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Jets beat Blackhawks in shootout, clinch Western Conference top seed
Cole Perfetti scored a nifty goal on his first-career shootout attempt to help the Winnipeg Jets clinch the top spot in the Western Conference with a 5-4 road win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.,Winnipeg (55-21-4, 114 points) inched closer to their first Presidents' Trophy in franchise hist...
Three-time Stanley Cup champion Alec Martinez retiring
Veteran defenseman Alec Martinez, a three-time Stanley Cup champion, has called it a career.,In an interview Saturday prior to Chicago's home finale against Winnipeg, Martinez announced it would be his final NHL game. The Blackhawks, who are out of the playoff picture, finish the season on the road ...
Magic, Hawks square off ahead of play-in tournament matchup
The visiting Orlando Magic and Atlanta Hawks will get an early test of one another on Sunday, two days before they square off in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament.,The outcome of Sunday's game will have no impact on the playoffs, as the Magic and Hawks already are locked into the seventh and...
Hawks dump 76ers, wrap up No. 8 seed in East
Trae Young recorded 36 points and 11 assists and Caris LeVert added 31 points on 12-of-15 shooting as the Atlanta Hawks posted a 124-110 road victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday.,Georges Niang chipped in 16 points and Mouhamed Gueye notched 10 points and 18 boards for Atlanta (39-42), whic...
Reports: Seahawks re-sign QB Drew Lock
Drew Lock is returning for a second tour of duty as a backup quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, multiple media outlets reported on Friday.,Lock, 28, is expected to sign a two-year, $5 million deal, per ESPN, after playing the 2024 season with the New York Giants. ,Lock appeared in eight games wit...
Jets continue quest for Presidents' Trophy, face Blackhawks
The Winnipeg Jets look to put themselves in prime position to lock up the Presidents' Trophy when they head on the road to face the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.,The Jets (54-21-4, 112 points) can inch themselves closer towards their first Presidents' Trophy in franchise history in Saturday's clas...
Hawks' Zaccharie Risacher rides momentum into Philadelphia
Zaccharie Risacher continues to prove the doubters wrong.,The 20-year-old Atlanta forward will look to build off a career-high scoring performance when the Hawks visit the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday.,As the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 draft, Risacher faced plenty of skeptics, even while deliver...
Zaccharie Risacher's career high helps Hawks' playoff positioning
Rookie Zaccharie Risacher scored 23 of his career-high 38 points in the first half as the Atlanta Hawks started fast, never let up and cruised to a 133-109 rout of the Brooklyn Nets Thursday night in New York.,The Hawks (38-42) won for just the third time in their past nine games and are two games b...
Blackhawks pull away from Bruins in third period
Nick Foligno scored twice and Ryan Donato's 30th goal of the season sparked an early-third-period run of three goals in 1:33 as the visiting Chicago Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Thursday.,The first three goals for Chicago (23-46-10, 56 points) were all scored by former Bruins. Foligno ma...
Reports: Hawaii bill on sports betting clears senate hurdle
Hawaii moved closer to potentially legalizing online sports betting, after House Bill 1308 passed the state's Senate, several outlets reported Wednesday.,The bill has sparked much debate, yet has continued to march toward becoming law. The Senate voted 15-10 to approve an amended version of the bill...
With season winding down, Bruins and Blackhawks search for good feelings
The Stanley Cup playoffs are well out of reach for both the host Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks entering their Thursday night clash.,Both teams have won just two of their last 10 games and sit second-to-last in their respective conferences but could have had more opposite Tuesday results.,...
Senators weigh sitting F Brady Tkachuk ahead of playoffs
Having clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2017 on Tuesday, the Ottawa Senators are considering holding out injured captain Brady Tkachuk for the final four regular-season games.,Tkachuk, 25, has missed the past five games with an upper-body injury sustained on a hit from Pittsburgh de...
Jags: Trevor Lawrence to be limited in spring, ready for Week 1
The Jacksonville Jaguars said Wednesday that quarterback Trevor Lawrence will be on a "pitch count" during spring activities but is expected to be ready by Week 1 of the 2025 regular season. ,Lawrence continues to rehab from AC joint surgery in December, an injury that cut short his 2024 season. ,La...
Hawks looking to get defensive against Nets
Piling up points is not necessarily the problem for the Atlanta Hawks. Stopping their opponents is another story.,While the Hawks are securely into one of the four play-in spots in the Eastern Conference, they would like to show some kind of improvement on the defensive end when they visit the Brook...
Mariners lose 2B Ryan Bliss to torn biceps
Seattle Mariners second baseman Ryan Bliss landed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a left biceps tear.,Bliss, 25, is batting .200 with one homer, three RBIs and two stolen bases in 11 games this season. Bliss has not committed any errors in the field and leads all American League second bas...
Penguins demolish Blackhawks, earn home-and-home split
Tristan Jarry stopped all 26 shots he faced for his second shutout of the season as the host Pittsburgh Penguins bullied the Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 on Tuesday.,The Penguins' (32-35-12, 76 points) veterans carried the load offensively as Kevin Hayes tallied twice. Meanwhile, Sidney Crosby, Erik Karls...
Magic top Hawks, stretch lead in standings
Paolo Banchero recorded his third straight double-double with 33 points and 10 rebounds as the Orlando Magic beat the visiting Atlanta Hawks 119-112 on Tuesday for their third straight win.,Orlando (39-40) moved two games ahead of Atlanta for the No. 7 spot in the Eastern Conference with three games...
Northwestern settles hazing lawsuits; Pat Fitzgerald’s suit continues
A group of football players agreed to settle its lawsuits against Northwestern that concerned allegations of hazing and abusive behavior under previous coach Pat Fitzgerald.,Per Bloomberg News, "master settlement agreements" were signed but the final documentation was still being finalized. The grou...
Collin Morikawa savors full field at Masters, senses golf took pre-LIV life for granted
Collin Morikawa went through most of last season "guessing" whether he could execute any given golf shot and decided the only way forward was to return to the starting line. He's fairly confident LIV Golf and the PGA Tour could benefit from doing the same.,"It's really hard to do that, really hard t...
Ill Holger Rune retires in Monte Carlo match
An ill Holger Rune retired in the first round of the Monte-Carlo Masters in Monaco on Tuesday.,Playing Nuno Borges of Portugal, Rune lost the first set 6-2 and trailed 0-3 in the second when he ended the match.,The 10th-seeded Rune, of Denmark, reportedly had been sick before the start of the tourna...