Welcome to the NHL Star Power Index: A weekly gauge of the players who are controlling substantial buzz around the league. When a player is included on this list it may not be a good thing — it means that they are capturing a large amount of the hockey world’s attention.These players are in no particular order when it comes to the amount of buzz that they’re creating. We’ll revisit the Star Power Index every week throughout the regular season. There’s been no player that has had more of a knack for scoring goals this season than Chris Kreider.Entering the…
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Kevin O’Connell’s ascension in the NFL is continuing all the way up to Minnesota. The Vikings are expected to hire the Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator as head coach, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday. The deal cannot be completed until after Super Bowl LVI where O’Connell’s Rams face the Cincinnati Bengals. Finalists for the job included colleague and Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, Giants DC Patrick Graham and University of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, who met with team brass for nine hours Wednesday but was not offered the job, per Pelissero. O’Connell was also a top…
LeBron James last played in a game for the Lakers on Jan. 25. Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is expected to miss his fourth straight game because of a left knee injury. Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, James will likely be sidelined for Wednesday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers (10:30 ET, NBA League Pass) and could miss more time because of irritation in his left knee. As of Wednesday afternoon, James was listed as doubtful on the NBA’s injury report. Lakers star LeBron James is expected to miss Wednesday’s game vs. Portland, and could be out a…
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang – TELL US ABOUT YOUR NEW PAINT SCHEME? “Yellow, a lot of yellow. We’re gonna see that car on the racetrack, for sure. I thought Shell and Pennzoil coming together doing that video on our social pages did a great job of kind of explaining the story of what Next Gen is for NASCAR and what Next Gen is for Joey Logano and what it is for Shell and Team Penske, and kind of going to the next level and unveiling a cool paint job while we’re at it. It’s obviously very clean. …
Less than one week after Major League Baseball made proposals with the hope of creating a path toward a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the MLB Players Association countered Tuesday with minimal movement on a number of issues. Per sources, the MLBPA offered to reduce its figure for a pre-arbitration bonus pool from $105 million to $100 million. The league had offered to create a $10 million pool — one which would reward the top performers among the group of pre-arbitration players — funded by central baseball, using the framework that had initially been presented by the MLBPA. MLB had presented…
Last Sunday provided the first national televised spotlight for the Advocates Pro Golf Association Tour, a group that provides and fosters a competitive environment for minorities, with an APGA event held at Torrey Pines the day after the completion of the Farmers Insurance Open. Welcomed and warranted as the stage was, the performance ended on a note that confused some fans: While the APGA’s goal is to bring diversity to the game, about 15 percent of its members are white, and one of those players, Patrick Newcomb, left Torrey as the tournament victor after defeating Tim O’Neal (who is black)…
Montoya and Evans will be joined by Palo Alto resident Jasmine Aikey (home-schooled), Burlingame’s Amalie Pianim and Redwood City resident Freya Spiekerkoetter, all of whom have played together or against each other with the MVLA soccer club. Montoya, Evans and Aikey all played for the U.S. junior national team. Montoya, Spiekerkoetter, Aikey and Pianim all played on the same club team, coached by Erin Montoya, Allie’s mom. “It’s pretty crazy that club teams here have been so strong,” Montoya said. It’s even better when the nationally ranked Cardinal can successfully recruit locally. Head coach Paul Ratcliffe, who is also affiliated…
Ashley Giles has left his role with the ECB Ashley Giles has been relieved of his duties as England managing director in the wake of England’s 4-0 Ashes defeat to Australia. Giles had found his position under pressure along with head coach Chris Silverwood and batting coach Graeme Thorpe as the ECB examined England’s uninspiring performance in Australia.The 48-year-old took over the role in January 2019 after succeeding Sir Andrew Strauss, who will now take temporary charge. Tom Harrison, ECB chief executive officer, said: “I’m extremely grateful to Ashley for his commitment and contribution to England men’s cricket over the…
February 2nd, 2022 All-American heavyweight prospect DaCarree “MacTruck” Scott says winning the NABA Gold Heavyweight title last Saturday night (January 29, 2022) in just his seventh fight, and going 10 rounds for the first time doing it, confirmed he is on the right path in his professional career.Despite having fought just seven career professional rounds before taking the fight on short notice, 23-year-old Scott (7-0, 6 KOs) faced off against Ahmed Hefny (then 13-1, 5 KOs), of Queens, New York, as part of the Don King event at the Packard Music Hall in Warren, Ohio, and came away with an…
Story Links NEW YORK — Columbia men’s tennis head coach Howard Endelman has officially announced the addition of Shaun Bernstein and Keith Kambourian to Lions’ coaching staff. Bernstein will serve as the assistant coach, while Kambourian will work with the team as a volunteer assistant.A 2014 graduate of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, Bernstein was a two-year captain of the Wolverines tennis program and a three-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement awardee. Upon graduation, the Plainview, NY native worked as a financial analyst at Merrill Lynch in Charlotte, North Carolina before returning to the Empire State as an associate…