The Islanders will be without one of their free agent forward additions for their second game of the season. The NHL Department of Player Safety announced on Friday that Jonathan Drouin has officially been suspended one game for his cross-check late in Thursday's season opener. With just over 10 seconds remaining in regulation, Drouin threw a rough cross-check to the head of Penguins forward Connor Dewar during a net-front scrum. The veteran was assessed a five minute major and a game misconduct on the play. Friday morning, the league announced that he would have a hearing, and shortly after news of his ban broke. This…
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Jonathan Kuminga shared that the Warriors’ veteran core was instrumental in helping him navigate his recent contract negotiations. In an exclusive with Andscape’s Marc Spears, Kuminga revealed that teammates Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Jimmy Butler and Buddy Hield each offered steady support and advice throughout his free-agency process. “The one thing I really appreciate is my teammates,” Kuminga said. “I never heard one of them call me and tell me, ‘Yo, hurry up and do this.’ Just knowing that people like that who I go to work with every other day on that floor have my back, I appreciate that.”…
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Ian Happ, the longest-tenured Chicago Cubs player, came into Thursday with only two hits this postseason.His third delivered a three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning at Wrigley Field, where his Cubs won an elimination game for the second day in a row.AdvertisementAs was the case in NLDS Game 3, a rush of first-inning runs was all Chicago needed in Game 4. But this time, the Cubs added three insurance runs. Those were the cherries on top of their surgical pitching performance. Matthew Boyd got a standing ovation after his 4 2/3 innings of shutout ball, and…
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Canadian center Nicholas Baptiste, 30, has signed a one-year contract with Dukla Trenčín, the Slovak Liga club announced on Friday.While Trenčín hasn’t had a bad start to the season overall, sitting sixth in the 12-team league after 10 games, GM Mário Bližňák expressed concern over the fact the team has…
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MADRID — Jon Rahm made seven birdies to get back into contention for a fourth title at the Spanish Open on Friday, but fellow Ryder Cup winner Shane Lowry couldn’t fully recover from a poor opening day as he missed the cut.Rahm’s 5-under 66 put him five shots behind leader…
New York Islanders forward Jonathan Drouin scored in the Islanders’ 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, but was also assessed a five-minute major.He got assessed the major penalty with less than 30 seconds left in the third period after he cross-checked Penguins forward Connor Dewar in the face.…
Cody Bellinger is officially hitting free agency again, leaving the New York Yankees with a hole to fill in their outfield.Bellinger plans to opt out of the final season of his deal according to MLB.com, which would have paid him $25 million. The decision comes with a $5 million buyout…
While the Lakers just announced this week that LeBron James is suffering from sciatica and will be out for the first couple of weeks of the season — at least — it turns out he has been dealing with this for months. LeBron first started experiencing sciatica nerve pain in…
Breece Hall realizes his future is very much in limbo. The star running back is playing on the fourth and final year of his rookie contract with the Jets, who would fall to an NFL-worst 0-6 this Sunday with a loss to the Broncos across the pond in London.And since…
Former Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols could be once step closer to a potential job as the club’s next manager.Pujols met with Angels general manager Perry Minasian on Thursday for “preliminary discussions” on a potential managerial deal, The Athletic’s Sam Blum and Katie Woo reported Friday.Blum and Woo wrote…
The NASCAR Cup Series begins the Round of 8 this weekend with its annual fall trip to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Teams will practice beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday with qualifying to follow at 5:40 p.m. ET on truTV.QUALIFYING ORDER: Cup Series | Xfinity SeriesThe qualifying order below…
O’Neill admired the performance of his young side, who have made a superb start to qualifying.A win in Luxembourg was followed by an hour of matching European heavyweights Germany, who eventually prevailed to win 3-1.Friday’s win was superb from first minute to last. A Patrik Hrosovsky own goal broke the…
The St. Xavier High School golf team is off to a solid start in the quest for its first state championship in nine years.The Tigers carded a score of 2-over-par 290 on Friday in the first round of the Leachman Buick-GMC-Cadillac/KHSAA State Championships at Bowling Green Country Club.St. X holds…
On Friday night, the Utica Comets will host the Cleveland Monsters at Adirondack Bank Center, kicking off the 2025-26 season. With plenty of notable New Jersey Devils prospects on their roster, including Shane Lachance, Lenni Hämeenaho, Ethan Edwards, and Jakub Malek, it is an exciting time for the Devils organization. On paper,…
The Toronto Maple Leafs are set to host the Detroit Red Wings on Monday in a holiday matinee game. The start time will now be moved up by two hours.The Leafs announced on Friday that the game, originally scheduled for 4 p.m. ET , will now drop the puck at…
One of Nikola Jokić’s brothers was sentenced to a year of probation in connection with a viral fight at a Denver Nuggets-Los Angeles Lakers game in April 2024, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office, The Denver Post reported Friday.Strahinja Jokić, 43, pleaded guilty to trespassing and disorderly conduct after…
