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NHL Network and Sportsnet will televise “Rogers Hometown Hockey” on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET, prior to the game between the Ottawa Senators and Washington Capitals (Sportsnet). This week’s location is Swift Current, Saskatchewan and the show will celebrate the history of hockey in the city. Among the features airing on the pregame show: * Patrick Marleau, a Saskatchewan native, played for the Swift Current Legionnaires and had an…

Look around the Eastern League, and we have bickering in Hartford, discontent in Richmond and hopes for stability in Binghamton. The Portland Sea Dogs are supposed to make their first trip to the new Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford April 21-24. But the Sea Dogs can plan for a detour. Construction delays and cost overruns are causing a political nightmare. “It is clear that the baseball park is dangerously behind…

I try very hard not to care about baseball’s Hall of Fame. It’s a complete sham–a lot of the players enshrined in Cooperstown are there because they played at the right time, with the right teammates. Frankie Frisch and his cronies, who held sway over the Veterans Committee in the late ’60s and ’70s, packed the place with old-timers who had a good season or two back in the 1930s….

IntelIntel CEO Brian Krzanich holding Intel’s button-sized chip Curie See Also Intel had one of the coolest presentations at this year’s CES, when it brought BMX riders, skateboarders, and free-runners alongside its CEO Brian Krzanich on-stage for its keynote speech earlier this week. The action-packed performance was done to showcase its new button-sized chip, Curie, which can be attached to a sports device or the athlete’s body to trasnmit data about…

Each day between now and post-Super Bowl Monday, we’ll roll out a get-to-the-point offseason plan for one NFL team. Today, the Bengals, tomorrow the Seahawks-Vikings loser. After that, we’ll see. Here’s our three-point plan for Cincinnati: 1. Keep Hue Jackson in town, at Marvin Lewis’ expense Jackson has directed a strong and balanced Bengals offense for two seasons, and he gets a lot of the credit for turning quarterback Andy…

AP It’s playoff football, and it’s on TV. But what if you aren’t near a TV? We’ve got you covered. The Seahawks-Vikings game from Minnesota under conditions that will serve as the latest hotspot in the global warming debate can be seen on NBC Sports Live Extra. You also can watch the game by downloading the NBC Sports Live Extra app. If you’re at the game, you don’t need a…

82:23 Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross. 81:54 Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Shinji Okazaki. 81:51 Attempt blocked. Josh Onomah (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Eriksen. 80:50 Attempt missed. Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to…

The Brooklyn Nets fired head coach Lionel Hollins and reassigned general manager Billy King on Sunday. The Nets currently have a 10-27 record that ranks second-worst in the Eastern Conference after making the playoffs last season. Assistant coach Tony Brown will be the Nets’ interim coach for the remainder of the season. The general manager position will remain open until a replacement is named. View gallery . Lionel Hollins was…

Want to buy a true old-school NASCAR race car? You’ll have your chance at the upcoming Barrett-Jackson Collector-Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. And when we say old school, we mean old, old school. In 1957, Chevrolet decided to create a race car that would dominate NASCAR and establish Chevrolet as the car to beat in the minds of buyers across the country. Known as the “Black Widow,” the 1957 Chevrolet…

Manchester United’s players and manager Louis van Gaal “look bored” and are “going through the motions”, says the club’s former midfielder Paul Scholes. Van Gaal’s side laboured to a 1-0 FA Cup third-round win over Sheffield United – failing to score a first-half goal for the 10th home match in a row. “There just seems to be an acceptance of bad performances,” Scholes,…

Want to buy a true old-school NASCAR race car? You’ll have your chance at the upcoming Barrett-Jackson Collector-Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. And when we say old school, we mean old, old school. In 1957, Chevrolet decided to create a race car that would dominate NASCAR and establish Chevrolet as the car to beat in the minds of buyers across the country. Known as the “Black Widow,” the 1957 Chevrolet…

Manchester United’s players and manager Louis van Gaal “look bored” and are “going through the motions”, says the club’s former midfielder Paul Scholes. Van Gaal’s side laboured to a 1-0 FA Cup third-round win over Sheffield United – failing to score a first-half goal for the 10th home match in a row. “There just seems to be an acceptance of bad performances,” Scholes,…

About an hour after her record-setting performance in last summer’s Women’s World Cup final, Carli Lloyd called her personal coach, James Galanis, in New Jersey. “I’m not stopping. I want more,” Galanis said Lloyd told him. “Then the next question was ‘when are we training again?’ “ For Galanis, the short conversation told him all he needed to know: success wasn’t going to spoil Lloyd. For more than a decade…

Manchester United’s players and manager Louis van Gaal “look bored” and are “going through the motions”, says the club’s former midfielder Paul Scholes. Van Gaal’s side laboured to a 1-0 FA Cup third-round win over Sheffield United – failing to score a first-half goal for the 10th home match in a row. “There just seems to be an acceptance of bad performances,” Scholes,…

CINCINNATI – The rain and the temperatures had fallen, harder and harder, colder and colder, slapping down on Cincinnati fans huddled under orange parkas and makeshift rain gear. They had witnessed a game in which the Bengals did nothing and were going to lose, and then did everything and were going to win, and then Jeremy Hill fumbled and Ben Roethlisberger returned. They were still standing but now they were screaming like they were…

Plans are moving ahead for the University of Colorado’s proposed Center for Sports Governance, including a class launching this week that delves into issues related to college athletics, doping, gender and the economics of sports. Roger Pielke Jr., an environmental studies professor, and Rick George, CU’s athletic director, hope to launch the center this year and are awaiting approval from the university’s vice chancellor for research. The center, announced in…

(Reuters Health) – The number of U.S. kids ages five to 18 years old going to the emergency department for sports injuries increased yearly between 2001 and 2013, according to a new study. Three quarters of all injuries that required emergency treatment were linked to four sports: football, soccer, baseball and basketball – although the proportion tied to baseball and basketball dropped over the study period. SEE ALSO: Platini withdraws…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Everton striker Romelu Lukaku, 22, wants to join Paris St-Germain or Real Madrid in the summer rather than Manchester United. (Sun) Barcelona want Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey, 25, and Everton defender John Stones, 21. (Express) Arsenal are set to spend a combined £52m on Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Granit Xhaka, 23, and Paris St-Germain’s 20-year-old midfielder Adrien Rabiot….

Jay Sartori is new to the Detroit Tigers baseball organization as the teams senior director of baseball operations and head of its analytical department. Sartori who was photographed in the press box at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 comes to the Tigers from Apple. (Photo: Eric Seals, DFP) It wasn’t the game. Jay Sartori still followed baseball from afar after leaving the front office of the…