SECOND-HALF SURGES: Since 2000, 20 teams have reached the halfway point of the season with a .500 or below winning percentage and proceeded to the playoffs, including at least one in each season.

The tradition of honoring their legends at Yankee Stadium started on Memorial Day of 1932 when a monument for Miller Huggins, the little manager who had passed away at age of 51 on September 25, 1929, was placed in deep center field, Its inscription reads "A splendid character who made priceless contributions to baseball."

Albany, NY - The Albany River Rats (2-6-1-1) troubles continued this evening as they were defeated on consecutive Fridays by the Hershey Bears (9-3-0-1).

Listen to this three minutes of gold from Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Barry Melrose. He challenged his team’s manhood when his team was down 1-0 after the first period and they managed to get a 2-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Kyle Palmieri's (Montvale, N.J.) second-period goal stood to be the game-winner as the U.S. National Under-18 Team defeated Finland, 3-2, in the championship game of the 2008 Men's Under-18 Four Nations Cup here tonight. The U.S. finished the tournament unbeaten, with a 3-1-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record.