Yeo, like Lemaire, could try power play humor

Minnesota is now 7-for-78 (9 percent) on the power play this season. Coach Mike Yeo sounds like he's tried everything in his bag of tricks, but maybe he needs to channel former Wild coach Jacques Lemaire and try a little humor. It was Lemaire who, early in the 2003-04 season, had this famous quip after the Wild started the season 0-for-12 on the power play.

"The power play, to me, it's one of the biggest keys," he said. "When we started last year, our power play was really good. It was 23 percent. Now I don't know if we got enough to make milk. It's about 1 percent, half of one percent. It's very skim milk."

quite a move In the waning moments of a double-digit loss, a Portland State basketball player faked a handshake, stole the ball and dunked.

sitting it out Buster Olney, who writes about baseball for ESPN.com, wrote a recent piece about why he's abstaining from Hall of Fame voting.