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Liam GreentreePhoto by Tim Cornett/OHL Images Hockey Canada has revealed the 19-man roster for the IIHF Under-18 World Championship that kicks off on April 25 in Finland. The event is a major milestone for NHL draft-eligible players, boosting or hurting their draft stocks over the years as all eyes in the scouting world are on the U-18s. A few roster spots remain open for players who could be eliminated in the second round of the CHL playoffs, such as Tij Iginla or Beckett Sennecke.They are missing a few key players who could have been on this roster for various reasons. Macklin…
Phoenix Suns assistant Kevin Young has gone from candidate for the Nets head coaching position to hired at Brigham Young University. Brooklyn ended up picking Sacramento assistant Jordi Fernandez on Monday, voted the best assistant coach in the league in this year’s NBA GM survey. A league source told The Post that the 41-year-old Kings assistant was the only person ever offered the Nets job by team owner Joe Tsai and GM Sean Marks. Kevin Young is leaving the Suns for BYU. AP But Young — second in that NBA GM survey, and the highest-paid assistant in the league —…
Ousmane Dembele returned to haunt his former club Barcelona with a goal in a madcap exchange that saw Kylian Mbappe shown a yellow card.Dembele had been the subject of jeers inside the Estadi Olimpic from the home crowd for celebrating his goal in Paris Saint-Germain’s 3-2 defeat in the first leg last week.3Mbappe was booked in the mayhemThe Frenchman ironically kept his celebrations mute back in Spain after scoring PSG’s equaliser on the night.Seconds later, Mbappe and Barca man Inigo Martinez were both booked amid a scramble for the ball after Dembele scored.Mbappe, who will likely be facing Barcelona as…
Czech teen Linda Noskova added another Top 10 win to her growing tally this season with a 6-3, 6-1 first-round victory over No.8 seed Jelena Ostapenko at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Noskova, ranked World No.31, needed just 68 minutes to upset 10th-ranked Ostapenko of Latvia and book her spot in the second round of her Stuttgart debut. Noskova has already accumulated three Top 10 wins this year. She shocked World No.1 Iga Swiatek in the third round of the Australian Open, en route to her first Grand Slam quarterfinal. Noskova followed that up with another…
“Pause” was not the word NCL riders would have chosen to describe the surprise announcement Monday that their National Cycling League-owned teams were shutting down and their jobs had been wiped away for the year.That is the word Andrea Pagnanelli, CEO of the National Cycling League, used in a public statement Monday morning to disclose the league and its elite-level teams would cease operations for the remainder of 2024. The league owned and operated two teams last year, Miami Nights and Denver Disruptors, and had announced rosters for a second season along with a third team, Atlanta Rise.Rider reactions boomed…
Etsuo Hara/Getty Images Former STARDOM performer Giulia has been the topic of much discussion over the past few weeks following the expiration of her contract. She has made cameos in Pro Wrestling NOAH, announced herself as a member of the inaugural Marigold roster, and was also seen sitting ringside over WWE WrestleMania 40 weekend at “WWE NXT” Stand and Deliver, where she was joined by William Regal and her long-time boss Rossy Ogawa. Advertisement Since then, it has been reported that Giulia has agreed to join WWE this year, once she wraps up her obligations in Japan, and it seems…
Rumours circulated last week suggesting that Carlos Sainz had signed a so-called ‘1+1 deal’ with Mercedes as he seeks a new Formula 1 seat. This arrangement would see him join the team for 2025 before an option, on Mercedes’ side whether to keep him for 2026 and beyond, but RacingNews365 understands from sources close to the matter that no deal was signed – and that there will not be one before or during the Chinese Grand Prix weekend. READ MORE: Sainz in talks with Mercedes over potential F1 deal Hamilton braced for difficult conversations with Wolff Lewis Hamilton has acknowledged…
Getty The New York Knicks took a huge swing at attempting to lure LeBron James to town back in 2010 when James was a free agent. On Tuesday’s episode of the “Pablo Torre Finds Out” podcast, Pablo Torre shared parts of the recruitment video, which featured characters from “The Sopranos” along with several high-profile celebrities with ties to the Big Apple.In addition to James Gandolfini and Edie Falco returning to their respective characters from the show, future president Donald Trump, Chris Rock, Robert De Niro and Spike Lee all made cameos in the video. Unfortunately for the Knicks, it was…
It’s a highly anticipated night as the NHL’s regular season winds down, with one playoff spot yet to be claimed and two games potentially helping decide who gets it. On today’s episode of The Hockey News Action Show, presented by BetMGM with Jacob Stoller and George Nassios:- They preview the Capitals and Flyers game, as well as the Red Wings and Canadiens game, from a betting lens while discussing the playoff scenarios- Can the Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews score his way into an unlikely, albeit deserved, Hart Trophy?- The Maple Leafs and Panthers play in what could be a first-round playoff…
AEW Adam Copeland wants to challenge himself at this stage in his career. Copeland recently told Sports Illustrated that a big part of why he signed with AEW is to be able to wrestle different styles with a diverse range of opponents. On AEW Dynamite last week, Copeland went 20 minutes with Penta El Zero Miedo and hit a flying headscissors at one point, a move he hasn’t done in some time. “I’m dipping into some stuff I haven’t done in a while,” he said to SI.com. “I hadn’t cracked out any kind of head scissors at all in years, let…