Islanders are going the wrong way in Patrick Roy’s first month

Islanders are going the wrong way in Patrick Roy’s first month

Patrick Roy’s colorful postgame wrap-ups have certainly been enlightening. He’s remained positive, even as his New York Islanders sometimes give him few reasons to be that way. And after Tuesday’s 2-1 shootout loss to the Seattle Kraken, the Isles’ second straight loss at home to a Western Conference team outside the playoff picture, Roy spoke … Read more

Vancouver actor gets ‘Swagger’ on with UBC man’s basketball team

Vancouver actor gets ‘Swagger’ on with UBC man’s basketball team

There was a little bit of star power sprinkled on the regular drills at the UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball team practice Tuesday. The playoff-bound squad was joined on the court by an up-and-coming local actor, who has netted himself a major role on Swagger, the AppleTV+ show inspired by the life of Phoenix Suns star … Read more

Quincy Promes Convicted of Complicity in Cocaine Smuggling by Dutch Court

Quincy Promes Convicted of Complicity in Cocaine Smuggling by Dutch Court

Spartak’s Quincy Promes during the Europa League Group C soccer match between Leicester City and Spartak Moscow at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira) Amsterdam District Court ruled that the 32-year-old was involved in the import and export of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine in 2020, and … Read more

USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, Feb. 13: 'Robocop' Gregory Rodrigues making noise at middleweight

USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, Feb. 13: 'Robocop' Gregory Rodrigues making noise at middleweight

The UFC’s Apex events typically do not involve a lot of ranked fighters these days, but there were a few movements after last week’s event. UFC Fight Night 236 was headlined by a middleweight bout between Jack Hermansson and Joe Pyfer. Entering the event, Hermansson held the No. 15 spot, and remains in place after … Read more

Draymond Green calls Jusuf Nurkic a ‘300-pound softy’ as players continue feud on social media

Draymond Green calls Jusuf Nurkic a ‘300-pound softy’ as players continue feud on social media

Golden State forward Draymond Green and Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic continued their feud on social media Tuesday, with Green calling Nurkic a “300-pound softy” three nights after the Warriors beat the Suns on Stephen Curry’s last-second 3-pointer. It’s the continuation of a back-and-forth that started in December, when Green hit Nurkic in the head … Read more

Truex wants “huge” Daytona 500 win, but it’s a “wide-open crapshoot”

Truex wants “huge” Daytona 500 win, but it’s a “wide-open crapshoot”

Truex agreed to a one-year extension to return to Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 19 Toyota for the 2024 season and is now on a “year-to-year” basis when it comes to evaluating how long he’ll remain a full-time driver. The 43-year-old native of Mayetta, N.J., has had a Hall of Fame-worthy career featuring one Cup championship, two … Read more

Adnan Larry aims to follow in footsteps of famous Ghanaian fighters with ONE Championship debut

Adnan Larry aims to follow in footsteps of famous Ghanaian fighters with ONE Championship debut

Adnan Larry might be making his ONE Championship debut this Friday, but the promotion’s imposing heavyweight division holds no fear for the New Zealand-born Ghanaian. Larry will begin his path toward a possible US$100,000 contract with the organisation at ONE Friday Fights 52 on February 16. On that night, he faces Cameroonian knockout artist Maxwell … Read more

Jason Kelce was life of party after Super Bowl 2024

Jason Kelce was life of party after Super Bowl 2024

No one is going to argue with Patrick Mahomes when he called Jason Kelce “the life of the party” on Tuesday’s “Good Morning America” for the way the Eagles center celebrated the Chiefs’ Super Bowl 2024 victory.  The elder Kelce brother may have stolen the show as he celebrated with his young brother Travis and … Read more