As technology permits greater interactivity with fans, sports clubs and leagues have consulted sometimes far-flung supporters on everything from a team’s name to where games should be played. Last month, the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles went further still. During its first game in the Indoor Football League, the brand new American football team polled fans … Read more
The business of live sports, seen as perhaps the last great firewall for traditional US broadcasters, is facing deepening challenges in the era of mobile and live streaming options. But US sports business executives this week expressed confidence in the enduring demand for sports broadcasts after a dramatic year that included LeBron James leading the … Read more
Sidney Crosby scored a superb goal and lost a few teeth to help the Pittsburgh Penguins wrap up their playoff berth with a victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. Canadian star Crosby ensured the reigning Stanley Cup champions would reach the postseason for a record 11th consecutive season after opening the scoring in a … Read more
Fidgeting nervously, Canadian ice hockey defenceman Alex Plante cleared his throat and addressed a roomful of Olympic officials in a halting new language: “I want to represent South Korea.” South Korea is among the world’s most racially homogenous non-island societies but its ice hockey team is becoming unusually diverse as Seoul seeks to avoid humiliation … Read more
Washington Capitals defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk was suspended two games without pay Sunday by the National Hockey League for a charging violation in a 4-2 loss Saturday at Los Angeles. The punishment came for slamming into Kings defenseman Kevin Gravel at 15:57 of the third period, for which Shattenkirk incurred a minor penalty. Shattenkirk will forfeit … Read more
New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist will miss two to three weeks with a lower-body injury as the team fights for a National Hockey League playoff berth, the club announced Saturday. The 35-year-old Swede made 43 saves in the Rangers’ 5-2 victory over Florida on Tuesday, moving into 10th on the NHL’s all-time win list … Read more
Ghanaian soccer fans will get the opportunity to watch their favourite players in the Major League Soccer on Facebook. Many Ghanaian players will be involved in the 2017 MLS season including David Accam, Harrison Afful, Dominic Oduro and Jonathan Mensah and everyone can monitor their progress on the popular social network. The social network said … Read more
NBA commissioner Adam Silver promises format changes to make the NBA All-Star Game more competitive before next year’s edition in Los Angeles after a high-scoring affair last month. “We will change it by next year. It shouldn’t be playoff intensity, but the guys should be playing,” Silver said at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sports … Read more
Paul Byron scored with just eight seconds left to lift Montreal to a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators, spoiling the return of former Canadien P. K. Subban to the Bell Centre. The crowd of 21,000 cheered and chanted “P. K.! P.K.!” as the Nashville Predators let Subban take a solo spin around the ice … Read more
Two-time Olympic champion right wing Jarome Iginla was sent to the Los Angeles Kings while defenseman Mark Streit was traded twice ahead of Wednesday’s National Hockey League transfer deadline. A flurry of deals, 18 in all involving 33 players, helped contenders finalize their rosters for the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs in six weeks … Read more
Defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh and the Philadelphia Flyers, cross-state National Hockey League rivals each celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, meet outdoors for the first time on Saturday. The 22nd NHL outdoor regular-season contest will be staged at Heinz Field, home of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers, and pit the Penguins, second in the Eastern … Read more
The New York Rangers’s Henrik Lundqvist became the first European-born goalie to win 400 career NHL games on Saturday as his team rallied for a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche. Sweden’s Lundqvist made 32 saves and Kevin Klein scored twice as the Rangers stretched their winning streak to five consecutive games. Fans at Madison … Read more
Mike Ilitch, owner of baseball’s Detroit Tigers and the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings, died on Friday at the age of 87, his company Ilitch Holdings said. Ilitch, the son of Macedonian immigrants, opened his first Little Caesars pizza restaurant with his wife, Marian, in 1959 in the working class Detroit suburb of Garden City. He … Read more