As coronavirus cases surge, the N.B.A. approves a shortened schedule, the N.H.L. considers realignment and the N.F.L. prepares for the possibility of an expanded postseason.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3kh8y2x
Meeker was known for his candid remarks about players and the games. He came to television after a career as an All-Star for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3kcBWXU
The Islanders’ new home at Belmont Park and the venue for the expansion Seattle Kraken have added safety measures for their plans to host fans when they open in 2021.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2IaBBHZ
His “Billy Ball” brand of fast-paced offense and pressure defense brought excitement, victories and lots of scoring.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3erRiqc
After an awkward fall 11 seconds into his first Boston University game left him a quadriplegic, he dedicated his life to advocacy for similarly disabled people.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3mAFCnT
The Arizona Coyotes knew that the player, Mitchell Miller, had been convicted of violating the Ohio Safe Schools Act after he and another teenager abused a Black schoolmate with a developmental disability.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2HM4E4e
The outlook has not been much better for basketball than football. “I wouldn’t use the word ‘disaster’ because that would be too light a term,” Seton Hall Coach Kevin Willard said.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/31U1XVw
Because of concerns about the coronavirus, two of the three top junior leagues have yet to start their seasons. One of them may be allowed to resume only if it bans body checking.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/35K0JNC
Emrick, NBC’s lead play-by-play voice known for his myriad ways to describe puck movement, had called N.H.L. games for 40 seasons.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2T7toGq
The league is replacing its commissioner, the league founder Dani Rylan Kearney, as it seeks to secure independent ownership for four of its six teams heading into its sixth season.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3nJ6SSm
The Lightning have held a parade and a stadium celebration, albeit with limited capacity. But each player getting a day with the trophy, a rite since 1995, is uncertain.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3d6Lxh0
The Rangers took a 6-foot-7 goalie in the later rounds. The Devils selected a wing to play with their cornerstone centers, and the Islanders tried to make the most of the draft without a first-round pick.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2FfbLBs
Lafreniere, the consensus top prospect, had 112 points in 52 games last season in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and joins the Rangers’ young core.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/36CI3kW
If he chooses to continue playing after 15 years in New York, Lundqvist, 38, will join a crowded goaltender market during this free agency period.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3jixoPU
With Steven Stamkos injured for much of the postseason, Victor Hedman scored 10 goals to help Tampa Bay win its first Stanley Cup in the pair’s 11 seasons together.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3i9Ogak
The Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars, four games to two, to win their second championship, in a season upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3jdELZ5
A promotional video posted by the N.H.L. that glorified pain showed a disturbing embrace of violence by the league. The post has since been deleted.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2S6VWzE
Stamkos, the Lightning’s captain and one of the league’s top scorers, made his only postseason appearance in Game 3 of the finals against Dallas after being out with an injury.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2S55Mlu
Corey Perry’s goal gave Dallas a 3-2 victory and stopped Tampa Bay from clinching its second Stanley Cup.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3kS5FWE
Heiskanen, 21, leads all players at that position in points this postseason and has impressed greats like Nicklas Lidstrom with his play.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/346ZuHM
Kevin Shattenkirk scored on the power play in overtime to give Tampa Bay a 5-4 win and a lead of three games to one over Dallas.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/341MVgM
Broadcasters did interviews from high above the ice instead of rinkside. A popular cafe in Edmonton tailored its menu to athletes. And most players have gone weeks without seeing their families.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/366R0CM
The Tampa Bay captain played less than three minutes, but scored in a 5-2 win over Dallas in Game 3.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2G17G3U
George Gwozdecky, a former Lightning assistant, once worked with Tampa Bay’s coach, Jon Cooper, and Dallas’s, Rick Bowness.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2Eqp0yN
The Oilers forward led the league in points and became the first German-born player to win the Hart Trophy.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2Eoa9Vs
Many parents are used to following their pro-athlete offspring from game to game. With the pandemic keeping them out of stadiums, some are getting creative.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/33MVdZD
Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat scored two of Tampa Bay’s three first-period goals in its 3-2 win on Monday.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3iT6TjR
