'All-world' Hawks deliver with Cup win

by : Pierre Lebrun

PHILADELPHIA -- About an hour after he first raised the Stanley Cup over his head, the captain of the Chicago Blackhawks went back for more.

Skating through a mob of teammates, family, friends and media at center ice, Jonathan Toews lifted hockey's holy grail again. It wasn't yet time to leave the ice. It wasn't yet time to turn the page on June 9, 2010.

"I don't even want to take my equipment off," Toews said. "I want this moment to last forever."

It was a moment that was a long time coming for a hard-suffering Original Six fan base. Patrick Kane's overtime goal 4:06 into overtime Wednesday night gave Chicago a 4-3 win over Philadelphia and ensured hockey's longest Cup drought didn't reach a half-century. The Cubs are still on the clock, but the Hawks are off the hook.

NCAA Online Dynasty Goes World Wide (WEB)

by : Jon Robinson (ESPN)

With "NCAA Football 09", EA Sports introduced football fans to their version of an online dynasty where gamers were able to play in a conference with up to 12 players, but managing your school had to be done through the console. This year, the team behind "NCAA Football 11" is finally taking the feature full-force to the Web, enabling gamers to log onto their dynasty anywhere they have access to the Internet, whether it's on a computer, iPhone, or even an iPad.

That's right, now if you an extra 20 minutes to kill at work (or if you just don't feel like working), you can log onto your team online, schedule a game, try to recruit that strong-armed quarterback for next season, and even write up a news story about how you destroyed Florida the night before and post the story to Facebook.

Talk about a productivity killer. "NCAA Football 11" is set to cost corporate America millions of dollars in lost time just so Dan from Palo Alto can try to convince some virtual running back that Stanford is the best place for him to high-step down the field next season.

But that's just the start of what EA has planned.

I recently had the chance to sit down with "NCAA Football 11" producers Ben Haumiller and Russ Kiniry to get the inside scoop on the game's new online dynasty features.

Video highlights of a player's entire career? Team highlights that extend to 60 seasons? That's only just the beginning.

Stephen Strasburg's professional career has been defined by numbers. The No. 1 overall pick. The record $15.1 million contract. The gaudy strikeout numbers. His ability to hit triple digits on the radar gun.

So let's take a look at his major league debut, by the numbers.

So this is just a test.....only a test!!!!