On a whiteboard in the Houston Cougars locker room inside the Alamodome, Kelvin Sampson wrote down his team’s record: 35-4. Then, underneath it: “One more.”
There will be enough time to obsess over the things the Knicks don’t have, and why they don’t do well. Maybe today, just this once, can be devoted to something else.
If Ilya Sorokin had to give up a record-breaking goal, it’s unlikely there is anyone he’d rather have been on the other side of it than Alex Ovechkin. After all, he grew up watching Ovechkin, who broke into the NHL when Sorokin was just 10. They’ve played together on the Russian national team, count each...
The man who some believe came up with the “tush push” is warning the NFL not to ban the practice, now most associated with the Eagles. Former Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr told TMZ that it would be a “slippery slope” if the NFL decided to make the “tush push” illegal. “It’s a slippery slope,” Barr...
In the present, Peter Laviolette was just like the rest of the NHL, watching from afar as Alex Ovechkin approached and surpassed Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record. But during Laviolette’s three seasons with the Capitals, he witnessed Ovechkin’s chase to pass Gordie Howe for No. 2 on the all-time goals list and was perched behind...
Peter Laviolette chuckled as a grin started to spread across his face. His answer, in a way, was fitting given everything that has gone wrong for the Rangers recently.
Jalen Brunson’s return was triumphant where it mattered most – the scoreboard – but it was also clear evidence of several kinks to iron out before the playoffs.