Rangers can’t take do-or-die approach to Game 6
Regarding the Rangers, who are one win away from advancing to the conference finals, and how many of you folks ever expected to read that sentence when training camp commenced? …
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If Avalanche’s Jared Bednar doesn’t adjust, Stars’ Pete DeBoer will smother him
What is it about the Stanley Cup Playoffs that turns Peter DeBoer into Robert Oppenheimer and Jared Bednar into Opie Taylor? “The margin between winning and losing is so slight,” …
Rangers suffer first bump in playoff road, but remain in control
RALEIGH, N.C. — It will take one more game, at least one more game, for the Rangers to sew up their second-round series and advance to the conference finals following …
5 observations from 49ers rookie camp — the Niners found undrafted free agent gems
Football is back. Sort of. But any football is good, and given the current state of Bay Area professional sports, it’s desperately needed. The Niners let us take a look …
Shaquille O’Neal’s Nikola Jokic rant made NBA, TNT look like fools
Ke Huy Quan opens the envelope at the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. “And the Oscar goes to … Robert Downey Jr.!” Only he’s … not …
Vincent Trocheck haunting Hurricanes after free-agency flub
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tom Dundon, Carolina’s notoriously penurious owner, didn’t want to pay Vincent Trocheck when the center came up on free agency two years ago but the CEO and …
Avalanche needs leader to deliver message to Stars’ Jamie Benn
DALLAS — Jamie Benn needs to “feel” you, as Nuggets coach Michael Malone likes to say. Right between the ears. If the NHL won’t send a message to Benn, the …
Dallas Stars dared Avalanche’s Alexandar Georgiev to beat them. He did.
DALLAS — He’s a Stanley Cup felon now, wanted in two countries, but the law can’t catch Alexandar Georgiev if he catches them first. Two counts of petty theft in …
Rangers’ first real taste of 2024 playoff adversity ends with a win
It’s easy to view the Rangers ride through the early portion of these Stanley Cup playoffs as smooth and without a lot of bumps in the road. The Rangers have, …
Klay Thompson is flirting with other teams. The Warriors can’t pretend he’s bluffing
The Orlando Magic are making eyes at Klay Thompson. And reportedly, Thompson is making eyes right back. It’s enough to make you wonder if the 13-year marriage between the Warriors …