1) Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat - Sunday, April 10, 3:30 PM EDT Get Your Tickets To This Game Here These are the two best teams in the Eastern Conference. Period. Want to see a late season matchup that may forecast the matchup for the Eastern Conference Finals? Here it is. The game, which will be covered by ABC in Miami, should be an edge-of-your-seat event. James, Wade...

Doug Gilmour is certainly of the best NHL players of all-time, and it's equally certain that he is the best NHL athlete to wear the jersey number 93. Gilmour was drafted in 1982 by the St. Louis Blues with the 134th pick. He would remain with the Blues for his first five NHL seasons, reaching a peak of 105 points with them during the 1986-87 NHL campaign. His next stop would...

Michael Nylander played for several different NHL teams over 15 seasons. Wearing jersey number 92 for a large portion of those 15 seasons, he has proven himself the best to wear number 92 in the NHL. Some of Nylanders statistical highlights over a career spent with the Whalers, Flames, Lightning, BlackHawks, Capitals, Bruins and Rangers: 679 career NHL points (209 goals and 470...

Sergei Fedorov is not only the best NHL athlete to ever wear the jersey number 91, he is also the best professional athlete to ever wear number 91. Here are just a few of Fedorov's NHL highlights: 1,179 career NHL points 483 career NHL goals (47th all-time) 696 career NHL assists 120 points scored in 1993-94 NHL season 1993-94 Hart Memorial Trophy winner 0.94 points per game...

Joe Juneau, who wore jersey number 90 for the majority of his NHL career, is the best to have done so. In 828 regular season games, Juneau racked up 572 points (416 points and 156 goals). He also notched 79 post-season points in 112 games played. Juneau's top offensive season came during the 1992-93 campaign while with the Boston Bruins. During that season, his first full...

Alexander Mogilny, who wore jersey number 89 for his entire NHL career, had an extremely productive professional hockey career over 16 NHL seasons.  It is said that Mogilny wore number 89 because he was selected with the 89th pick in the 1988 NHL draft and because 1989 was the year of his defection and the beginning of his NHL career. Here are Mogilny's career NHL statistics: 1...

I will be running a new contest on Best By The Numbers where the person who posts the most interesting comments over the next month on this blog, and subscribes to Best By The Numbers by email (which is free, remember), will win a free sports jersey item. I pick the winner, the winner picks their favorite team, and I pick their free sports jersey item related to their favorite team...

If I were writing this post based on my own perception of who the best NHL goalie ever was, it would come down to a choice between two of the greatest: Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy. But, in an effort to bring a bit of objectivity to the discussion, I'll use the same general logic that was used in selecting the best NFL quarterback and best NFL running back of all-time. Let...

Cleveland's newsnet5.com reports that Cleveland has dealt Mo Williams and Jamario Moon to the LA Clippers for Baron Davis and a 2011 first round pick. Baron Davis has worn number 5 with the Clippers and Golden State Warriors. Currently on the Cavaliers, jersey number 5 is worn by Ryan Hollins, their center out of UCLA. Davis has also worn the number 1 during his NBA career...

It was reported this morning by the New York Daily News, that Carmelo Anthony will be wearing jersey number 7 as he debuts for the New York Knicks tonight.Anthony had previously worn number 15, but that number has been retired twice by the Knicks, for Earl Monroe and Dick McGuire. So, Carmelo will switch to a new jersey number in New York and Knicks fans will hope it is a lucky...

I still have the Score Hockey card set that featured Eric Lindros as the next great NHL star. Number 88 may not have had a Mario Lemieux-esque career, but he did have a very strong career with some impressive career stats. Lindros was drafted by the Nordiques in 1991, but would wind up beginning his NHL career with the Philadelphia Flyers. His career would take him from Philly...

According to Yahoo Sports, the Detroit Pistons will be retiring Dennis Rodman's jersey number 10. Rodman was a key member of course, of the Detroit Bad Boys teams which won the NBA championship in 1989 and 1990.Rodman also had a very successful career with the Chicago Bulls, but many fans will associate Rodman as a rebounding maven with the Pistons, first and foremost.

