads into an All-Star weekend unlike any other.