On a whiteboard in the Houston Cougars locker room inside the Alamodome, Kelvin Sampson wrote down his teamβs record: 35-4. Then, underneath it: βOne more.β
There will be enough time to obsess over the things the Knicks donβt have, and why they donβt do well. Maybe today, just this once, can be devoted to something else.
If Ilya Sorokin had to give up a record-breaking goal, itβs unlikely there is anyone heβd 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. Theyβve played together on the Russian national team, count each...
With the Nets officially lottery-bound several games ago, these past few weeks of the season theyβve seemed free in fully embracing a youth movement.
The man who some believe came up with the βtush pushβ 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 βslippery slopeβ if the NFL decided to make the βtush pushβ illegal. βItβs a slippery slope,β Barr...
In the present, Peter Laviolette was just like the rest of the NHL, watching from afar as Alex Ovechkin approached and surpassed Wayne Gretzkyβs all-time goals record. But during Lavioletteβs three seasons with the Capitals, he witnessed Ovechkinβs 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 Brunsonβs return was triumphant where it mattered most β the scoreboard β but it was also clear evidence of several kinks to iron out before the playoffs.