The matchup between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Minnesota Wild is the first in the four major North American sports leagues between teams with streaks of at least 12 wins.
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A century ago, a battalion on its way to the European front played in a league with top players. Though the experiment fizzled, it helped change the sport.
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The coaches will be miked throughout the commercial-free women’s basketball game between St. John’s and Seton Hall on Friday night, giving the Fox Sports audience a unique all-access experience.
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The Terrapins seemed to have all the ingredients for an upset in place, but a 14-0 run by the Huskies dismissed that notion in the second half.
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Mike Wilson has collected more than 2,000 team artifacts over 50 years and has had the likes of Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr drop by.
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Kiah Gillespie, a high school star, was not chosen for her state’s juggernaut team, and went to Maryland. On Thursday the undefeated Huskies are coming to her new home in what could be a showdown.
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Derek Stepan and Nick Holden each scored twice as the Rangers rebounded from a 3-2 deficit in the second period to improve their record to 24-12-1.
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The National Women’s Hockey League, in just its second season, planned to unveil rules to protect transgender players.
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Dunne, an overlooked New Jersey prep star who hit winning baskets against Niagara and Boston College, has begun to draw attention on the national stage.
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After losing three superstars last season, the championship Huskies are undefeated again — the latest evidence that Coach Geno Auriemma’s success is based on more than recruiting.
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He won N.CA.A. titles and the Stanley Cup by emphasizing conditioning, nutrition and fundamentals, an approach that met with rolled eyes a generation ago but is now commonplace.
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Shawn Harrington, who was in the 1994 movie “Hoop Dreams” and became a high school coach, has lost the use of his legs because of a 2014 shooting.
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It has been a while since a game between these in-state basketball teams meant anything, but each team entered Friday night’s matchup flying high.
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Mitchell, a 5-foot-8 flash of basketball skill, started playing at age 4 against boys years older. Now, a rival coach says, she’s “impossible to guard.”
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After a fallow decade, the No. 2-ranked Bruins are undefeated, but fans have been slow to return to Pauley Pavilion, with only one sold-out game so far this season.
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Stolarz, who won his first two starts for Philadelphia, was in Newark on Thursday as the Flyers faced the Devils, the team he rooted for as a child.
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Allen, a junior guard who was caught tripping opponents twice last season, was suspended indefinitely by Duke after tripping another player on Wednesday night.
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Jenkins, who hit the winning 3-pointer against North Carolina in the national title game in April, doesn’t want that moment to be the highlight of his life.
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Erik Burgdoerfer’s odyssey to the N.H.L., and two games with the Sabres this month, is a common story that has offered lessons for his teammates and his coaches.
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Bill Belisle has coached at Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket, R.I., since 1975. But when this season opened, it was “just like my first game.”
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With Jim Boeheim leaving at the end of this season, Mike Hopkins, the “head coach-designate,” is stepping into a larger role.
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Columbus, which has made the playoffs only twice in 15 seasons, has won nine games in a row and is in third place in the Eastern Conference, led by Coach John Tortorella and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.
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The Devils are struggling to keep pace in a division filled with soaring teams, including the Rangers, the Penguins, the Capitals, the Blue Jackets and the Flyers.
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At 23, Alexandre Tanguay is one of the youngest team owners in professional sports. Even if he gets help from his old high school history teacher.
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Players and coaches are still growing accustomed to the latest change to the league’s concussion protocol, adding New York-based spotters to in-arena ones.
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