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How Ryan Strome sold the Anaheim Ducks as a destination team by helping it become one
ANAHEIM, Calif. – A bittersweet moment it might have been for Ryan Strome to score Saturday night against the Anaheim Ducks, the team that sent him to the Calgary Flames at the trade deadline just as it was finally built into the playoff club general manager Pat Verbeek intends it to be for years.It was sweet. The breakaway goal he scored in the second period made for his 500th career point and helped the Flames to a 5-3 victory, sending the Ducks to their fifth straight defeat that also kept th...
Dan Hurley is tougher on Tarris Reed Jr. than anyone. Now Reed's the reason UConn can win it all
INDIANAPOLIS — All things considered, what a find.One play, amid hundreds of film clips over the course of a college season. Two, maybe three seconds from a meaningless Big Ten tournament blowout.But in those few ticks, UConn’s coaches saw … something. Something special. Something unharnessed.Something worth chasing.
What would it cost for the Nationals to join MLB’s extension frenzy with Daylen Lile?
As he will be during the first game of every Nationals series this season, Nationals beat writer Spencer Nusbaum will watch the game alongside fans starting around first pitch at 6:45 p.m. ET on Monday. The Washington Nationals are as clear-eyed about their philosophy as they are about their budget. To build a scouting and player development monster, they invested in new tech and more coaches. To save money elsewhere, they trimmed payroll to $97 million. To create a sustainable winner...
Minnesota Vikings NFL Draft big board: 40 prospects to watch with the team's 9 picks
The Minnesota Vikings will spend the next few weeks putting the finishing touches on their internal NFL Draft board.Their goal? To be objective. They are committed to not pushing players up the board because of the position they play or the school they attended. Because the Vikings have plenty of positional needs, they should be able to take a “best available” approach.Advertisement
Nikola Vučević back to building chemistry with Celtics after return
BOSTON — Jaylen Brown and Nikola Vučević walked toward the Celtics bench together midway through the third quarter Sunday, pointing to different areas of the court as they headed for a timeout huddle.On the previous Boston possession, Brown had thrown away a pass while trying to find Vučević rolling toward the rim. The turnover technically went to Brown but it was the result of a miscommunication between him and his teammate. Brown clearly thought Vučević should have moved somewhere else on the...
If the NHL playoffs started today: All 8 current matchups, and who is on the doorstep
We are 12 days away from the beginning of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and questions remain about how and when many of these races will end. Buffalo, Tampa Bay and Montreal clinched berths over the weekend, but their first-round opponents are far from decided. Some playoff-chasing teams are also losing momentum.Advertisement
If the NHL playoffs started today: All 8 current matchups, and who is on the doorstep
We are 12 days away from the beginning of the playoffs, and questions remain about how many of these races will end. Buffalo, Tampa Bay and Montreal clinched playoff berths over the weekend, but their first-round opponents are far from decided. Some playoff-chasing teams are also losing momentum.Knowing these races are far from over, here’s what the playoffs would look like if they began on Monday.Advertisement
Can the PWHL succeed in New York after years of struggles on and off the ice?
NEW YORK — The night before taking the ice Saturday at Madison Square Garden, Seattle Torrent captain Hilary Knight found herself looking at photos from 2021, her most recent time playing in the building. She was playing for Team Minnesota in the Dream Gap Tour at the time, and fans were not allowed at the game due to COVID-19 restrictions. Aside from the players on the ice, the building was practically empty.Advertisement
The Athletic's 2026-2027 too-early top 25 women's basketball rankings
UCLA is the national champion, but for the first time in my way-too-early power rankings for The Athletic, UCLA will not be the top-ranked team heading into the 2026-27 season. With all due respect to Cori Close and the success of the Bruins program over the last few years, the reality is that six seniors are leaving. It was touch-and-go whether to rank the Bruins at all.Advertisement
2026 NHL goalie mask power rankings: Perhaps the best artistic displays ever
Welcome to The Athletic’s annual goalie mask power rankings, in which we admire the most artistic equipment on the ice and determine which are the best of the best.A goalie’s mask is one of the few remaining pieces of real estate used for personal expression in pro sports. Skaters take the ice every night with corporate logos pasted on their helmets, but for now, the netminders’ masks remain works of pure expression, and that’s worth celebrating.Advertisement
Michigan’s Dusty May knows what they’ve been saying, but he’s getting the last word
INDIANAPOLIS — History is written by the victors, and Dusty May used the opportunity Sunday to share some words with the people who want to discredit what he’s done at Michigan.He bought this team, they said, he didn’t develop it. These are transactional relationships, they said, not genuine ones. And are we sure he didn’t overstep, they said (lowering their voices to a hush), and do a little tampering in the process? “They” would mostly be fans of other teams on social media. Not worth addressi...
