8:00 AM ET ST. LOUIS — From exploring the football practice facility formerly known as Rams Park on a humid June afternoon, an outsider would never know that it is the place an NFL team once called home. Now used for youth soccer, the home of the St. Louis Rams for more than two decades
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6:51 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN St. Louis Blues forward Ivan Barbashev has been suspended for one game for an illegal check to the head on Boston’s Marcus Johansson in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, the league announced. Barbashev was not penalized on the play. Barbashev has three goals, three assists and is plus-1
9:09 AM ET “I might be the captain of the Titanic that goes down, but I’ll still be a hero.” Although it might seem like hyperbole, it’s a succinct way to describe Scott Berry’s mindset as his hometown St. Louis Blues head into Sunday’s Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. After all, Berry has
2:55 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN BOSTON – Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy was still upset over the state of officiating in the Stanley Cup Playoffs on the day after their Game 5 loss to the St. Louis Blues, but said it’s time to pivot to a win-or-go-home game on Sunday. “Today’s a new day. So
11:17 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN BOSTON — The roar was the loudest that TD Garden had experienced during the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs. Zdeno Chara, the towering captain for the Boston Bruins, was introduced to the crowd as a Game 5 starter, after reportedly breaking his jaw in Game 4 against the St. Louis Blues.
7:05 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN With a 2-1 win in Game 5 — the lowest-scoring game of this series — the St. Louis Blues are on the cusp of their first-ever Stanley Cup, and have a chance to win it at home. The Boston Bruins? They’ll have to summon some composure (a la what the
1:38 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN BOSTON — Bruins president Cam Neely hurled a water bottle against a wall. Boston fans littered the ice with garbage. Coach Bruce Cassidy called it “egregious,” in an intense rant about how the quality of playoff officiating has been a “black eye” for the NHL. The St. Louis Blues won
7:56 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN BOSTON — Bruins captain Zdeno Chara is in the lineup for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, less than 72 hours after he reportedly sustained a broken jaw after taking a puck to the face. Defenseman Matt Grzelcyk, meanwhile, will miss his third straight game after sustaining a concussion
12:28 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN BOSTON — The crowd at TD Garden chanted Zdeno Chara‘s name as he took the ice before the national anthem. Then the arena erupted when Boston’s captain was introduced in the starting lineup. The Bruins didn’t know what they’d get out of the 42-year-old defenseman, who made the decision to
11:47 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN BOSTON — Bruins captain Zdeno Chara was back on the ice — in a full shield — on Thursday morning ahead of Game 5, and will be a game-time decision, according to coach Bruce Cassidy. Defenseman Matt Grzelcyk, who has been out since Game 2 with a concussion, is also