Canada claimed bronze at the FIBA women’s 3×3 basketball World Cup with a 21-9 win over Poland on Sunday in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Team veteran Paige Crozon of Humboldt, Sask., led Canada with 13 points and five rebounds at Sükhbaatar Square. Hamilton’s Saicha Grant-Allen added five points and five rebounds for the sixth-seeded Canadians. Cassandra Brown of Vernon, B.C., and Kacie Bosch … Read more
U.S. television ratings for the Stanley Cup Final rematch between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers declined from their first matchup a year ago. An average of 2.5 million viewers watched on TNT, with 2.8 million tuning in for the Panthers’ series-clinching Game 6 victory. The overall number on cable is down from 4.17 … Read more
The Florida Panthers hoisted the Stanley Cup on Tuesday night and cost a recent college grad more than $270,000 after he narrowly missed on a long shot, five-part wager that he placed one year ago. Drew Hirschman, 24, plucked down $13 believing that the Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB), Philadelphia Eagles (NFL), New York Liberty (WNBA), … Read more
The first 25 years of the Florida Panthers’ existence was anything but synonymous with hockey success. The Panthers made the NHL postseason only five times and advanced past the second round just once, all while cycling through 10 coaches. Now, they are hockey’s most dominant franchise — again. On Tuesday, Florida won its second consecutive … Read more
The debate that roiled soccer fans for generations was also its most unanswerable: Which clubs, on which continents, played the best soccer? Unlike national teams that played one another in the quadrennial World Cup, there was rarely overlap between the top teams in Europe and South America, or North America, except for summertime “friendly” competitions. … Read more
EDMONTON, Alberta — Brad Marchand scored twice, Sam Bennett had his NHL playoff-leading 15th goal and the Florida Panthers moved to the verge of a second consecutive Stanley Cup title by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 in Game 5 on Saturday night. The Panthers improved to 10-3 on the road this playoffs. They can hoist … Read more
Leon Draisaitl scored in overtime for the fourth time this playoffs, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers 5-4 in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night to tie the series, erasing a three-goal deficit and bouncing back after allowing the late tying goal. Jake Walman gave the Oilers their first … Read more
Tony Meola knows the pressure of competing in front of his home fans. Back in 1994, when the United States hosted the FIFA World Cup, Meola, the national team’s starting goalkeeper, and his teammates had not one but two jobs: beat the competition and help grow the game. “It was relentless,” he told NBC News. … Read more
FIFA and Global Citizen announced on June 9 that J Balvin, Doja Cat and Tems will headline the inaugural halftime show of the FIFA Club World Cup final. The championship match will take place on July 13 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The concert, which is curated by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, … Read more
EDMONTON, Alberta — Brad Marchand scored on a breakaway in double overtime and the defending champion Florida Panthers punched back against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup Final rematch, winning 5-4 on Friday night to even the series. Marchand’s second goal of the night 8:04 into the second OT allowed Florida … Read more