What I'm hearing about Philadelphia Eagles: Incomplete roster, A.J. Brown, Riq Woolen
PHOENIX — The NFL scouting combine is fertile with rumors and gossip. At the league meetings, there’s more substance. Free agency has passed, and a team has already shown its work with its plan. The Eagles remain incomplete — as you’ll read below — but there’s a better sense of how this roster will look based on the big moves they made and what’s ahead in the coming weeks. In that spirit, here are nine items I heard at the league meetings last week, in addition to what we already covered:1. Like...
Predicting the Knicks playoff rotation: Has Mike Brown shown his hand?
New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown might have showed his hand Friday when it comes to his playoff rotation.With a nearly full roster at his disposal — minus Karl-Anthony Towns, who was ruled out at game time with a right elbow injury — in a 40-point thumping of the Chicago Bulls, Brown didn’t play Jose Alvarado, Jordan Clarkson or Mohamed Diawara until the fourth quarter, when the game was completely out of reach.Advertisement
Detroit Red Wings are No. 4 in Scott Wheeler's 2026 NHL prospect pool rankings
Welcome to Scott Wheeler’s 2026 rankings of every NHL organization’s prospects. You can find the complete ranking and more information on the project and its criteria here, as we count down daily from No. 32 to No. 1. The series, which includes evaluations on nearly 500 prospects, runs from March 9 to April 8.Advertisement
Where does Nikolaj Ehlers rank among Hurricanes' best free-agent additions?
RALEIGH, N.C. — The most dangerous time for NHL general managers is the opening of free agency, when hundreds of millions of dollars are handed out to waiting players.It’s fair to say Carolina Hurricanes GM Eric Tulsky has no regrets about signing Nikolaj Ehlers to a six-year, $51 million contract last July 3.Advertisement
Vibes are down in Minnesota as Timberwolves limp toward NBA playoffs
MINNEAPOLIS — These moody Minnesota Timberwolves have ridden the emotional waves all season long. Now, just as the playoffs near, they have returned to the sunken place.“It feels like we’re a million miles away from the team that we can be and that we are,” Wolves coach Chris Finch said after a 122-108 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night. “We’ve got to get that back with our connectedness and our spirit.”Advertisement
The Verdict: With World Cup decisions looming, MLS players heed Pochettino's call
For 94 minutes and 10 seconds, Sebastian Berhalter had been his typical self.He patrolled the midfield for the Vancouver Whitecaps looking to disrupt things. His heat map was a splash of orange stretching from the top arc of his defensive box to the arc of the Portland Timbers’ box.This is what Berhalter does. It’s how he turned himself from a fringe MLS player into an MLS Best XI midfielder last season. And it’s why, when the Timbers turned forward on a counterattack that looked like it might l...
Yankees Expected To Demote Trade Addition After Brutal Start
The New York Yankees’ offseason trade addition looks to be headed to a new role after a poor home debut.
Jamie Carragher draws up Liverpool transfer plan to help replace Mohamed Salah
Jamie Carragher draws up Liverpool transfer plan to help replace Mohamed SalahJamie Carragher has praised Mohamed Salah's consistency as Liverpool prepare for life without one of their greatest ever players following his announcement that he will leave at the end of the seasonCommentsSportPaul Gorst10:59, 06 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesJamie Carragher speaks exclusively to the ECHO at the Titanic Hotel, April 2026Jamie Carragher identified Mohamed Salah's durability as his greatest attribute...
World Cup qualification earns Iraq coach Arnold a hero’s welcome in Sydney
Graham Arnold was received by jubilant Iraqi fans upon his return to Australia after a successful qualification campaign.