A blizzard moving into the Eastern United States disrupted Boomer Esiason Jerseythe sports schedule Friday, complicating team travel and blanketing the field where Sunday's NFC championship game will be played with a wintry mix.In Charlotte, North Carolina, crews scrambled to keep up with the storm, clearing snow and sleet from the tarp covering the Bank of America Stadium field. The Carolina Panthers host the Arizona Cardinals there in the NFC championship game on Sunday night.Fans from afar who planned to make the trip were forced to scramble, too. Delta was among a handful of airlines that canceled all flights to and http://www.officialbengalsnflstore.com/AUTHENTIC+BRANDON+TATE+JERSEYfrom Charlotte on Friday because of the storm. The forecast for the game was calling for clear skies, with temperatures expected to be in the mid-20s.Two NBA games and one http://www.officialbengalsnflstore.com/AUTHENTIC+BRANDON+THOMPSON+JERSEYin the NHL were postponed, as were several college basketball games and NASCAR's Hall of Fame induction ceremony.The NBA said Boston's game at Philadelphia scheduled for Saturday night will be made up on Sunday at 7 p.m. The Utah Jazz's game at Washington, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, will be reset at a later date.The NHL initially shifted the starting time of Friday's game between the Washington Devin Funchess JerseyCapitals and Anaheim, moving it up two hours to 5 p.m. The league then postponed it on Friday but did not yet have a makeup date. A decision regarding Sunday's game between the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins and Capitals will be announced Saturday morning.Up to 2 feet of snow was predicted from what the National Weather Service was calling a ''potentially crippling winter storm.'' A state of emergency was declared in Pennsylvania for Saturday. The storm was expected to drop 12 to 18 inches of snow and create possible blizzard conditions beginning Friday evening.NASCAR called off Friday night's http://www.officialpanthersnflshop.com/MEN+DWAN+EDWARDS+JERSEYceremony in Charlotte honoring Terry Labonte, Jerry Cook, Bobby Isaac, Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner until Saturday afternoon.''OK it's finally snowing,'' NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. tweeted ''I was the dummy who didn't get the extra bread. Waiting out my repercussion.''The men's basketball game between No. 16 Providence and No. 4 Villanova slated for Saturday at Wells Fargo Center was postponed until Sunday at 1 p.m. The Saint Joseph's men's basketball game at La Salle also was rescheduled from Saturday to Sunday.
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