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Yahoo Sports Divisional Round recap: Was this the Bills best shot? Is Brock Purdy early Tom Brady? We may have witnessed the best weekend of football this season. Two instant classics and a storybook run for the ages in Detroit defined a Divisional round that leaves plenty to digest. Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski break

Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend took place on Feb. 1-3, hosted by the Maple Leafs in Toronto. The All-Star draft is returning, and will take place Thursday, Feb. 1. The All-Star skills competition will have a revamped format, and will take place on Friday, Feb. 2. The All-Star Game will finish off

Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour called it a game of “tough sledding,” and it was that Friday against the Detroit Red Wings. Both teams employ a pressure game, looking to force bad decisions and costly mistakes. Both stay patient, sticking to their games. Neither gave up a lot of room or open ice. It took

Getty Images Shane Pinto is set to make his 2023-24 debut with the Ottawa Senators after signing a one-year contract worth $775,000, the team announced on Friday. Pinto has been serving a 41-game suspension for violating the NHL’s gambling policy, and he will be eligible to return on Sunday. Pinto, a second-round pick by Ottawa,

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJan 19, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions We’re another week closer to All-Star Weekend — the spiritual, if not mathematical midway point of the season — but our voters caused no change atop the Power Rankings, with the Winnipeg

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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJan 17, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Figuring out who will win this year’s Calder Trophy has turned into something of a complex discussion — all because of what happened on Jan. 5. That’s the day Chicago Blackhawks star

Yahoo Sports Mike McCarthy, Bill Belichick & more head coach hiring cycle news | Inside Coverage Jason Fitz is joined by Senior NFL Reporters Charles Robinson and Jori Epstein to go behind the scenes and give the how and why on the latest news around the NFL. The head coach hiring cycle is in full

Yahoo Sports Wild Card Weekend recap pt. 2: Baker cooks Eagles + Bills biggest threat to Ravens? Wild Card Weekend is officially in the books. In our part two recap pod Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski breakdown all the biggest takeaways from Monday’s action and look ahead to the Divisional round. Harmon and Pianowski debate

Getty Images Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin has entered the NHL/NHLPA Players Assistance Program, according to a joint statement from the NHL and NHL Players Association.  Nichushkin didn’t play in Colorado’s most recent game on Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs and didn’t appear on the ice during Monday’s practice at the Bell Center in

Open Extended Reactions Having passed the midway mark of the 2023-24 NHL regular season, we have our eyes on the standings as the playoff races heat up during the cold winter months. Saturday’s schedule is packed, with all 32 teams in action. The first matchup of the day sees the New York Rangers (currently first

Getty Images We have officially reached the halfway point of the 2023-24 NHL season, and the playoff races are only getting more intense every day. There are at least 14 teams teetering on the postseason bubble right now, but which ones will remain in the hunt and which ones will fade away in the coming

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJan 12, 2024, 07:05 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The NHL’s 2023-24 regular season is nearing its midway point, offering as many surprises off the ice as in the standings. (Seriously: If the league wants the regular season to be a series of highlight-reel goals

Yahoo Sports 2024 Wild Card preview + Carroll and Belichick departures with Frank Schwab | Zero Blitz Jason Fitz is joined by his trusty sidekick Frank Schwab as the dynamic duo get ready for the first round of NFL playoff games this weekend. Fitz and Frank start off by reacting to the big news of

Getty Images Buffalo Sabres forward Jeff Skinner has been ruled out indefinitely with an upper body injury, according to an announcement from the team. The Sabres didn’t reveal what the injury was other than listing him as week-to-week. Skinner suffered the unknown injury during Tuesday’s 5-2 loss against the Seattle Kraken, according to Sabres head

Emily Kaplan, ESPNJan 11, 2024, 07:25 AM ET Close Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Open Extended Reactions We’re less than two months from the NHL trade deadline and it’s definitely getting busy around the NHL. One huge — and unexpected — trade was already completed this week between the Philadelphia Flyers and the

Bedard leads the Blackhawks and all NHL rookies in scoring with 15 goals and 33 points in 39 games.(Photo by Andrew Mordzynski/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The Chicago Blackhawks announced on Wednesday that rookie phenom Connor Bedard will miss 6-8 weeks after undergoing surgery to repair his fractured jaw. Bedard suffered the injury following a

Yahoo Sports Best fit for every NFL head coach opening with Brett Kollmann | Exempt List Charles McDonald is joined by host of the Bootleg Football podcast Brett Kollmann to talk through every head coach opening around the NFL and determine the best fit for each one. The duo start things off as always with