Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams NHL eyes $200 million deal for remaining broadcast rights. Plus: Nathan MacKinnon cereal and moreNegotiations for the second piece of the NHL’s national broadcasting rights in the United States are moving to the forefront after  Thursday.The NHL...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams NHL eyes $200 million deal for remaining broadcast rights. Plus: Nathan MacKinnon cereal and moreNegotiations for the second piece of the NHL’s national broadcasting rights in the United States are moving to the forefront after  Thursday.The NHL...WW…

Mar 11, 2021Asked to explain the importance of the ’s seven-year, $2.8 billion broadcasting pact with ESPN and Walt Disney Co., one NHL executive put it simply: It’s about the “sports-bar default.”When the pandemic ends, the executive predicted, people will return to sports bars. ESPN will be on the screens in those bars. Hockey will be on ESPN. “That can’t be (overstated) how important it was to get back to ESPN. This was huge for our sport.”The deal, which includes traditional broadcasts and streaming elements and will see ESPN/ABC air four of seven Stanley Cup Finals over the course of...…Mar 11, 2021Asked to explain the importance of the ’s seven-year, $2.8 billion broadcasting pact with ESPN and Walt Disney Co., one NHL executive put it simply: It’s about the “sports-bar default.”When the pandemic ends, the executive predicted, people will return to sports bars. ESPN will be on the screens in those bars. Hockey will be on ESPN. “That can’t be (overstated) how important it was to get back to ESPN. This was huge for our sport.”The deal, which includes traditional broadcasts and streaming elements and will see ESPN/ABC air four of seven Stanley Cup Finals over the course of...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Air Jordan on ice? Meet the trio hoping to change what NHL skates can look likeMatthew Keeler and Nick Ciavarella are hopeful that someday they’ll produce an NHL equivalent of the signature sneaker. Until then, the pair of Buffalo natives are doing...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Air Jordan on ice? Meet the trio hoping to change what NHL skates can look likeMatthew Keeler and Nick Ciavarella are hopeful that someday they’ll produce an NHL equivalent of the signature sneaker. Until then, the pair of Buffalo natives are doing...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams ‘We know this deal isn’t good’: AHL players weigh new salary proposal with season on the lineThe American Hockey League regular season is scheduled to start on Feb. 5, but that season is now in question.AHL players, many unhappy with the options in...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams ‘We know this deal isn’t good’: AHL players weigh new salary proposal with season on the lineThe American Hockey League regular season is scheduled to start on Feb. 5, but that season is now in question.AHL players, many unhappy with the options in...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Shapiro: I’m moving up, but not moving out. Thank you, Stars fansThank you.I can’t think of a better way to start this column. I thought of a few other creative ways, but each of them came back to me staring at a blank screen in...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Shapiro: I’m moving up, but not moving out. Thank you, Stars fansThank you.I can’t think of a better way to start this column. I thought of a few other creative ways, but each of them came back to me staring at a blank screen in...WW…

Apr 30, 2020The announced cost-cutting measures in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday afternoon in a call with local reporters.Twenty percent of the Stars’ office staff will be furloughed starting May 3 and running through July 4 according to team president Brad Alberts. The furloughed employees will still have health insurance during the 60-day period, and the Stars have committed to paying the insurance premiums. Alberts said the Stars have also made sure those employees will be eligible for government unemployment benefits.“These people didn’t do anything wrong. We...…Apr 30, 2020The announced cost-cutting measures in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday afternoon in a call with local reporters.Twenty percent of the Stars’ office staff will be furloughed starting May 3 and running through July 4 according to team president Brad Alberts. The furloughed employees will still have health insurance during the 60-day period, and the Stars have committed to paying the insurance premiums. Alberts said the Stars have also made sure those employees will be eligible for government unemployment benefits.“These people didn’t do anything wrong. We...WW…

May 20, 2020Soon after securing a box of 20-year-old Hull-O’s on eBay, I sent a text to my sister, who happens to be a registered dietitian.How old is too old to eat cereal?When you don’t have teeth to chew it.I mean, when is the cereal itself too old?Oh. Six months to a year after the bag is opened.Hypothetically speaking, if a bag has been sealed and the cereal is from 2000, could you eat it?20 years?? Probably stale. Make sure there is no mold or bugs.Two days later, the box of Hull-O’s that I bought on eBay arrived. The ‘best if used by’ date had passed more than two decades ago.But...…May 20, 2020Soon after securing a box of 20-year-old Hull-O’s on eBay, I sent a text to my sister, who happens to be a registered dietitian.How old is too old to eat cereal?When you don’t have teeth to chew it.I mean, when is the cereal itself too old?Oh. Six months to a year after the bag is opened.Hypothetically speaking, if a bag has been sealed and the cereal is from 2000, could you eat it?20 years?? Probably stale. Make sure there is no mold or bugs.Two days later, the box of Hull-O’s that I bought on eBay arrived. The ‘best if used by’ date had passed more than two decades ago.But...WW…