Defensemen Joel Hanley and Jamie Oleksiak each scored in the Stars’ 4-1 win, as Dallas took a 1-0 lead in the series over Tampa Bay.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3j0tVWl
By the second round, six regular-season backups were functioning as No. 1s. One of them, Dallas’s Anton Khudobin, is in the Stanley Cup finals.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2RGIl1O
The Stars have made a habit of coming from behind, while the Lightning have played only one six-game series.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3kwdhOA
Game 6, like Game 5, went to overtime with the Lightning on the power play. But this time, Tampa Bay won and moved on to the finals against the Dallas Stars.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2FL1sVx
Black Girl Hockey Club started as a group formed to help Black women feel more comfortable attending games, but has gotten the ear of executives who want to make the sport more inclusive.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3hKEJpU
A physical defenseman, he loved hockey enough to be excited at the sight of a new pair of skates or shin guards. He died of the novel coronavirus.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3mvtvcl
Laviolette takes over Washington after back-to-back division championships followed by first-round exits in the postseason.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3mszNcI
After adding more veterans following a first-round defeat to Columbus, Tampa Bay needs one more win over the Islanders to reach the Stanley Cup finals for the second time in six years.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2H2Z9xR
Denis Gurianov scored a power-play goal in overtime of Game 5 to send the third-seeded Stars to the final for the first time in 20 years, eliminating the top-seeded Golden Knights.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3mm1rbw
Anton Khudobin made 32 saves, including stops during a 5-on-3 penalty kill in the third period, in Dallas’s 2-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2DUQZpY
As happened in 1993, the timely help of role players lifted the franchise to the conference finals. But behind in the series, 2-0, to Tampa Bay, these Islanders risk suffering the same fate.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3ikr61Z
A former backup college quarterback, he helped transform the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament into one of the biggest events in sports.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3ich2bb
Three teams won Game 7s to advance. Dallas and Vegas start the action with Game 1 on Sunday night in Edmonton, Alberta.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3i0aFYi
The Islanders shut out the Flyers, 4-0, in Game 7 of their playoff series and now face the Tampa Bay Lightning to decide who goes to the Stanley Cup finals.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/321YdS9
Lindblom, 24, suited up for the Philadelphia Flyers for the first time since December on Thursday in a postseason elimination game and could play in Game 7 on Saturday.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/35aG4Ub
The top-seeded Philadelphia Flyers won their third game of the series after regulation, this time in double overtime, to fend off elimination.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3gVquyg
At the University of California, Berkeley, athletes, coaches and administrators face the most complicated puzzle in sports: the return of college athletics. They are providing The Times an inside look at their journey’s ups and downs.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/34Vw7tH
The first Black coach to lead a team to the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championship, he helped mold N.B.A. stars like Patrick Ewing and Allen Iverson at Georgetown University.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3lDURNi
He inspired a generation of young, Black players when their acceptance was not taken for granted. He pushed open doors for plenty of coaches, too.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2YN864g
Home-ice advantage is gone and fans are locked out, but the games in Toronto and Edmonton still feel like playoff hockey.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2EMXUBR
Players from the most tempestuous series of the postseason pushed hockey to join other leagues that had suspended play in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/31EMXLr
He led the Wildcats to 23 consecutive appearances in the N.C.A.A. tournament, winning the championship in 1997. Earlier, he took Iowa to the Final Four.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3b4L3Xw
Semyon Varlamov was pulled after allowing three goals on 10 shots in a Game 2 loss to Philadelphia, throwing the goaltending position into question the day before a tiebreaking Game 3.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/31wMOtj
He was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets when he was 18 and quickly became an All-Star, drawing comparisons early on to Wayne Gretzky.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3gcmxEY
The Islanders advanced by beating the 2018 Stanley Cup champions in five games in Toronto.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3l6kC8n
The 38-year-old goalie will be entering the final year of his contract with the team, worth $8.5 million.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2Y6vMA6
Rask led the league with a 2.12 goals against average this season, but Boston had won just one of five games in the postseason when the goalie made the announcement.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3g4NRVn
N.H.L. teams’ raucous home arena traditions have persisted, with tweaks, in the postseason hub cities.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3aq1RYR
