The Los Angeles Kings had 10 road wins in the playoffs alone on their way to the 2012 Stanley Cup. They have 9 road wins in the 2013 regular season and playoffs combined. You have to like the Chicago Blackhawks’ chances in Game 5.

No need for NBA power rankings this week. Two teams enter the NBA Finals, one team leaves as a champion. If you don’t want to count logos above, it’s Heat 23, Spurs 10. Of course, if you take away ESPN’s 18 (18?!) NBA experts, that leaves the scoreboard at a much closer 9-6 margin for …

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Being the first league with a franchise in another country would be a legacy-cementer for Goodell. CBS Sports Jason LaCanfora on the NFL in London. He apparently forgot about the NHL, NBA and MLB.

With the prime rivalries out of the way, it’s back to business in baseball. For us, that means power rankings: First 4 1. (1) Cardinals: Haven’t lost a series since April. And it’s June now. That will get you the best record in baseball and keep the No. 1 spot on lockdown. 2. (3) Rangers: …

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Did you know it’s “prime rivalries” week in Major League Baseball?  It’s the first week of interleague games billed that way, designed to add a little hype to the traditional rivalries now that interleague games are played every day. So far, it’s been welcomed with a thud, since the teams in the biggest markets aren’t …

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In advance of tonight’s Game 7, we have a rare opportunity in our power rankings to include the past five Stanley Cup champions, which also happen to be the five teams left standing in this year’s NHL playoffs. Now we could have put the rankings off a day, but why leave it to chance that …

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Welcome to our first MLB power rankings of 2013. If Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, and baseball players are the boys of summer, then we’re right on time. Don’t forget that power rankings are a snapshot in time during a long season. If you want the standings, check your local newspaper’s scoreboard …

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Welcome to the “Are you insane?!” NBA power rankings. Ask me again in a week. Wait… it’s the NBA, make that two weeks. 1. Pacers: There are worse things than uttering “What if…” after losing Game 1 in OT to the defending champs. If you’re doing it after Game 7, that’s different. Meanwhile…  2. Heat: …

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The Cardinals have a great combination working for them, a fertile minor-league pipeline, all-world catcher Yadier Molina and a grand tradition that is passed down from generation to generation. Veterans such as Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright nurture this tradition and personally ensure that it continues. Scott Miller, CBS Sports