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The support players and coaches for the Montreal Canadiens are a welcome sign for a league that has had zero out players in its history. The post Montreal Canadiens would embrace a gay teammate. ‘Everyone would be supportive’ appeared first on Outsports .
Macklin Celebrini's superstar performance at the just-concluded Olympic Games has brought a little more attention to t he San Jose Sharks. And while they have Celebrini, Will Smith, and others to get excited about up front, their blueline, overall, is nothing to write home about. In fact, as a group, they're ranked near the bottom of the league. They're 30th in the NHL in goals against per game. But at just five points out of a playoff spot, the Sharks should be looking to beef up their ...
Coming off a blowout victory against the Phoenix Suns, the Spurs took on the Sacramento Kings for the second I-35 Series game at the Moody Center in Austin, TX. The Spurs started hot with an 11-0 run. However, the Kings crawled back to within four points by the end of the first quarter. Despite the […]
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We’re nearly to the NFL Combine when we’ll get some real information about how teams value some of these prospects. In the meantime, speculation will run wild about how some of these prospects are valued, and especially about what the Jets will do. New York is one of the most important teams in the first […]
The Lakers have a problem. It’s a LeBron James problem. Well, it’s also a Luka Doncic problem. Really, it’s an Austin Reaves problem, too. When LA’s three best players are on the floor together, they’re a -8.8 net rating. They’ve played just eleven games together and sure, sport an 8-3 record, but at their core, […]
We’ll start with Sidney Crosby, unable to play today after picking up an injury in the quarterfinals. The picture sums it up, a gutting ending for his 2026 Olympics, and at 38-years old, stands at what very possibly ends up as his final moment on Olympic ice. That’s a tough ending to that chapter. He’ll […]
With any sort of postseason play now a distant memory, the best Dana Altman’s group can do now is make life difficult for those currently fighting for it. Saturday, they did just that, upsetting USC 71-70 at the Galen Center in LA. After a tightly contested game, the Ducks found themselves in a familiar spot, […]
It’s easy to sit here right now and say, “What could’ve been?” for a Canadian team stacked with offensive talent, but not enough when it mattered most. After all, that was the difference between a win and a loss on Sunday in the 2026 Olympic gold medal game between the two countries that straddle the…
The Texas Rangers welcome the Colorado Rockies to their spring home in Surprise, Arizona for a Cactus League matchup. The most notable thing about today’s contest is the debut in Texas attire for big lefty offseason acquisition MacKenzie Gore. Opposing Gore and Texas for Colorado will be former Ranger Jimmy Herget, a right-handed reliever who […]
The Kansas City Royals are back in action after getting crushed yesterday by the Padres 10-3. The Royals won their first Spring Training game against the Rangers 7-3 and will look to get back in the groove of things today taking on the Brewers. Bailey Falter takes the ball to start today. Falter, a trade […]
The United States defeated Canada 2-1 on Sunday in an overtime epic that will live in lore for the ages, while on Saturday Finland avenged its earlier loss to Slovakia 6-1 to take the bronze. With it, three Hurricanes will return this week with medals: One gold, one silver, and one bronze. That’s the basics […]
UConn men’s hockey’s first Olympian is also its first gold medalist. On Sunday, Tage Thompson captured gold in Milan after Team USA beat Canada 2-1 in overtime. Thompson recorded 10:02 of ice time and put four shots on net in the victory. Across the tournament, he notched three goals and an assist while leading the […]
Entering this gold medal matchup, it looked like Team USA owned the deeper forward group and a more talented defense, but when the chips were down, Team Canada absolutely dominated, doing everything but scoring more than once. Ultimately, this is the story of the 2026 Olympic gold medal game. If the two sides played this […] The post Game Review: Better team loses Olympic gold medal game in three-on-three contest appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
Head coach Jon Cooper reacts to Team Canada’s heartbreaking 2-1 overtime loss to Team USA in the gold medal game. On how he reflects on the difficult nature of the loss: Well… It is hard to reflect so soon after the game. We asked the players to come in here and grow as a team. […] The post Jon Cooper on Team Canada falling short in the gold medal game: “It was a flawless performance by a group of players who bled red and white… Couldn’t be prouder” appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
Exhale. The Game Team USA came out of the gates strong in the Gold Medal Game against Team Canada. Both sides came out playing a hard and heavy game, exchanging hits and going at each other to set the tone. But Team USA would strike first when Matt Boldy decided to do it himself, finding […]
NBA Hall-of-Fame coach Phil Jackson once said that for a team to be considered an “elite” championship contender, they must win 40 games in the regular season before they lose 20. On Saturday night, the San Antonio Spurs became the third team to meet that criteria in the 2025-26 season. The Oklahoma City Thunder and […]
Italy, MILAN — The dream matchup fans craved since the NHL committed to the 2026 Winter Games finally unfolded: USA vs. Canada for Olympic men’s hockey gold at Milano Santagiulia Arena. Cale Makar, Devon Toews, and Nathan MacKinnon vs. Brock Nelson. It delivered pure drama. Matt Boldy struck first for the U.S., slipping past Toews […]
USA edge Canada 2-1 in overtime at the 2026 Winter Olympics as Jack Hughes scores the golden goal to secure America’s first men’s hockey gold since 1980.
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It might not have been the fairytale ending, but there’s no question who the best player in the world is. Following Canada’s disappointing overtime loss to the United States in the gold medal game of the 2026 Winter Olympics, forward Connor McDavid was named the tournament’s most valuable player. Connor McDavid is the MVP of…
Behind a legendary performance from Connor Hellebuyck and a storybook overtime winner from Jack Hughes, Team USA stunned Canada to end a 46-year gold medal drought.
With Manchester United going on a hot streak in England and abroad, Chelsea Women had a point to make: we can put a stop to this nonsense. The Blues’ plan was to take charge of the pitch and keep the heat on the visitors at Kingsmeadow. Whereas United were happy to let Phallon Tullis-Joyce put […]
Maybe it was destiny for this men’s United States team to win the gold medal at the 2026 Olympics. After all, it was the 46th anniversary, to the day, of the last time the men’s team took home gold, winning the Miracle on Ice against the Soviet Union in Lake Placid. But that’s not how…
Despite Canada starting its line of Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, and Macklin Celebrini, it was Jack Eichel, Matthew Tkachuk, and Brady Tkachuk who had the early jump in the Gold Medal Game, spending an extended shift in the Canadian zone. They had a lot of possession, but no shots as Canada survived the early pressure. With the opening 90 seconds survived, the Canadians began to get involved in the game offensively, generating the first two shots on goal on solid scoring chances. Cel...