by Susan Slusser Filed under: Blackhawks , Sharks SAN JOSE — As if Wednesday night’s matchup against the Western Conference’s two top teams didn’t have enough appeal, throw Marian Hossa into the mix for one heck of a showdown between star-studded top lines. Hossa, Chicago’s top offseason acquisition, hasn’t played this season because of a shoulder injury, but tonight at HP Pavilion, he’ll be joining the Blackhawks’ great young players Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. San Jose, the NHL’s best team to date, counters with the goal-happy line of Dany Heatley, Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau

by Jon Weinbach Filed under: Clippers Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling lives by his own rules. And the only one that matters, apparently, is this: all bad deeds go unpunished. The Donald Sterling Rule: All Bad Deeds Go Unpunished originally appeared on Fanhouse NBA Blog on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST .

by Tom Ziller Filed under: Kings , NBA Police Blotter Jack Mai, the former assistant director of scouting for the Kings, has been barred from future employment in the NBA after a league investigation found that Mai had bet on numerous games, including ones involving the Kings. Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowski initially reported the Mai banishment. League spokesman Tim Frank confirmed to FanHouse.com that Mai has been disqualified from future employment with any NBA team.