PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin is going to get a chance to finish what he started in Pittsburgh.The Penguins re-signed the franchise icon to a one-year deal worth $5.5 million on Tuesday, answering perhaps the club’s biggest offseason question before the offseason truly starts.AdvertisementMalkin, who turns 40 in August, was set to become a free agent on July 1. The Russian had maintained for the past year-plus that he wanted to stay in Pittsburgh rather than hit the open market for the first time in his career. General manager Kyle Dubas spent months declining to offer any specifics on the prospect…
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have hired Rohan Ramadas as their assistant general manager of strategy and data systems, making the first major move of their offseason to bolster their front office under new ownership.The Lakers announced the decision Tuesday to add Ramadas, who spent the past nine years working with the New Orleans Pelicans, including the past two as their vice president of strategy and basketball operations. He will be in charge of “basketball analytics and strategic initiatives for basketball operations,” the Lakers said in a statement.AdvertisementRamadas is a University of Southern California graduate and…
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Tuesday notes…NOT SOMETHING YOU HAD HOPED TO READ THIS YEAR: The Cubs are the 26th team since 1901 to have at least one double-digit winning streak and at least one losing streak of nine games in the same season. The Guardians were the previous team to do it. Last year, they won 10 and lost 10, to become the 19th team with double-digit streaks of both kinds. The three others with 10 or more wins and at least nine losses since 2000 were the Dodgers in 2017 (11 of each), Guardians in 2008 (10 of each) and Pirates in 2004…
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Former St. Louis Blues third-round pick Leo Loof will leave the organization and return to Finland to play for Ilves, the team announced on Tuesday.Loof’s contract has expired, and he was set to become a restricted free agent on July 1.AdvertisementPrior to signing his entry-level contract with the Blues, Loof…
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The NFL season does not begin for another 118 days. But we now know not only who’s playing whom, but also when they’re playing and where. We know when to anticipate a faceoff of the Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen and the Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson (Week 8, Nov. 1). And…
It’s a feel-good story when someone breaks into a world that was never built for them. For those tuning into the Craftsman Truck Series, that is what makes Giovanni Ruggiero’s rise so exciting. The 19-year-old talent turned heads from his very first NASCAR race, securing a second-place finish at Daytona…
On 3 August 2025 it all began.On 24 May 2026 it will end.Stockport kicked off their 2025-26 campaign with a 2-0 win at home against Bolton Wanderers.And the same fixture brings the curtain down on each club’s campaigns as they contest the League One play-off final, with both vying for…
Patrick Reed got off to a fine start in the PGA Championship at Aronimink on Thursday.Reed posted an opening-round 68 and sits just one stroke off the lead with three rounds left to play.The 35-year-old American has experienced an extremely busy 2026 so far, after he left LIV Golf in…
A potential blockbuster is brewing ahead of this year’s NHL Draft, and the Winnipeg Jets may find themselves at the center of it.According to multiple reports from The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta over the past couple of days, the San Jose Sharks are seriously considering trading the second overall pick…
Sorry everybody, but stepdad David is in charge tonight. You will not be getting a detailed preview. What I can promise you is a screengrab of the Statcast Game Preview, ice cream before dinner and no bedtime. Don’t tell your mom.Tonight it’s Anthony Kay on the mound for the White…
Isaiah Thomas is back with the Boston Celtics — in the front office. The former NBA guard is reportedly re-joining the Celtics as a pro and college scout, per the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach.Thomas will be based in his hometown of Seattle for the position, per Himmelsbach. The 37-year-old was…
An hour before the NFL was set to begin its schedule release, Dominique Yates of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was able to report the full Green Bay Packers schedule, along with their kickoff times and the channels that they’ll be playing on. Prior to Yates’ report, we only had about…
Alex Bowman’s future in NASCAR is very unclear. With Bowman in a contract year, it is uncertain if he will return to the No. 48 car for Hendrick Motorsports after the 2026 NASCAR season. This comes after the Hendrick Motorsports driver missed four races for vertigo earlier in the year.…
Bolton Wanderers progressed to the League One play-off final with a 1-0 victory over Bradford City at the University of Bradford Stadium. It was a match where Bolton came into the game already holding a 1-0 advantage thanks to Amario Cozier-Duberry’s goal in the first leg.Heading into the match, Bradford…
Jordan Spieth has made a fine start to the PGA Championship at Aronimink, where he is chasing the career Grand Slam.Spieth has triumphed at the other three majors, but those victories at The Masters, the US Open and The Open Championship all arrived between 2015 and 2017.AdvertisementThe American now has…
Already down a starting defenseman, the Vegas Golden Knights found themselves without another mainstay on the back end early in Game 5 after Brayden McNabb was ejected for his hit on Anaheim Ducks forward Ryan Poehling. Poehling left the game following the hit and did not return.Following the game, the…
