Nothing like a three-team trade — a rather intriguing one, to boot — to ignite what promises to be a busy next four or five weeks in the NHL. Danny Briere’s first significant move as Flyers GM was a pretty impressive one, and he’s far from done. Yes, he’s listening on Carter Hart, so we’ll …
Darren Pang is returning to where it all began for him in the NHL. Pang is finalizing a contract to join the Chicago Blackhawks TV broadcast after 14 seasons with the St. Louis Blues, confirmed sources involved in the negotiations, who spoke under the condition of anonymity because the contract hadn’t been signed yet. Pang …
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LAS VEGAS — It is a hit people will be talking about 30 years from now. Matthew Tkachuk’s bone-rattling check on Jack Eichel will be on highlight shows for decades. Two superstar players making a combined $19.5 million in annual salary coming together like a truck collision on the highway, Eichel’s helmet popping off his …
The impending merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf series has brought Saudi sports washing efforts to an American pro sport. The alliance between the century-old PGA Tour and the upstart series, backed by the Saudi Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund, is their boldest foothold into the American market yet. In recent years, Saudi’s PIF …
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Any handwringing and pearl-clutching over the NBA Finals’ TV ratings without traditional big-market teams involved has proven overblown so far. Denver’s 104-93 Game 1 victory on June 1 averaged 11.58 million viewers on ABC while Miami’s 111-108 upset on Sunday night averaged 11.91 million. Both games won all the coveted advertising demographics, as expected. Sunday’s …
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Longtime Harvard women’s hockey coach Katey Stone is retiring from the program she led for 27 seasons, the school announced Tuesday. Stone’s retirement comes amid an external review of the program following articles in The Athletic and the Boston Globe that included allegations of mistreatment and misconduct toward players by Stone as well as claims …
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In the exciting world of live sports television viewership analysis, it’s a truism that a clinching Game 7 broadcast will generate the best audience numbers. That again proved true with the Jimmy Butler-led Miami Heat’s 103-84 victory at Boston on Monday night, which averaged a series-best 11.9 million viewers for TNT. (TNT owner Warner Bros. …
By Jonas Siegel, Joshua Kloke and Eric Duhatschek The Toronto Maple Leafs hired Brad Treliving to be the team’s next general manager, the team announced Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know: Treliving, the 18th general manager in Leafs history, spent the last nine years as GM of the Calgary Flames. The 53-year-old succeeds Kyle …
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The Dallas Stars won Game 5 of the Western Conference final 4-2 against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday, staving off elimination. Here’s what you need to know: With the game tied 2-2 in the third period, Stars forward Ty Dellandrea scored the go-ahead goal at 10:35 in the frame to put Dallas up 3-2. …
Anger. Confusion. Shock. Disappointment. Those are some of the feelings reverberating around the Maple Leafs right now in the aftermath of Kyle Dubas’ firing as general manager last week. The Athletic reached out to several people who work for the Leafs this week. Anonymity was granted to them as they were not permitted by the …
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