Montreal’s coach, Claude Julien, had emergency heart surgery after losing Game 1 of their first-round series against Philadelphia.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2DTAk6b
Fighting has made a comeback, rest is more important than ever and players are hiding injuries from opponents staying in the same hotel.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3akdBfs
The framework, unlikely to be taken up before the election, proposes protections for athletes who have asserted themselves during the pandemic and sought more ways to earn money.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2POpoJl
Game 1 of the first-round series between Tampa Bay and Columbus was the fourth-longest game in N.H.L. history.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/31J94iB
After getting swept out of the postseason qualifying tournament, the Rangers won the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 draft. The team has had six first-round picks in the past three years.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2ChEsMB
After getting swept out of the postseason qualifying tournament, the Rangers won the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 draft. The team has had six first-round picks in the past three years.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/33JzHGU
To a degree not seen before, players are kneeling for the United States national anthem and speaking out publicly on fighting racism, with backing from the National Hockey League.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2XKb5d4
The top seeds in the Western and Eastern play-in tournaments were eliminated, and the No. 1 teams in the round robin slid to fourth as the first round is set to begin Tuesday.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3fCOci4
The Carolina Hurricanes swept the Rangers out of a best-of-five play-in series, leaving the team to decide whether to bring back the 38-year-old or go with the rookie sensation Igor Shesterkin.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2EUtAVS
The Carolina Hurricanes swept the Rangers out of a best-of-five play-in series, leaving the team to decide whether to bring back the 38-year-old or go with the rookie sensation Igor Shesterkin.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/30vlVWi
The N.H.L. playoffs are proceeding without fans in and around Scotiabank Arena, leaving hockey to compete with other leagues for attention.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2XrYJ9p
The N.H.L. chose the small-market, hockey-mad city as one of two “hub cities” — along with Toronto — to host its playoffs.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2XeVH8q
Ryan Zimmerman, David Price, Buster Posey, Carlos Vela and Wilson Chandler are among the players who are opting out of playing this summer because of health concerns.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/39EEmLh
The N.W.H.L. announced that it would push back its sixth season to begin in January of next year.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2BINAcK
Villanova has already received verbal commitments from enough players to build most of a starting lineup for future seasons.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3jNtvDg
A genial “old school” leader, he took New Mexico State and then Illinois deep into the N.C.A.A. tournament. In a 42-year career, he won close to 800 games.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2XaKcij
The two teams were going in opposite directions when the N.H.L.’s regular season was halted in mid-March. Both will try to speed into playoff mode, starting with an exhibition game on Wednesday.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2P6Q9IA
He helped Toronto win four Stanley Cups in the ’60s, his pugnacity earning love in Toronto (and, no surprise, hatred in rival Montreal).
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2OYMZXh
When hockey’s postseason starts this weekend, finalists for the league’s top awards — like Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl — will get a long-delayed chance to shine.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3jIKzdO
The team’s new name and logo reference a mythical sea monster that has taken on popular appeal in recent years. It is already being met with cheers.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3fVHggY
As the N.C.A.A. appealed for a federal policy for name, image and likeness rights, senators criticized the organization’s handling of amateurism rules and the return of sports amid the pandemic.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/32M30YK
The N.H.L. cut the pay of some staff members by 25 percent to reduce costs during the league’s suspension. But while hockey is returning, full salaries are not.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/32Kwbf1
Makur Maker, a star basketball recruit, chose Howard University over offers from U.C.L.A. and Kentucky, and said he hoped other athletes would consider programs at historically Black institutions.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3hpSHxA
The team’s move to Canada to train and finish the N.H.L. season recalls a time in the 1960s and ’70s when training up there was standard. And most of the team was Canadian.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/32wP4Sv
Waiting out the lockdown for one last shot at a Stanley Cup has been hard for veterans. “Selfishly, I was really upset when we stopped playing,” one said.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2OAIrWZ
The Eastern Conference’s top team will face a reworked playoff format and a fight for seeding when the N.H.L. postseason begins in August.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/391yCuy
