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Predators' Steven Stamkos fined for unsportsmanlike conduct
Nashville Predators forward Steven Stamkos was fined $2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct by the NHL on Sunday following an incident in Saturday's matchup with the Vegas Golden Knights.,Golden Knights defenseman Jeremy Lauzon hit Nashville forward Jonathan Marchessault into the Predators' bench during...

Steven Stamkos tallies 600th goal as Predators beat Golden Knights
Steven Stamkos scored his 600th career goal to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday afternoon in Las Vegas., ,Stamkos roofed a one-timer from the left circle off a Filip Forsberg crossing pass at the 15:37 mark of the first period to tie the game, ...

Steven Stamkos eyes 600th goal as Predators visit Vegas
Nashville forward Steven Stamkos will try to cap what has already been a December to remember as he attempts to join the 600-goal club when the Predators face the slumping Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday afternoon in Las Vegas.,Stamkos scored two third-period goals in a 98-second span -- the 598th...

Steven Stamkos' OT goal lifts Predators over Wild
Steven Stamkos scored 53 seconds into overtime to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Stamkos finished with a goal and an assist for Nashville, which achieved its first three-game winning streak of the season. Ryan O'Reilly also not...

No. 3 overall recruit Olivia Vukosa commits to UConn
Olivia Vukosa, rated the No. 3 overall prospect in the high school Class of 2026, committed to UConn on Tuesday.,Vukosa is also the No. 1 post player in ESPN's high school rankings. A 6-foot-4 center, the native of Whitestone, N.Y., chose the defending champion Huskies over LSU, Ohio State, South Ca...

Lightning top Predators in Steven Stamkos' Tampa Bay homecoming
Nick Paul tapped in a goal 3:22 into overtime as the Lightning spoiled Steven Stamkos' two-assist return to Tampa Bay by beating the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Monday night.,Paul kept the puck alive with hard work in the offensive zone and sent it over to Jake Guentzel, who then returned it to Paul ...

Preds' Steven Stamkos returns to Tampa for first time since exit
It did not take long for former Tampa Bay Lightning superstar Steven Stamkos' homecoming to appear on the NHL schedule, and the Nashville Predators, his new club, will gladly take any kind of good feelings they can get.,Playing better after a slow start to a season brimming with high expectations, t...

Steven Stamkos on move: 'I never thought this day would come'
Steven Stamkos bid an emotional farewell to the Tampa Bay community on Monday, penning an article for The Players' Tribune that recounted going from the No. 1 draft pick to team captain to two-time Stanley Cup champion.,"How do you say goodbye to a place like that? To a city that welcomed you as an ...

Report: Busy Predators signing Steven Stamkos, Brady Skjei
The Nashville Predators are signing forwards Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault and defenseman Brady Skjei, multiple outlets reported Monday.,Stamkos, the longtime Tampa Bay Lightning captain, agreed to a four-year, $32 million deal. Marchessault's agreement is for five years and $27.5 million...

Report: Preds are front-runners to sign Steven Stamkos
The Nashville Predators are the front-runners to sign veteran forward Steven Stamkos, The Athletic reported Monday.,The longtime Tampa Bay Lightning captain is expected to land a deal in the four-year, $32 million range, per the report.,Stamkos, 34, just completed his 16th season with the Lightning,...

Longtime Lightning star Steven Stamkos could become free agent
The Tampa Bay Lightning and longtime star Steven Stamkos are unlikely to reach an agreement on a new deal prior to the start of NHL free agency.,Stamkos, the team captain since March 2014, will become an unrestricted free agent on Monday if the two sides remain without a deal.,"If we had reached an ...

Should Broncos fans, or anyone, have faith in Denver’s front office anymore?
Nathaniel Hackett is who we thought he was, and the last time head coach Sean Payton won a ring the sports world was still a month away from being introduced to Brad Stevens and the Butler Bulldogs. Putting the Denver Broncos’ mistakes all on Russell Wilson’s shoulders is a cowardly move....

A lack of relationships curbed the NFL’s enthusiasm for Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick’s offseason job search ended in pitiful fashion last week. For unknown reasons, a bevy of general managers vying to keep their jobs in a highly competitive industry opted to hitch their wagons to young, unproven coaches they’ve had prior relationships with rather than an eight-time Su...

Baltimore Orioles being sold for $1.725 billion
The Baltimore Orioles are being sold to a pair of private equity billionaires. ...

What do the Edmonton Oilers want with Corey Perry?
The Edmonton Oilers have been the NHL’s hottest team for a good long while now. They’ve won 13 in a row, and since that woeful 2-9-1 start, they’ve gone 24-6-0, which over a full season would be a 131-point pace. They’ve vaulted themselves out of the Motel For Men where the Sharks live, that they sp...

The Coco Gauff era is fully underway
Coco Gauff was brought to tears at the 2023 Australian Open following a fourth-round loss to Jeļena Ostapenko. A year later she was in danger of another early exit in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Unforced errors were piling up and Gauff was forced to rally to pull out a win by tiebre...

This about sums up the Penguins season
Hockey can be infuriating. In no other sport can you do mostly everything right, but a little chinks in the armor can have an outsized effect if they’re spaced out correctly. Go 0-fer on the power play, or don’t get a save at the right time, or give up the wrong odd-man rush in the gimmick of overti...

Sometimes the magic of the FA Cup is getting your teeth kicked in
Every sports fan likes to complain. That’s the main point, really. I’m a Chicago Bears fan, for God’s sake. I’m made of gripes now. But we have it pretty good over here in the States, when compared to what you might go through in other parts of the world. What we would have all gone through had we b...

Let’s hand out some NHL awards. It’s Christmas after all!
Generally, this comes up at the quarter-mark or halfway through the season. But hey, it’s Christmas, so let’s hand out some Christmastime NHL awards just to get into the spirit of the thing! Who is leading in the various categories that the league likes to hand out some weird looking silverware for ...

Drew Lock put on for his city and kept Seattle's playoff hopes alive
They put in Drew Lock and the Mizzou boy went crazy. Philly had nothing for him as he went crazy....