Congrats to Ray Allen on setting the all-time NBA record for most 3 pointers. Although his Celtics didn't outplay the Lakers, Allen was able to set the record according to espn.com and pass Reggie Miller for the most treys in NBA history.I still remember Ray Allen playing at an All-American level for the UConn Huskies. Amazing to think he now holds such an impressive pro record.

Randy Foye, currently playing in the NBA with the Clippers and Blake Griffin, will have his number 2 jersey retired by his alma mater, the Villanova University Wildcats this Saturday. In town, maybe coincidentally, will be the ESPN GameDay crew. Foye's jersey will be retired during the GameDay broadcast, and Villanova will take on the Pitt Panthers at the Pavillion later that...

Congratulations to this years' selections for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They all deserve this recognition.I will state here that Curtis Martin will unequivocally be a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the future. Let's look at his stats.14,101 career rushing yards (over 11 regular seasons - currently 4th all-time)4.0 Average Yards per Attempt90...

Nathan Horton racked up a hefty 5 points (1 goal and 4 assists) in the Bruins 8-6 knockdown, drag-out win over the Canadiens, which some are calling the "game of the year". Horton has his 4 assists in the first two periods, while tallying his own goal in the third period. Anytime you have a brawl like the one in Boston on Wednesday night, and the goalies are involved...

38 consecutive double-doubles.  Sounds like an impressive feat, doesn't it?  Well, it is, and it's just what Kevin Love accomplished yesterday.  Love set the Minnesota record for consecutive double-doubles in a 112-108 victory by his Timberwolves over the Houston Rockets. The big forward out of UCLA is now averaging 21.4 points per game and 15.4 rebounds per game for the...

This is the third time Aaron Rodgers' number 12 jersey has been noted for his stellar on-field performance. This time it was on the largest sports stage in the world. Aaron Rodgers was named Super Bowl 45's MVP, throwing for 304 yards and 3 touchdowns with no interceptions. Rodgers is now one of three Green Bay quarterbacks to have won the Super Bowl, along with Bart Starr...

Sidney Crosby, or "Sid the Kid" as he's known is reported to wear the jersey number 87 because of his birth date.  He was born on 8-7-1987.   Whatever the reason, it was smart to pick that number from a marketing perspective.  Think of the unique numbers of some of the other all-time greats:  Gretzky wore 99, Lemieux 66, Lindros 88, Primeau 55, Roenick 97.  All fairly unique...

Dwayne Wade decided to be the evening's star for the Heat as they topped the Bobcats. Wade racked up a triple-double in the game, where he scored 22 points with 12 boards and 10 dishes for buckets. It seems that a different member of the Heat is stepping up each game and leading them to victory. I guess that's just what they wanted when they signed LeBron and Bosh to complement...

The greatest professional athlete to wear thejersey number 46 is retiring as a player from Major League Baseball. The conversation will quickly turn to Andy Pettitte's career pitching numbers and whether or not they are Hall of Fame worthy. Let's take a look at a few of the key stats and how they fit into the equation. 240 career wins (55th all-time) .635 career winning...

LeBron James looks like he's finally starting to "heat" up in Miami. Ha ha, get it? "Heat" up? Yeah, I apologize for that, sorry, not funny. Anyway, LeBron tied his mark for the fifth highest single game total in his career with 51 points in a 104-100 win by Miami over their opponents to the north, Orlando. James scored an amazing 23 points in the first...

Kevin Durant dropped 43 points in a 104-93 win over the New Orleans Hornets. He did it on 14 of 19 shooting from the field, with 5 of 7 from behind the arc and 10 of 11 from the free throw line. Durant is currently averaging 29.3 points per game, and that's good enough to lead the entire NBA in scoring. Next up for the league leader out of Washington D.C. and his Thunder...

If you wanted more information about Brett Keisel's beard, you just got it. The G on the Green Bay Packers helmet stands for "Greatness"?  Learn something new every day. And here's your Dunk of the Night from New Orleans:

The 2nd overall pick out of Texas in the 2006 NBA draft who hails from Dallas, decided he was going to double his average points per game in a 99-86 victory by his Trailblazers over one of the best teams in basketball today. LaMarcus Aldridge shot 16 of 23 from the field, with 8 of 9 from the stripe. He notched a double-double with 11 rebounds and 40 points, and assisting his teammates...