One of the big questions in the Premier League's move to NBC is what happens with popular play by play man Ian Darke.  Since the 2010 World Cup, Darke has rocketed from a cult figure to genuinely one of the most admired announcers in the country thanks to his weekly presence on EPL telecasts and his work covering the USA National Teams.

But now that ESPN has lost the EPL to NBC and the peacock has named their own broadacsting teams, American viewers are about to see much less of Ian Darke.  He announced on his Twitter page today that he's joining startup BT Sport in the UK, who just acquired a package of 38 games a year.  The good news is that Darke will still be around to call USMNT matches:

MLS superstar Thierry Henry gave us one of the highlights of the MLS season last night with this bicycle kick goal in a 2-1 win for the New York Red Bulls over the Montreal Impact.  It was the 5th goal of the season for the 35 year old Frenchman.  It's a shame MLS hasn't quite found a way to make players like Henry the mainstream stars ala David Beckham.

Henry's bicycle kick goal also did the impossible.  It gave MLS the #1 play on SportsCenter's Top 10.  And you thought the NHL had it bad getting any kind of love from SportsCenter!

All Times Eastern

College Baseball
LSU at Texas A&M -- ESPNU, 9 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live -- ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

College Softball
SEC Tournament, Lexington, KY
Quarterfinals
Alabama vs. Florida -- ESPNU, 11 a.m.
LSU vs. Georgia -- ESPNU, 1:30 p.m.
Missouri vs. Arkansas -- ESPNU, 4 p.m.
South Carolina vs. Tennessee -- ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

In Season 2 of the action series 24, Elisha Cuthbert's character, Kim Bauer, inexplicably won a staredown with a mountain lion. And so a fellow hockey WAG was no issue on Wednesday night in Toronto.

In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals between the Maple Leafs and Bruins, Cuthbert's fiancé, Dion Phaneuf, committed a silly pinch leading to a game-winning goal on James Reimer. And it just so happened that Reimer's wife was sitting directly in front of Cuthbert, creating quite the awkward moment...

The Elisha Cuthbert eye roll. Vine courtesy @katevmurphy - vine.co/v/b2PFre2auF5 #PopularMechanicsforKids #Leafs

— Kate McKenna(@TSNKate) May 9, 2013

Now, April Reimer insists that she wasn't firing a dirty look at Cuthbert and that the two were exhibiting their frustration with a rude fan sitting nearby. 

For those who were thinkin @happyelishas and I were rolling our eyes @ eachother. Was the jerk beside us #rudecomment twitter.com/april_reimer/s…

— April Reimer (@april_reimer) May 9, 2013

No matter how you break it down, it wasn't a happy ending for Cuthbert (rim shot!)

Theories why Elisha Cuthbert rolled her eyes at April Reimer? I'm going with "Reimer said she doesn't watch Happy Endings."

— Andrew Bucholtz (@AndrewBucholtz) May 9, 2013

While in Denver, George Karl has gotten out of the first round of the postseason precisely once as Nuggets head coach out of nine appearances.  However, he did win this year's Coach of the Year award in the NBA for taking the Nuggets to a 57-25 season and the #3 seed in the west.

Phil Jackson is someone who knows about coaching success, but since he hasn't returned to coaching just yet he's reserving his particular brand of zen for what is quickly becoming one of the best Twitter feeds in sports.  Just have a taste of this "congratulatory" message Jackson sent Karl...

This clip comes to us by way of last night's Padres-Marlins game.  A routine Will Venable home run turns into a blooper reel moment.  Marlins right fielder Marcell Ozuna has no idea where the ball is.  The Padres play by play man (not Dick Enberg, a tweeter tells me it's Mike Pomeranz) has no idea where the ball is.  Heck, even Venable himself has no idea where the ball is.  Does everything the Marlins touch have to result in some kind of hijinks?

H/T The Outside Corner

TSN SportsCentre anchors Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole are moving to Fox Sports One this summer, and that should have a substantial impact on the U.S. sports media landscape. Onrait and O'Toole are expected to be a crucial part of Fox's plans to develop an ESPN alternative. However, the implications of this move aren't only below the 49th parallel. The departure of Onrait and O'Toole will present TSN with a substantial hole to fill, and they'll have to be careful how they do it. 

During last night's episode of Inside the NBA, Charles Barkley shared his true feelings on First Take carnival barker Skip Bayless with America.  Barkley has not exactly Bayless' biggest supporter over the years and he repeated those sentiments on TNT in quite the creative manner as you'll see above.  I wonder if this will make his Emmy tape for next year.

Bill Simonson, a Detroit Red Wings writer for MLive.com, is begging for you to feel sorry for his club. The Red Wings, a team the NHL has almost entirely based their future realignment around, is suddenly the overlooked squad in the league. The same team that will play in its second Winter Classic on New Year's Day 2014 before other noteworthy squads even play their first. The same team that has one of its own in Brendan Shanahan ruling over NHL discipline. The same team that has won the Stanley Cup 11 times is, according to Simonson, a team without national media love or attention from the NHL.

Simonson recently penned this article explaining why he thinks Justin Abdelkader's recent two-game suspension is unfair. Granted, we use the term "article" pretty loosely here. If you scan through his rant, you'll probably find yourself laughing at his delusions. We're not here to defend the NHL discipline system (it stinks), but we will point out a mockery of the written word when we see one.

Greg Wyshynski over at Puck Daddy already tore up Simonson's work, but we'll add a few thoughts of our own. 

Abdelkader's hit was a perfect example of what should be disciplined by the NHL. The NHL blows plenty of calls, but this one they got right due to the fact Abdelkader charges across the ice and propels himself upward to hit Anaheim's Toni Lydman in the head. 

We'll let you see the hit in question for yourself.

Frivolous lawsuits are one of the top five things that are slowly ruining this great country of ours.

In related news, the people behind Dr. Phil are suing Gawker Media and Deadspin in particular for publishing information spoiling a "cliffhanger" for the second of a two-part episode involving Ronaiah Tuiasosopo.  Here's more from Yahoo: