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Kraken's Jessica Campbell is NHL's first female assistant coach
The Seattle Kraken hired Jessica Campbell as the NHL's first full-time female assistant coach on Wednesday.,Campbell, 31, was added to new head coach Dan Bylsma's staff along with fellow assistant Bob Woods.,Campbell was an assistant on Bylsma's staff with the AHL's Coachella Valley Firebirds for th...

Real Salt Lake look to bounce back quickly vs. Dynamo
Real Salt Lake will try to rebound after seeing their 15-match unbeaten run come to an end when they face an improving Houston Dynamo side in Sandy, Utah, on Wednesday night. ,Salt Lake (10-3-7, 37 points) suffered a 1-0 loss to the LA Galaxy back on June 22 due to Gabriel Pec's 74th-minute goal. Th...

Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese make WNBA All-Star roster
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark and Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese are All-Stars as WNBA rookies, earning berths on the WNBA's team that will oppose Team USA in the All-Star Game on July 20 in Phoenix.,Clark ranked among the top 10 in voting by fans, players and media, giving her automatic qualif...

Chennedy Carter, Sky pull away for win over Dream
Chennedy Carter scored six of her game-high 26 points in the final 1:32 and Angel Reese produced 12 points and 19 rebounds to lift the Chicago Sky to an 85-77 win against the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday in College Park, Ga.,Chicago (7-11) stopped a two-game losing streak while sending the Dream (7-11) ...

NYCFC vying to start new win streak vs. CF Montreal
After seeing a lengthy winning streak recently end, New York City FC will try to start another one when they host CF Montreal on Wednesday evening.,New York City (10-8-2, 32 points) went on a run of five consecutive wins spanning the better part of May. June, however, turned out to be a rough month:...

Bernhard Langer prepares to say goodbye to DP World Tour
Germany's Bernhard Langer is coming home again to make his final start on the DP World Tour in this week's BMW International Open at Munich.,The 66-year-old Langer is not fully retired -- he is still playing (and winning) on the PGA Tour Champions -- but the tournament at Golfclub Munchen Eichenried...

Maple Leafs sign goaltenders Anthony Stolarz, Matt Murray
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed free agent Anthony Stolarz to a two-year, $5 million contract and also re-signed fellow goaltender Matt Murray to a one-year, $875,000 deal on Tuesday.,Stolarz, 30, played 27 games for the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers last season, posting a 16-7-2 record with ...

Leafs re-sign G Matt Murray for 2024-25 season
The Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed goaltender Matt Murray to a one-year, $875,000 deal on Tuesday.,Murray, 30, missed all of last season following bilateral hip surgery in October. It was the final year of his four-year, $25 million contract he signed with Ottawa in 2020.,Murray played just 26 games ...

Utah football No. 1 in Big 12 preseason poll
Utah could begin its first season in the Big 12 with a bang.,The Utes were picked to finish first in the conference's football media preseason poll, released Tuesday. Utah, moving from the Pac-12, garnered 20 first-place votes (906 points), followed by Kansas State (19 first-place votes, 889), Oklah...
Ten Buy Low 2024 MLB Trade Deadline Candidates That Would Help Playoff Contenders
The MLB trade deadline is less than one month away, and these ten players could be available on the cheap for contending teams to make serious playoff pushes....

Sky, Dream both seek better finishing efforts
The Atlanta Dream and Chicago Sky would love to put closure on their struggles to execute in crunch time.,Both teams are coming off frustrating finishes against top opponents entering Tuesday's meeting in Atlanta.,The Dream (7-10) squandered a 16-point first-half lead at New York and surrendered the...

Canadiens sign F Juraj Slafkovsky to $60.8M contract extension
The Montreal Canadiens signed former No. 1 overall pick Juraj Slafkovsky to an eight-year, $60.8 million contract extension on Monday.,The new deal, with an average annual value of $7.6 million, begins with the 2025-26 season for Slafkovsky, who's entering the final year of his entry-level contract ...

Kraken sign D Brandon Montour, C Chandler Stephenson
The Seattle Kraken signed free agent defenseman Brandon Montour and center Chandler Stephenson to seven-year contracts on Monday.,Montour, who just completed a Stanley Cup championship season with the Florida Panthers, inked a $50 million contract with an average annual value of $7.14 million.,Steph...
2025 NHL Stanley Cup Finals Odds As Free Agency Frenzy Begins
As NHL free agency opens, let's take a snapshot of what 2025 NHL Stanley Cup betting odds look like....

Reports: Blue Jackets sign F Sean Monahan to 5-year deal
The Columbus Blue Jackets are signing forward Sean Monahan to a five-year deal worth $27.5 million, multiple outlets reported Monday. ,The signing reunites Monahan with his former linemate in Calgary, Johnny Gaudreau. The pair were 1-2 in scoring with the Flames from 2015-19. ,Monahan played in just...

Maple Leafs sign D Chris Tanev, extend G Joseph Woll
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed defenseman Chris Tanev and extended goaltender Joseph Woll's contract on Monday.,Tanev landed a six-year, $27 million deal ($4.5 million average annual value). Woll received a three-year extension, effective for the 2025-26 season, for $11 million ($3.66 million AAV).,...

Simone Biles Olympics-bound for 3rd time after winning team trials
Simone Biles will be headed to the Olympics for the third time after posting an all-around score of 117.225 in Minneapolis at the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials, which concluded on Sunday night. ,Biles came on the scene at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, collecting four gold medals and a bronze. She ...

Subliners charge back, stun FaZe to win CDL Major 4
The New York Subliners stormed through the elimination bracket and upset the Atlanta FaZe 4-2 in the grand final to win the Call of Duty League's Stage 4 Major on Sunday in Burbank, Calif.,The Subliners opened the day sitting in Round 4 of the elimination bracket. New York needed three wins in three...

Report: Kevin Love returning to Heat on two-year deal
Forward Kevin Love is returning to the Miami Heat on a two-year, $8 million deal, The Athletic reported Sunday.,Love opted out of his $4 million option for the 2024-25 season on Saturday.,Love, who turns 36 in September, was a valuable role player for the Heat last season. He averaged 8.8 points and...

Leafs re-sign F Max Domi, D Timothy Liljegren
Forward Max Domi and the Toronto Maple Leafs agreed on a four-year, $15 million deal, the team announced Sunday.,The two sides avoided going to free agency, which begins Monday at noon ET.,Domi, 29, totaled nine goals and 38 assists in 80 regular-season games during the 2023-24 campaign, his first i...