Former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock resigned as coach of his current team, the Columbus Blue Jackets, after just two months on the job. The resignation comes days after a podcast revealed accusations that Babcock invaded the personal privacy of his players.
Xander Schauffele risked being thrown off the USA Ryder Cup team for refusing to sign a participation contract which would have allowed fly-on-the-wall Netflix docu-series Full Swing access to the Team USA locker room.
Connor McDavid couldn't believe what was in front of him. The No. 1 pick at the 2015 NHL draft was starting his rookie season with the Edmonton Oilers. Everything was new — new city, new team, new way of doing things. McDavid noticed a bunch of big numbers scribbled in the locker room one day. It was his introduction to the practice of putting "money on the board" — a tradition where players offer to pay teammates out of their own pockets for things like goals or points in a game of personal imp
It was, as Zach Johnson said, a spirited fightback given where his team had been at Saturday lunchtime.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS COACH: Spencer Carbery (first-time NHL head coach). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 13 vs. Pittsburgh. DEPARTURES: F Conor Sheary, D Matt Irwin, coach Peter Laviolette. ADDITIONS: Carbery, D Joel Edmundson, LW Max Pacioretty. GOALIES: Darcy Kuemper (22-26-7, 2.87 goals-against average, 0.908 save percentage) and Charlie Lindgren (13-11-3, 3.05 GAA, 0.899) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK STANLEY CUP ODDS: 70-1. LAST SEASON: Injuries piled up at inopportune times, leading to a season-derailing six-game
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After missing the last two seasons amid a battle with long COVID, Brandon Sutter's NHL comeback attempt has come to an end.
TORONTO — Nick Suzuki knows exactly what his team will face in the Atlantic Division. The Montreal Canadiens captain is also confident the group is up for the challenge. Suzuki scored 31 seconds into overtime Monday as Montreal roared back from a two-goal deficit in the third period to pick up a 5-4 NHL pre-season victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Canadiens are up against it in 2023-24 as part of a division that includes a murderers' row of the Leafs, Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning a
EDMONTON — Brandon Sutter has retired from the National Hockey League. The 34-year-old forward made the announcement in a statement through the Edmonton Oilers, who he had signed a professional tryout agreement with on Aug. 28. Edmonton said it released Sutter from the PTO in a release on Sunday. The six-foot-three, 188-pound Sutter had one assist in two pre-season games with the Oilers. The New York native was drafted 11th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in 2007, spending four seasons there
Taylor Swift arrived at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday night to see her rumored boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, play the New York Jets. Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Sophie Turner, Sabrina Carpenter, Shawn Levy, Olivia DeJonge and several other celebrities joined the singer-songwriter at the game. Much …
The Toronto Blue Jays return to the MLB post-season for a second consecutive year, and now they know who they'll be up against.The Minnesota Twins will host the Blue Jays for their best-of-three American League wild-card series beginning on Tuesday.Here's everything you need to know about how the teams stack up ahead of Game 1.STARTING PITCHINGBlue Jays: For a team that was supposed to be an offensive juggernaut, Toronto can thank their pitching for pulling them back into the post-season.Kevin G
Bears coach Matt Eberflus says WR Chase Claypool won't "be in the building" as Chicago prepares to face the Commanders on Thursday Night Football.
TALLADEGA, Ala. — The No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford of Kevin Harvick was disqualified Sunday evening in post-race inspection after Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Talladega Superspeedway. Harvick had just crossed under the checkered flag with an apparent second-place finish to Ryan Blaney in his final Talladega race as Harvick wraps up his final […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — A livid Robert Saleh stormed down the sideline, shouting at an official as several New York Jets players jumped around on the field in disbelief. Frustrated fans booed in disgust, knowing the game just turned on a questionable call. With the Kansas City Chiefs up by three points and looking to put away a win Sunday night, Michael Carter II intercepted Patrick Mahomes' deep pass intended for Marquez Valdes-Scantling. The Jets, who erased a 17-0 deficit, thought they h
"No 'seemingly ranch' available at the Linc," Donna Kelce said while watching her older son Jason Kelce's Philadelphia Eagles game
SYDNEY, N.S. — The Ottawa Senators are looking like world-beaters in the NHL pre-season. The Senators defeated the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Sunday for their fourth win in five games. Drake Batherson, Roby Jarventie, Jiri Smejkal and Parker Kelly scored for the Senators, who were outshot 35-30. Batherson also had three assists. Anton Lundell scored both goals for the Panthers, who slipped to 3-2 in the pre-season. Anton Forsberg stopped 33 of 35 shots in the Senators net, while Spencer Knight stop
On FOX’s postgame show “The OT’ Terry Bradshaw joked that JJ Watt just received an honor that Jimmy Johnson has yet to receive from the Dallas Cowboys.
PHOENIX (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr., Matt Olson and the hard-hitting Atlanta Braves have earned a couple days of rest and relaxation after Major League Baseball's long 162-game regular season. So have Jose Altuve, Justin Verlander and the defending World Series champion Houston Astros — who won the AL West on the season's final day — along with the Los Angeles Dodgers and feel-good story Baltimore Orioles. As for the other eight teams that qualified for Major League Baseball's 12-team October showca
Even after a resounding victory over the red-hot Dolphins, the Bills couldn't get their minds off a serious injury to Tre'Davious White.
HALIFAX — Joonas Korpisalo is making a good impression with his new teammates. The 29-year-old Finnish netminder, who signed a five-year, $20 million deal with the Ottawa Senators on July 1 as an unrestricted free agent, stopped 40 shots on Monday night to help his squad defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in NHL pre-season action at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, N.S. Ridly Greig, Brady Tkachuk and Tim Stutzle scored for the Senators, who led 1-0 after the first period and 2-0 after the second. T
Stewart-Haas Racing said Monday it will not appeal Kevin Harvick's disqualification at Talladega despite claims from the crew chief that cheating did not cause their loose windshield. Harvick became the first driver disqualified at Talladega Superspeedway since 1972. Harvick lost to Ryan Blaney at Talladega on Sunday in a drag race to the finish line.