The approval cements the league’s plan to begin an expanded playoff tournament in August, and ensures labor peace at least through 2026.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/38Nnrp8
After an organizational demolition this winter, the Devils tabbed Ruff and made interim general manager Tom Fitzgerald’s role permanent.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3feWU6B
After teams in other leagues said they would reconsider their names, the club defended its name by saying it was meant to honor a historic figure.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/31TLYHL
The two sides agreed to extend the current collective bargaining agreement, setting the stage for a resumption of play that will reportedly be hosted in Edmonton and Toronto.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2NX8pDU
At least four big events are planned in Las Vegas in July. But these are no bubbles like in the pros — there are no mandated coronavirus tests or restrictions on where players may stay.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2Zm3HEP
The N.H.L. held the first of two lotteries to determine the 2020 draft order but, in a confounding reveal, did not name the team which will select first over all.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3iff4HB
Iginla, the fourth black person selected to the hall, joins inductees Marian Hossa, Kevin Lowe, Doug Wilson, Canadian women’s goaltender Kim St. Pierre and longtime general manager Ken Holland.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2Zc3uUy
The 6-foot-7 point guard, who is among the top players in his high school class, had other options to consider after the N.C.A.A. banned the Cowboys from the 2020-21 postseason.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/318bQzp
The university was handed a ban of one year from the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament, as well as fines and a loss of scholarships.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3h8Qs2C
The league also announced that its playoff series would be best-of-seven after an initial qualifying round under its plan to restart the season with 24 teams.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3dBaiBk
The league doled out honors on Thursday as it prepared to begin an abnormal postseason.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2XW40Wv
Hockey’s tentative plan to resume this summer with a 24-team playoff hinges on resolving outstanding logistical, health, competitive and economic issues.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3eoYjqv
Commissioner Gary Bettman and the N.H.L. Players Association agreed to terms on resuming the season, a 24-team playoff format and plans for a draft lottery.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2XyjPSJ
A modified playoff format, restricted practices and other considerations are being discussed between league executives and the players’ union.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2TC7a08
The 1919 Stanley Cup finals were more than a century ago, but they are bound to current reality by the struggle against a deadly virus and the push for sports to return.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/36uc4S3
After an article by the former N.H.L. player was published, various hockey players, fans and other stakeholders committed to reckoning with a culture they say cannot be fixed from the top down.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3cY3UDM
Ewing, the former Knicks superstar, made the announcement Friday evening. “This virus is serious and should not be taken lightly,” he said.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3ggfWdS
The Washington Capitals forward Brendan Leipsic and the Florida Panthers prospect Jack Rodewald were part of a group chat that was apparently hacked.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3dhVlU6
If college athletes are permitted to cash in on their fame, how can the N.C.A.A. forbid guidance from people who have long worked in the shadows?
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2WjmejC
The N.W.H.L. announced a new Toronto franchise with all-female leadership.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3f2fY8I
The changes, with some big restrictions, would go into effect at the start of the 2021-22 academic year, after consideration and adoption by the three divisions of college sports.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3cWM6so
She will be replaced by Niele Ivey, an assistant coach for the N.B.A.’s Memphis Grizzlies who was an all-American point guard for the Irish.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2XYJaXY
The freshman Jeremiah Robinson-Earl was one of several high-profile college basketball players to withdraw from the N.B.A. draft or to not enter it at all, citing uncertainty related to the pandemic.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2KpITFi
K’Andre Miller was repeatedly harassed in a videoconference organized by the Rangers. Some fans say the incident, and the teams’ handling of it, are indicative of a larger problem.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2xDQgpV
Five college conferences have asked for a relaxing of requirements because of financial problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2VaXgDE
Coaching clinics that were supposed to happen during the Final Four have instead become very popular online.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3batN2y
Formula One teams are producing CPAP machines for patients, while several sporting goods businesses are making personal protective equipment for health care workers.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3aQRtJ9
