During the 4 Nations Face-Off earlier this year, Hockey Canada officials figured maybe three-quarters of the championship Canadian team would also play for Olympic gold at the Winter Games in February. But with two additional spots available, the first few months of the NHL season are crucial ...
Pittsburgh Penguins Last season: 34-36-12, missed playoffs. COACH: Dan Muse (first-time NHL head coach), hired June 4. SEASON OPENER: Oct. 7 at the New York Rangers. DEPARTURES: Coach Mike Sullivan, G Alex Nedeljkovic. ADDITIONS: Muse, F Anthony Mantha, D Caleb Jones, G Arturs ...
Columbus Blue Jackets Last season: 40-33-9, missed playoffs. COACH: Dean Evason (second season with Columbus; 187-110-36 career). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 at Nashville. DEPARTURES: G Daniil Tarasov, LW James van Riemsdyk, D Jack Johnson, C Sean Kuraly, F Justin Danforth, C Luke Kunin, RW Kevin ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rocctober has returned to Cleveland. Brayan Rocchio came up with another clutch hit in the postseason with the go-ahead homer in the eighth inning as the Guardians evened their AL Wild Card Series against the Detroit Tigers with a 6-1 victory in Game 2 on Wednesday. "It was ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Detroit Tigers kept coming to bat with runners in scoring position in Game 2 of their AL Wild Card Series against the Cleveland Guardians. With one exception, they failed to come through, paving the way for Cleveland's 6-1 victory that evened the best-of-three series ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — When Chase DeLauter walked out to right field for the seventh inning of Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series, the Guardians outfielder looked up to the upper deck of Progressive Field. That was the moment when DeLauter was finally able to reflect on a memorable big league ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever All-Star guard Kelsey Mitchell said Wednesday that a medical condition prevented her muscles from functioning properly and left her unable to move her legs during Tuesday night's WNBA semifinal. Mitchell made the announcement on her social media ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chasing their first playoff victory since 2012, the Cincinnati Reds instead watched the season slip away Wednesday night. The Reds were eliminated from the National League Wild Card round with an 8-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2. Cincinnati is 0-5 in the ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin isn't much on aesthetics. The Pittsburgh Steelers coach knows his team hasn't played particularly well over the first month of the season. The offense remains a work in progress behind Aaron Rodgers, who has played steadily if not spectacularly. The defense is ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Don Kelly feels like he spent his first couple of months as the interim manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates drinking from a fire hose. At some point after the All-Star break, the pace of the job started to slow down. And a season that was on the verge of careening out of ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns acquired offensive tackle Cam Robinson from the Houston Texans in a trade involving late-round draft picks. Coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed the trade during his Monday news conference. The Browns sent a 2027 sixth-round draft pick to the Texans for the ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Detroit's Tarik Skubal will be back on the mound at Progressive Field on Tuesday for the first game of the AL Wild Card Series against Cleveland. The start comes one week after the Tigers ace had a nightmare sixth inning against the Guardians. Skubal threw a 99 mph fastball ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cincinnati came crashing into the postseason on the final day of the regular season, and the callow Reds are riding a surge of momentum they hope will carry them against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. "The dangers are the youthful enthusiasm, the ...
DENVER (AP) — Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos finally justified their head coach's talking them up all offseason. Nix threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to atone for his end zone interception and the Broncos snapped a two-game skid by sending the Cincinnati Bengals to their second ...
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Cody Hagen scored on a 32-yard run early in the fourth quarter and Bear Bachmeier threw two touchdown passes, helping No. 25 BYU rally from an early deficit to beat Colorado 24-21 on Saturday night. Cougars linebacker Isaiah Glasker sealed the win by intercepting Kaidon ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Dillon Thieneman intercepted Drew Allar's pass in the second overtime and No. 6 Oregon outlasted No. 3 Penn State 30-24 on Saturday night. Jamari Johnson ran for a touchdown in overtime, Dierre Hill Jr. caught a touchdown pass, Jordan Davison ran for another score ...
DUBLIN (AP) — Even though he's relatively new to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Aaron Rodgers fully understands the Rooney family's connections to the Emerald Isle. They didn't want to disappoint Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings in Ireland's first regular-season NFL game. Kenneth Gainwell did ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a two-run home run in the first inning and the Atlanta Braves ended their season with a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. Chris Sale (7-5) allowed one run on four hits with nine strikeouts and five walks in 5 2/3 innings after coming on in ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles don't need a tush push when the fake is even more effective. Saquon Barkley scored on a fake tush push, Jalen Hurts threw one of his two touchdown passes on another variation of the play, and another special-teams score helped the Eagles beat the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner won his second career NL batting title, Kyle Schwarber led the league with 56 homes and 132 RBIs and Nick Castellanos capped Philadelphia's 96-win season with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning as the Phillies beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Sunday. Turner and ...