Month: April 2022

3:58 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden joked that Steven Stamkos was getting old after playing in the NHL for 14 seasons, praised the Tampa Bay Lightning‘s vaccine efforts and otherwise avoided politics while honoring the team for winning the Stanley Cup in each of the past two seasons. In a rare
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5:00 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Virginia Attorney General’s office will open an investigation into allegations that the Washington Commanders engaged in financial improprieties, according to a letter it emailed the franchise Monday. The letter comes after the House Oversight and Reform Committee sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission on April 12.
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3:26 PM ET Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins is expected to miss offseason workouts while he recovers from shoulder surgery, coach Zac Taylor said Monday. Higgins had the procedure following the team’s trip to the Super Bowl and was sporting a protective brace on his left shoulder during an appearance at the Cincinnati Reds‘
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3:42 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Dryden McKay, the Minnesota State goaltender who won this year’s Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA’s top player, and then accepted a six-month ban for an anti-doping rule violation. McKay, 24, agreed to a two-year contract with the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League. McKay
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4:59 PM ET In a move to provide more transparency with regards to the transfer portal, the NCAA released statistics and information for the years 2020 and 2021 that shows only 54 percent of FBS players who entered the portal enrolled at a new school. During the two-year period shown in the infographics provided by
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12:55 PM ET Blake Baumgartner Justyn Rhett changed his commitment from Notre Dame to Georgia on Monday. Rhett, who committed to the Fighting Irish back in December, decommitted after attending Georgia’s spring game April 16. Rhett, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound cornerback from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, is ranked No. 63 in the ESPN
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8:30 AM ET Ben Dowsett With 53 seconds left in the fourth quarter and his Atlanta Hawks on the brink of elimination, Onyeka Okongwu makes a game-saving defensive play against the Cleveland Cavaliers. After helping his team erase a 10-point halftime deficit while filling in for injured starter Clint Capela, Okongwu is assigned to Cavs
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1:17 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid was fined $15,000 for criticizing the officiating in Saturday’s Game 4 loss to the Toronto Raptors. Embiid, who is dealing with a right thumb sprain, gave an extended golf clap to the officiating crew of Scott Foster, Ed Malloy and Rodney Mott on his way off
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