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the college basketball celebrity of 2018, has her own take on an N.C.A.A. tournament undone by calamity.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2UNEDFY
Sports betting was poised for a big moment. Then the coronavirus pandemic led to closed casinos and the cancellation of the N.C.A.A. basketball tournaments.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3e26Noi
Hours after the chat, the Rangers and the N.H.L. condemned the repeated use of a slur by a hacker, but many fans were frustrated that the response had not come sooner.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2ysOckF
Under its athletic director, Bobby Valentine, the small Connecticut university is expanding its facilities in the hopes of becoming a college hockey power.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/3dFil0o
The annual payment to conferences was cut to a total of $225 million, down from the $600 million that was budgeted before the coronavirus led to widespread cancellations in sports.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3dzcE4b
Some of the best coaches reflect on what they’ll be revisiting with no N.C.A.A. tournaments happening.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/33zhJ7I
The cancellations of the national tournaments short-circuited the plans of millions to watch basketball. The country’s top coaches know where to find good games: digital archives.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2xTSYHX
A documentary pulls back the layers of corruption in the college game with a talent scout who was a part of it.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2IQJ7EX
Butler, a powerhouse of Big East basketball, is getting a new bulldog. By the time Blue takes over in May, the process will have stretched more than a year.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/33sPbgo
In the 1967 men’s basketball title game, Dan Obrovac of Dayton won the opening tip from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of U.C.L.A. Cancer brought the men together again decades later.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3aZJ3yF
Pitino, a Hall of Famer, had been out of college basketball since 2017, when he was fired from Louisville amid a federal investigation.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3d59Dsb
“It feels like all the hard work — I don’t want to say it’s for nothing, but you want to compete.”
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2QfI0T9
The five most influential leagues in college sports all abandoned their men’s basketball tournaments on Thursday. The N.C.A.A. has been planning to proceed with its showcase tournament, though without fans.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2W8Vrbw
What do college basketball tournaments look like as the country starts to make decisions about crowds and the coronavirus outbreak? We went to Las Vegas to find out.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3aQ026z
The team returns to Anaheim on Wednesday for the first time since defenseman Jay Bouwmeester had a cardiac episode during a game there in February.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2WctjEv
The decision means that the Yale men and the Princeton women will advance to the N.C.A.A. tournaments, which are still scheduled to begin next week.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3cJIwCx
After a trying season for Coach Geno Auriemma and his team, UConn’s women find themselves in a familiar position: with a chance to win a 12th national championship.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/39ItACQ
With their marquee basketball tournaments looming, college sports officials have discussed whether they could — or should — play at fewer sites.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2TuVHQj
Richard played on 11 Stanley Cup-winning teams — five of them with his illustrious brother Maurice — and holds the record for game appearances with the Canadiens.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2x8Lz6X
Coach Landry Kosmalski told his recruits that the lowly Division III basketball team would become one of the nation’s best. “I’d say it’s come true,” one of his seniors said.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2TGYeG3
After a stunning 6-5 overtime win on Thursday, the Rangers and their young core find themselves within striking distance of the team’s first postseason berth since 2017.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2wv2hNE
After a February surge, the Rangers young core finds itself within striking distance of the team’s first postseason berth since 2017.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/39ElACE
Speidel lost his dream of playing basketball for the University of Vermont. But after years of work, he notched a layup for the team that stuck with him.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2TQc215
Injuries in February prompted a flurry of player swaps around the league. The Rangers mostly stood pat while the Islanders announced a relocation.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2VTZSa7
With the Wildcats on course for an N.C.A.A. tournament berth, Coach Sean Miller was happy to sit down for an interview. Until he heard the questions.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2PG2JPX
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Saturday that soon the team would again play all of its home games at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island until a new arena opens.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/397B6H4
Oregon’s star point guard is quickly turning into the face of women’s basketball, and she appears to be up for the challenge.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3c1H5iF
