HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) — The name of the New York Islanders’ American Hockey League affiliate is the Hamilton Hammers after the club was relocated to the Canadian city from Bridgeport, Connecticut.The Islanders unveiled the Hammers moniker and logo at a news conference in Hamilton on Thursday and said it was a tribute to the city’s steelmaking industry. The team is set to play in the recently renovated TD Coliseum.Advertisement“We look forward to building on the progression and foundation established this past season in the AHL and bringing that momentum to Hamilton,” Islanders general manager Mathieu Darche said. “The Hamilton Hammers…
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There were 13 former Michigan Wolverines players that logged minutes in the NBA in the 2025-26 season. With the playoffs winding down, let’s take a look at how every Michigan alum performed this year.Franz Wagner (Orlando Magic)Wagner is definitely the best former Wolverine in the NBA right now. Despite being injured for more than half the season, he still proved to be a high-level performer, posting 20.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. Unfortunately, Wagner went down with a calf injury in the first round of the playoffs and was forced to miss the final three games of…
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The Arizona Diamondbacks (25-23) and Colorado Rockies (19-31) start a four-game series at Chase Field. Arizona enters on a four-game winning streak, while Colorado has lost two straight.Arizona has climbed over .500 on the season and is coming off a sweep of San Francisco. The Diamondbacks outscored the Giants 23-8 and have scored at least five runs in four consecutive games. Arizona has won five straight home games and is 15-9 at home on the season.AdvertisementColorado has the second-worst record in baseball and has dropped three of the past four games and eight of the past 11. Over the last…
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After registering an assist in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final, and increasing his NHL-leading point total for the postseason, Mitch Marner continues to make his case as a Conn Smythe candidate.Marner’s assist on Pavel Dorofeyev’s second-period goal, which gave the Vegas Golden Knights a 2-0 lead at the…
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Before Monday’s game, veteran third baseman Nolan Arenado had hit more home runs and driven in more runs against the San Francisco Giants than any other MLB team. Against Monday’s starter Robbie Ray, Arenado had a career slash line of .364/.444/.773. Six pitches into Monday’s game, Arenado had a grand…
OKLAHOMA CITY — The final five minutes of Game 1 of the Western Conference finals — or the 14th round of Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier, or the fifth installment of Godzilla vs. King Kong — had nothing to do with physical skill.By the second overtime, both the Spurs and…
The next phase of the Browns’ offseason begins today with Organized Team Activities, and the team’s best player isn’t expected to be there.Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, the NFL’s reigning Defensive Player of the Year, isn’t expected to participate in OTAs, according to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com.AdvertisementGarrett didn’t participate…
The NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series travels from Delaware to North Carolina to take on Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday (5 p.m. ET, The CW, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).The event will be the 15th points-paying race of the 2026 O’Reilly Series campaign.AdvertisementENTRY LISTS: Cup Series | O’Reilly Auto Parts…
Chelsea target Valentín Barco (21) has announced that his time at RC Strasbourg Alsace has come to an end in a post on Instagram.Barco joined Strasbourg, initially on loan from Brighton and Hove Albion during the winter transfer window of 2025, before then making the move to the Meinau permanent…
Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell has secured one of the final nine qualification spots for this year’s edition in Shinnecock Hills.McDowell, from Northern Ireland, came through a 36-hole qualifier in Dallas with two rounds of 69.AdvertisementIt will be a first major for McDowell since his 10-year exemption from winning…
The next-generation 1 Series will be a rear-wheel-drive EV. BMW is keeping the combustion-engine model alive on an updated front-wheel-drive platform. The two 1 Series flavors will peacefully coexist for many years. After decades of rear-wheel-drive models, BMW broke with tradition in the 2010s by launching front-wheel-drive cars. To the…
The NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs mean a major change in the overtime format.Unlike the Olympics, where 3-on-3 overtime is played even in the gold medal game, the NHL switches things up in the postseason when the games matter more.AdvertisementThere won’t be any more 3-on-3 play. It is 5-on-5 instead, just like in regulation play. There…
To start off the evening, we had a patented dome field advantage at One Trop Drive. There was a thunderstorm that passed directly over Tropicana Field for about the first hour of tonight’s contest, and had it been 2025 we might not have got the ballgame in.AdvertisementTampa Bay placed seven…
Victor Wembanyama delivered a 40-20 performance as the San Antonio Spurs opened the NBA’s Conference finals with a double-overtime win at the defending champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder.The match-up between the first and second seed in the Western Conference features Wembanyama, this season’s defensive player of the year, go up…
This year’s backfield split between Kyren Williams and Blake Corum could be the most shared workload we’ve seen over Sean McVay’s time with the Los Angeles Rams. It’s one of the most interesting dynamics across this refreshed roster.In his early years, McVay seemed adamantly opposed to a shared backfield. Todd…
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will battle under the lights in the Queen City at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, FS1, NASCAR Racing Network Radio, SiriusXM, NASCAR Radio).This will be the 10th points-paying race of the 2026 Truck Series season, as drivers take on the 1.5-mile North…
