2. How will the defense handle the loss? Brandon Montour And Olivier Ekman-Larsson? Montour, who signed a seven-year contract with the Seattle Kraken, led the Panthers with an average of 23:27 of ice time per game, and was second among their defensemen with 33 points (eight goals, 25 assists) in 66 games (Gustave Forsling39 points) and led his defensemen with 17 power-play points (one goal, 16 assists). Ekman-Larsson, who signed a four-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, had 32 points (nine goals, 23 assists) in 80 games, including 11 (one goal, 10 assists) on the power play. To fill…
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Serena Williams officially retires tennisas announced in his new cover story for VogueSeptember issue. In the magazine cover storyPublished online today, the award-winning athlete shared a spoken-word essay with writer Rob Haskell. In it, she discusses how she sees this next step as an “evolution” in her life, as opposed to a retirement, especially as she looks to expand her family with husband Alexis Ohanian. For the cover itself, shot by Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Williams poses in a light blue Balenciaga gown and sparkling Bulgari High Jewelry earrings, with her four-year-old daughter Olympia holding the flowing train. Additional outfits, styled…
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Ohtani has little to say on the subject yet, but that hasn’t stopped other MLB All-Stars from pondering what might happen when the sport’s most unique talent hits the open market. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To log in, click here. Originally published: July 10, 2023 at 8:11 p.m.
Russell Wilson and Sean Payton’s marriage with the Denver Broncos ended in disaster this season. After much anticipation about what the two Super Bowl-winning veterans could do together, it’s now one of the worst and most toxic situations in the league. Payton effectively cast Wilson aside at the end of the season, benching him after starting the first 15 games. In addition to his benching, Wilson has sparked controversy over his contract. Wilson has said the team tried to get him to modify his massive contract to avoid an injury guarantee. But the fact remains that Wilson had a career-low…
3. How does Wyatt Johnston build on last season? If there were any concerns about a down-tempo second season for the Stars center, he quickly quashed those thoughts. Johnston was exceptional in 2023-24 with 65 points (32 goals, 33 assists), second on the Stars behind Robertson (80 points; 29 goals, 51 assists). That came after he had 41 points (24 goals, 17 assists) as a rookie. Johnston has continued to improve in all aspects of his game and was stellar in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, when the 21-year-old led the Stars with 10 goals in 19 games, including two…
Serena Williams has said she is “stepping away from tennis” and looking to “expand her family” as she announced her plans to retire. Unlike her friend Caroline Wozniacki, who “felt a sense of relief when she retired in 2020,” Williams admitted there was “no happiness in that topic for me.” She wrote in Vogue magazine: “I feel immense pain. It’s the hardest thing I can imagine. I hate it.”She continues: “I’m torn: I don’t want it to end. I like to win. I like the battle. I like to entertain.”But she knows that “this is it, the end of a…
After a two-point loss to Lithuania in 2000, Team USA could no longer consider itself invulnerable, even with NBA players. • Download the NBA app• USA Basketball: Schedule, Results and Lineups• Paris Olympics coverage When USA Basketball opened its program to NBA players in 1992, the global competition was initially overshadowed by American supremacy. However, it didn’t take long for the competition to catch up. Since the United States lost three times in 2004 and took the bronze medal, winning has not been a foregone conclusion on the Olympic stage. And that’s without counting the World Championships (now known as…
ORLANDO — Could the Orlando Magic get lucky with the 18th overall pick in the 2024 NBA draft and get a player who was once projected as a top-10 pick? A mock draft thinks so.Serbian guard Nikola Topic tore his ACL at the NBA Combine, but ESPN, The Ringer, Bleacher Report and six of CBS’s seven draft experts have Topic projected somewhere between 10th and 13th, with one exception moving him as high as No. 4. In other words, all of this is out of reach for the Magic.If the 6-foot-7 Serbian guard fails, a CBS draft nik sees Topić…