Ionescu became the first player in N.C.A.A. history to reach 2,000 points, 1,000 assists and 1,000 rebounds, leading No. 3 Oregon past fourth-ranked Stanford, 74-66.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/3c8zkaq
After the Carolina Hurricanes lost two goaltenders to injury in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, David Ayres, 42, stepped in and got the win.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2ViuaCX
David Ayres, an emergency goaltender in Toronto, got the call when Carolina’s starter and backup both went down with injuries.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2vX7bTs
David Ayres, an emergency goaltender in Toronto, got the call when Carolina’s starter and backup both went down with injuries.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2HNhMTt
With 26 consecutive wins, the fourth-ranked Aztecs had been the final undefeated men’s team.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2v6C3R6
Ovechkin, 34, became the eighth N.H.L. player with 700 goals, and has Wayne Gretzky’s career record in his sights.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/37S70WF
The popular winger who starred on the franchise’s four Stanley Cup-winning teams will have his No. 27 retired on Friday.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2V7eBxL
Seven of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s remaining men’s programs plan to leave the league. Now there’s a scramble to add schools willing to travel between Alaska and Alabama to play.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2uc294L
Most college basketball programs don’t have them anymore, but the Tar Heels and a handful of other universities still keep them around as a pipeline for reserve players.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2wcdxOH
The episode occurred during a break in the first period, and Bouwmeester was quickly taken away on a stretcher.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/38vFrnn
With John Carlson’s Norris Trophy campaign and Cale Makar’s run at the Calder, defensemen who can score are extending the N.H.L.’s scoring revolution.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/31Qbzzh
The top-ranked Gamecocks won their 17th consecutive game by defeating the fifth-ranked Huskies.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2SeI6Mo
Boston University had tied the game as regulation expired.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2SG2iWC
The annual rivalry for Eastern Massachusetts bragging rights is being contested with players from around the world.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2SvxJTb
Alex Carpenter took her game to Canada, China and Russia after getting cut from Team U.S.A. before the 2018 Olympics. Now she is wowing in the Rivalry Series against Canada.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2UxiHz2
Separated by less than 50 miles, Oregon and Oregon State have vastly different weapons in their chase for a Final Four. And with the Ducks star Sabrina Ionescu at the forefront, the fans have responded.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2UwOFve
The No. 4 Ducks handed the Connecticut women’s basketball team its biggest defeat ever at Gampel Pavilion, which opened in 1990.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2vI7AJ4
Alex Ovechkin, 34, climbed the N.H.L. career scoring list, passing Mark Messier and capping a good month for veteran players.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2v3h2X3
Hoping to build on buzz from last year, the N.H.L. All-Star skills competition will add a U.S.A. vs. Canada three-on-three game.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2Gja175
Geno Auriemma, the UConn coach, has said he doesn’t see why the two-year resumption of its Tennessee rivalry is “such a big deal.” Tennessee Coach Kellie Harper sees past that. Let the games begin (again).
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2GelKDZ
The arrival of professional hockey and football teams dovetails with a surge in sports betting nationally that has inspired local casinos to redesign their betting areas.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2vhgixR
The police are investigating.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2vf19x2
Dylan Cozens became only the fourth Yukon-bred player drafted to the N.H.L. last year, giving juniors in his remote hometown a path to follow.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/36Uou50
The Nos. 1, 2 and 3 teams all lost, pushing South Carolina to the top of the poll.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/385e8iK
Tom Fitzgerald was named interim general manager on Sunday. The team’s most famous ex-player may be getting a higher profile, too.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2No8lwT
The unranked Sun Devils took down No. 2 Oregon and No. 3 Oregon State this weekend.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/30csmvM
It was the second consecutive year that the Bears (12-1) ended a long UConn run. Last season, Baylor stopped the Huskies’ 126-game regular-season winning streak.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2TkOzqb
Igor Shesterkin of the Rangers got his chance as Henrik Lundqvist, the longtime goalie and perennial fan favorite, watched from the bench.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2usVMK9
Juwan Howard, Patrick Ewing and Aaron McKie were big players in college and the N.B.A. Now, as coaches, they have help from assistants who were hired for their coaching experience.
via NYT > Sports > College Basketball https://ift.tt/2MPih2e
At the halfway mark of the season, five head coaches have been fired, and the St. Louis Blues are thriving as the reigning champions.
via NYT > Sports > Hockey https://ift.tt/2QDuSH0
