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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The approval cements the league’s plan to begin an expanded playoff tournament in August, and ensures labor peace at least through 2026.
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After an organizational demolition this winter, the Devils tabbed Ruff and made interim general manager Tom Fitzgerald’s role permanent.
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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.
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