Wednesday marks the first day off for the New York Rangers during this 2022 training camp, which makes for an ideal time to catch our breath and gather our thoughts. The team has played two preseason games − a 4-1 win at home over the Islanders on Monday and a 3-2 overtime loss in Boston … Read more
One week of camp down, Insiders! The Kings have a full team off today, with no on-ice practices scheduled until tomorrow morning. The team has had three preseason games and three inter-squad scrimmages over the course of the first week as players get what they need to prepare for regular-season action. What they need is … Read more
VOORHEES, NJ — While there’s still a good bit of gray area to Sean Couturier’s problematic back injury, the Flyers did have one piece of positive news Wednesday on their all-important center. Couturier will not require surgery. He remains week to week, a timeline that can tend to fall on the indefinite side. The no … Read more
Devara Abercrombie wasn’t a typical, type-A Washington parent, striving to sculpt an Ivy-league résumé for her two boys. She was a teen mom whose first priority as a parent was to keep her sons safe, to keep them from their father’s fate. “She was big on not allowing the streets to take her children,” Duante’ … Read more
This story originally appeared in Sunday Hockey Notes. Read the rest here. It has been a summer of reunions for the Bruins, who welcomed back Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci on one-year deals, and gave Tuukka Rask an ambassadorship role. What’s next for Zdeno Chara? Agent Matt Keator said there was nothing to report when … Read more
Damian Lillard wants to be a Trail Blazer for life, Travis Kelce on the player who threw him into next week and more from our quotes of the week. “Nah. It’s just the first time they caught me doing it.” Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chaseon a photo of him giving the finger to Pittsburgh … Read more
The Boston Celtics don’t have a top-10 point guard in the NBA. There is no Stephen Curry, no Damian Lillard, no Luka Doncic. However, there’s a serious argument that can be made that they have three of the top-25 point guards in the league. Marcus Smart. Derrick White. Malcolm Brogdon. In a league where high-powered … Read more
The Steelers hit the field for the first time this week on Wednesday, with some in-game injuries from Sunday’s win over the Bengals impacting participation. Running back Najee Harris was limited after suffering a foot injury against the Bengals. Harris said after practice “it’s good” in reference to the foot and didn’t seem to have … Read more
The first week of the NFL season is always so unpredictable. So I will be happy with my first week of picks after seeing what transpired in Week 1. I went 7-8-1 straight up, which stinks. I went 8-8 against the spread, which is so-so. But the great news is that I went 5-1 with … Read more
On Monday, reports surfaced that the Boston Celtics were adding 28-year-old Jake Layman to their training camp roster. Layman is a Massachusetts native, who has been in the NBA for six years and has spent the last three seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves. It’s clear that Brad Stevens is committed to filling out the Celtics’ … Read more