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Flyers sign D David Jiricek to 2-year, $3M extension
The Philadelphia Flyers signed defenseman David Jiricek to a two-year, $3 million contract extension Wednesday.,Jiricek, 22, joined Philadelphia in a March 6 trade that sent forward Bobby Brink to the Minnesota Wild. He has yet to play for the Flyers.,He has since recorded 10 points (two goals, eigh...
Final World Cup ticketing phase is first-come, first-served
Fans looking for one last opportunity to get tickets to this summer's FIFA World Cup in North America will get their chance on April 1.,And that's no joke.,FIFA announced Wednesday that a fourth and final phase of ticket sales will take place starting at 11 a.m. ET on April 1 and will remain open th...
European fans file complaint over World Cup ticket prices
European soccer fans have lodged a formal complaint over the high cost of tickets for this summer's FIFA World Cup in North America.,Football Supporters Europe (FSE) and the consumer rights organization Euroconsumers filed an 18-page complaint on Tuesday with the European Commission in Brussels.,"FI...
Report: Police responded to 911 calls before Falcons LB James Pearce's arrest
Records showed that police received seven 911 calls reporting threatening behavior by Atlanta Falcons linebacker James Pearce Jr. before he was ultimately arrested in February, ESPN reported Monday.,The names of the callers were redacted in the documents ESPN obtained, but between November and Febru...
Wild acquire Nick Foligno from Blackhawks, Bobby Brink from Flyers
The Minnesota Wild acquired forward Nick Foligno from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for future considerations on Friday.,The elder Foligno, 38, will join his younger brother, Marcus, 34, in Minnesota.,Also on Friday, the Wild landed forward Bobby Brink from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange f...
Report: WNBA’s Fire to add ex-sportswriter in front office role
Former basketball writer Ben Pickman is moving up from the journalism world into a WNBA front office role.,The expansion Portland Fire hired Pickman as a salary cap and strategy analyst, Front Office Sports reported Monday.,Pickman worked for Sports Illustrated from 2018-22 covering college and prof...
FIFA president: All 104 World Cup matches will be 'sold out'
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said all 104 matches of the 2026 World Cup will be "sold out" despite tickets available for the tournament running from June 11 to July 19.,"The demand is there. Every match is sold out," Infantino told CNBC in an interview Wednesday from U.S. President Donald Trump's...
Chiefs' Rashee Rice accused of assault in civil suit by mother of his children
A former girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice filed a civil lawsuit this week in Texas alleging that he assaulted her during a span from December 2023 to July 2025.,Dacoda Jones, with whom Rice has two children and said she was pregnant during many of the alleged assaults, file...
U.S. Figure Skating doesn't appeal Chock and Bates' ice dance results
MILAN, Italy -- U.S. Figure Skating did not appeal Madison Chock and Evan Bates' score from the ice dance final, which drew the ire of some fans and forced the veteran Americans to settle for silver at the Milan Cortina Games.,Chock and Bates, who had been undefeated all season, said they felt like ...
Brock Nelson, US drill Latvia 5-1 in men's hockey opener in Milan
Brock Nelson scored two goals for the United States in a 5-1 win against Latvia in their opening preliminary-round game at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday.,Brady Tkachuk, Tage Thompson and Auston Matthews also scored, Jack Hughes had three assists and Matthew Tkachuk and Jack Eichel ea...
Tearful US ice dance pair feels they skated a winning performance
MILAN, Italy -- American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates said they believed they had delivered an Olympic gold-medal performance on Wednesday despite having to settle for silver behind France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron.,Chock and Bates entered the decisive free dance ...
US' Madison Chock and Evan Bates narrowly lose ice dance gold to French pair
MILAN, Italy -- France's Laurence? Fournier? Beaudry and Guillaume? Cizeron captured ice dance gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Wednesday, edging Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates in a remarkable story of reinvention less than a year after they teamed up.,Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron -- wh...
US, Canada group stage meeting promises intensity in Milan
MILAN -- The U.S. and Canada will be "out for blood" as they renew their rivalry at the Milan Cortina Games, U.S. veteran Alex Carpenter told reporters on Monday, with an upcoming group stage game that has the feel of a championship contest.,The only teams to take the top of the podium since the wom...
Celtics star Jayson Tatum (Achilles) cleared to return to practice
Jayson Tatum hit an important benchmark in his recovery from an Achilles tear Monday, as the Boston Celtics sent him to take part in the G League affiliate Maine Celtics' practice in Boston.,The team said in a statement that after Tatum participates in "portions of" Maine's practice, he will immedia...
Lou Holtz, in hospice care, still 'fighting the fight'
Legendary college football coach Lou Holtz, who entered hospice care recently, is spending time with family, his son said in an update posted Sunday morning to social media.,"Appreciate everyone's text and prayers. Dad is 89 and he is STILL fighting the fight! Only the man upstairs knows how much ti...
Reports: Coaching legend Lou Holtz in hospice care
Legendary college football coach Lou Holtz, who led Notre Dame to an undefeated national championship season in 1988, has entered hospice care, according to multiple reports.,Holtz, 89, has been dealing with several health concerns in recent years, including leg injuries sustained last winter in a c...
Texas QB Arch Manning has 'minor' foot surgery
Texas quarterback Arch Manning underwent "minor" foot surgery this week but is expected to take part in spring football practices, the university announced Friday.,The surgery was a "preventative measure to address a previous injury," per Texas officials. His participation in offseason workouts ahea...
Miami-Indiana CFP get-in price soars over $4K
Monday night's title game between Miami and Indiana will be the most expensive ticket in the history of the College Football Playoff.,The get-in price for two seats together at the 65,000-seat Hard Rock Stadium as of 5 p.m. ET on Monday was more than $4,000 across several secondary ticketing platfor...
Brice Sensabaugh heating up as Jazz open 2-game set vs. Mavs
The Mavericks will face the Utah Jazz on Thursday night in the first of two consecutive games in Dallas between the Western Conference foes.,The two-game set is part of a five-game road swing for Utah, which lost 128-126 at Chicago on Wednesday. ,Nikola Vucevic scored in the paint with four seconds ...
Police: Video exonerates Marcus Freeman of alleged battery at wrestling meet
Investigators went to the video and exonerated Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman of shoving a coach during a wrestling meet on Jan. 3. ,The St. Joseph's County Prosecutor's Office said video of the alleged incident during the high school wrestling meet told a different story than the alleged ...