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Hockey attendance is down in. ... Detroit?

The city often referred to has "Hockeytown" is having trouble filling seats for Detroit Red Wings games,

Popular Point update

The idea of a soccer stadium for D.C. United east of the Anacostia River isn't dead, but it's not exactly thriving, either.

ESPN chronicles the Streak. ... and no, not that one

Apparently Kelly Ripa doesn't have enough to keep herself busy, so she's entering the sports world.

Despite Mitchell Report, Baseball's rating is good

The Mitchell Report apparently has had little effect on how Major League Baseball is viewed on Wall Street.

NFL (and its Network) makes another proposal

At the moment, it looks like the Dec. 29 Giants-Patriots game will be stuck on the

For NFL fans, a perfect ending

The NFL's decision to simulcast the Giants-Patriots game on NBC, CBS and the NFL Network was a fantastic development for football fans. But it's also a surprising one: The league appeared perfectly willing to use the historic game as a bargaining chip in efforts to convince cable companies to carry the NFL Network or give it wider distribution.

ESPN takes on the "Andes Flight Disaster"

I'm a bit of a junky for survival and adventure stories. I love hearing those tales about people who miraculously survived in the desert on just a half a bottle of water, or the explorers who crossed Antarctica for the first time. Recently, I've been getting into this

Redskins fans are making the trip

I've spent much of this morning talking to fans headed to Seattle for the Redskins playoff game against the Seahawks. It looks like there are a good number of fans who have been undeterred by the price of last-minute flights, tickets and hotel reservations.

Comcast keeping busy with Redskins

Here's Comcast SportsNet's plan for coverage of the Redskins-Seahawks game.

Despite Patriots, Fox wins NFL ratings war

Earlier this week I surmised that CBS was the likely winner in the NFL ratings battle, largely because it aired so many games featuring the undefeated New England Patriots. I also said Fox likely took a ratings hit, because several key NFC matchups were taken by other networks including the NFL Network and NBC. (The big draw Cowboys, usually a staple of Fox's slate of games, appeared on CBS twice, the NFL Network twice, NBC three times and once on ESPN.)