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SALT LAKE CITY — Days off in the NHL are precious. Days off on the road in a new city are unheard-of. Connor Bedard has plans to enjoy the warm, sunny Wednesday following the season opener against the new Utah Hockey Club — lunch with his dad, Tom, before he …

MOUNT KILAUEA, Hawaii — The subject matter echoing across the floor of one of the most active volcanoes on the planet wasn’t the magma beneath just yearning to escape. It was the complexities of building a college football program in 2024, one that can contend for conference championships immediately and …

The 2025 NBA Draft cycle is officially here. International teams have tipped off their regular seasons, and college teams have started preseason practices. NBA scouts and executives are out and about, seeing teams practice and traveling worldwide to find players. Much has been written about excitement regarding the 2025 draft. …

The New York Jets’ decision to fire coach Robert Saleh on Tuesday had raised plenty of eyebrows around the NFL. The prevailing questions being asked by rival coaches and executives: What’s the true logic behind the decision, and what’s the Jets’ plan in both the short and long term? Team …

You can hear the disgust in Bill Belichick’s voice when he has to say the name of the NFL team he took such pleasure in beating. In the 2018 ESPN “30 for 30” documentary “The Two Bills,” producers tried to get Belichick and his mentor Bill Parcells to head into …

Wimbledon will replace line judges with automated electronic line calling (ELC) from 2025, marking the end of a 147-year tradition at the All England Club (AELTC). In a statement on Wednesday, the AELTC said: “The decision to adopt Live ELC was made following the successful completion of extensive testing during …

MINNEAPOLIS — As Lindsay Whalen’s face appeared on the JumboTron in Target Center on Tuesday night to a raucous reception, the Minnesota Lynx PA announcer took some liberties with her introduction. “She’s an avid golfer,” he quipped about arguably the most famous homegrown basketball player in Minnesota … before stating …

As Liverpool’s manager, Jurgen Klopp did not like long meetings. Rather than sitting around, poring over the latest big decision, he would regularly have important conversations in the canteen of the training ground while eating his lunch.  Klopp was anything but formal, yet Mike Gordon — the president of Liverpool’s …

DETROIT– It started as a joke. Tigers superfan Josh Tebeau, who went to around 50 games this year, always heads to Comerica Park armed with two things: a lot of layers and an armful of signs intended to help to pump up the crowd. Tebeau, a 41-year-old lifelong fan who …

There are 18 teams that didn’t make the MLB postseason, so while we all enjoy October baseball, I thought I’d power-rank the non-playoff teams based on who is best-positioned to contend in 2025. I did the same thing a year ago, listing the Padres, Mets and Yankees as three of …