(Photo credit: James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports) The Nashville Predators and the visiting Calgary Flames will both be looking for their third straight win when they meet Thursday night. Calgary has won five of its past seven after posting a 3-1 win at the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. Jonathan Huberdeau, Andrew Mangiapane and Blake Coleman scored, while Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves. Huberdeau ended an 18-game goal dr
(Photo credit: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports) After getting into high gear offensively, the Vancouver Canucks are embarking on a seven-game road swing, their longest of the season. Their first stop is St. Louis to face the Blues on Thursday night. The Canucks are 8-1-2 in their last 11 and have scored four or more goals seven times during that span. They are coming off a 6-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators that saw them s
(Photo credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports) The Minnesota Wild will try to snap a three-game losing streak when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night in St. Paul, Minn. The Wild are coming off a 3-1 loss on home ice against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. That followed back-to-back losses against the Winnipeg Jets during a home-and-home series Saturday and Sunday. Injuries have stacked up along wit
(Photo credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports) Nathan MacKinnon has been a key to the success of the Colorado Avalanche all season. However, he hasn't been productive when facing the Dallas Stars on the road. MacKinnon looks to change that and stay hot while trying to help the visiting Avalanche to a fourth straight victory on Thursday night against the Stars. One of the NHL's top scorers and Colorado's leader in points w
(Photo credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports) The San Francisco 49ers are holding out quarterback Brock Purdy from Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Rams and will start Sam Darnold in his place. The 49ers (12-4) have already clinched the top seed and home-field advantage in the NFC and are taking precautions to make sure their starting signal caller is healthy for the postseason. "Brock is the only (healthy) guy I for
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 4 (ANI): A wanted gangster carrying a Rs 25,000 bounty on his head was arrested following a brief exchange of fire with the police in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, police said on Wednesday. According to officials, Bittan Ali, alias Suhail, a resident of Badayun district, is accused in cases of cow smuggling. He has been hospitalized after being hit by a bullet in his leg. Suhai
(Photo credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports) It's been a bumpy road for the Buffalo Sabres this season, but they look to start 2024 off on the right foot on Thursday when they visit the Montreal Canadiens. Buffalo has struggled to string wins together, having won consecutive games only once through 38 contests, doing so back on Oct. 29-Nov.1. The Sabres' 19 regulation losses are among the most in the NHL, but Buff
(Photo credit: Jamie Germano/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK) Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was a full participant during Wednesday's walkthrough despite dealing with injuries to his neck and what the team listed as a "throwing finger." Allen sustained a stinger in his neck late in last weekend's victory over the New England Patriots. The AFC East title is on the line Sunday night when the Bi
(Photo credit: Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK) The start of Pacific-12 play couldn't have gone much better for Oregon. Nor much worse for Washington. The Pacific Northwest rivals will meet Thursday night in Seattle at opposite ends of the conference standings. The Ducks (10-3, 2-0 Pac-12) opened conference play at home last week by beating USC 82-74 and UCLA 64-59. "You gotta win at home if you wa
(Photo credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports) The Philadelphia Flyers will look to snap a three-game losing streak when they return home to face the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. The Flyers fell 2-1 in overtime to the Seattle Kraken and 4-3 to the Calgary Flames to close out 2023. The trend continued in a 5-2 road loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. Travis Konecny had one goal and one assist, but the Flyers w
Ethiopia's government is defending a maritime access deal signed with the self-declared republic of Somaliland, a day after Somalia declared the deal 'null and void.'
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(Photo credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports) While the New York Rangers own an Eastern Conference-low 10 regulation losses, many are by lopsided margins. What the Rangers have shown after some unsightly defeats is resiliency. Eight of their 25 victories are immediately after defeats and another bounce-back effort will be needed Thursday when they host top overall pick Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks.
(Photo credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports) The Baltimore Ravens locked up the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoff bracket and opted to rest MVP frontrunner Lamar Jackson in the regular-season finale on Saturday. Coach John Harbaugh made the decision to rest Jackson in favor of Tyler Huntley when the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7) come to town fighting for their fading playoff dreams. The Ravens (13-3) thrashed the Mi
(Photo credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports) North Carolina State cornerback Shyheim Battle announced Wednesday that he will skip his final season of college eligibility and is declaring for the NFL draft. Battle had seven interceptions and 144 tackles in four seasons for the Wolfpack. "I've got some big news to tell you," Battle said in a video announcement. "This is a tough decision to make ... but I would like to say
(Photo credit: Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports) What a difference a year makes for Eric Cole, who enters the opening event of the PGA Tour this week in a completely life arc than where he was to start 2023. For starters, Cole wasn't even part of last year's The Sentry at Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii. The field is made up of tournament winners from the previous season, as well as the top 50 from the FedEx Cup standings. But after
(Photo credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports) Lamar Jackson will get an extended break until the AFC divisional round, as the Ravens plan to sit their quarterback for the regular-season finale Saturday against the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers. Baltimore clinched the top speed in the AFC along with a first-round bye last week, meaning there is nothing to gain in the playoff race by playing the leading contender for NFL
(Photo credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports) In its second season as the exclusive streaming platform for the NFL's "Thursday Night Football" broadcasts, Amazon saw a 24 percent gain in viewership in 2023 over its first season. In 2022, Amazon drew an average of 9.58 million viewers for "TNF," but that number elevated significantly to 11.86 million viewers this season. In comparison, Fox and the NFL Network drew 16.2 mill
(Photo credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports) The 9,300-square-foot South Florida mansion owned by Miami Dolphins standout wide receiver Tyreek Hill was damaged by a massive fire on Wednesday. Members of Hill's family were in the house at the time but were all reported safe. Hill was at practice when the fire broke out and returned to his Southwest Ranches home while firefighters battled the 2-alarm blaze. "Tyreek has
(Photo credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports) The Minnesota Vikings need a slew of things to happen in order to qualify for the playoffs and it begins with beating the Detroit Lions this week, an outcome they are turning back to quarterback Nick Mullens to accomplish. It's the fifth change at starting quarterback that Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell has made since losing Kirk Cousins to a season-ending Achilles injury on Oc
