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FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The sour taste in the aftermath of their Stanley Cup Final Game 3 loss is gone for the Vegas Golden Knights, who quickly moved on to enjoying the nearby ocean breeze.They’re breathing easily up 2-1 on the Florida Panthers in the...

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BALTIMORE — Eurico Rosa da Silva was in a dark place. On the track, the jockey in his early 30s was winning races and making money. At home, he was fighting suicidal thoughts every day.“I got to the point where I have no more choice but to go for...

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BALTIMORE — Bob Baffert choked back tears and his voice cracked while he tried to juggle the conflicting feelings of seeing one of his horses win the Preakness Stakes hours after another was euthanized on the same track.“This business is twists and...

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BALTIMORE — Brad Cox sent 21 horses he trains to Churchill Downs in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby and all came back from their races healthy with no problems.Still, Cox is worried. Seven horses died in a span of 10 days at and around the...

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ASHBURN, Va. — A group led by Josh Harris that includes Magic Johnson has agreed to buy the NFL’s Washington Commanders from longtime owner Dan Snyder and his family.The sides announced the deal in a joint statement Friday, roughly a month after they...

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Chaos is usually the name of the game in the first round of the NHL playoffs, with eight series rolling and plenty of upsets. This year was no different.The Presidents’ Trophy-winning Boston Bruins who set records for the best regular season in hockey...

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Having coached teams that long held the records for the most points and wins in an NHL season, Scotty Bowman knows the only concern for the Boston Bruins was what happened when they hit a rough patch.“When you get adversity,” Bowman said, “it kind of...

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Connor McDavid has put together the first 150-point season in the NHL since the mid-1990s, Erik Karlsson is the first defenseman to hit 100 points in more than 30 years and the Boston Bruins made history by setting the single-season wins record.Put...

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David Pastrnak followed Brad Marchand’s advice all the way to a career year.Many years ago, not long after Pastrnak entered the NHL in 2014-15, Marchand told his Boston Bruins teammate, “You have to always aim 10 goals higher than you think you can...

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Boston Bruins have broken the NHL single-season wins record after beating the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 Sunday behind David Pastrnak’s hat trick that got him to 60 goals for the first time in his career.Hats rained down from the...

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Murray Wilson rarely thinks about playing on the team that had the best season in NHL history.“The thing that people always ask is, ‘How many Cups did you win?’ or, ‘How many rings do you have?’” Wilson said. “They never talk about the regular season....

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Carolina is buying low on an underachieving young scorer and Washington continues to shuffle things around before the deadline, while the NHL awaits the long-anticipated trade of Patrick Kane.The Hurricanes acquired winger Jesse Puljujarvi in a trade...

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The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired forward Sam Lafferty and defenseman Jake McCabe from Chicago on Monday, their latest big trade that comes in the aftermath of division-rival Tampa Bay making another pre-deadline splash.Toronto sent a conditional 2025...

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The Washington Commanders released Carson Wentz on Monday, an expected move that puts an end to the one-season experiment with the veteran quarterback that did not work out.After giving up draft picks to acquire him in a trade with Indianapolis last...

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Linus Ullmark moved to the Boston area in the summer of 2021 with his wife, their two young children and their dogs after signing with the Bruins. Settling in with his new team didn’t happen right away.Fresh off signing a $20 million, four-year...

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Getting fired by the Boston Bruins didn’t stop former coach Bruce Cassidy from picking up the phone and giving some advice when replacement Jim Montgomery called to ask.Getting fired by the Vegas Golden Knights also didn’t stop Peter DeBoer from...

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SUNRISE, Fla. — Bruce Cassidy’s Vegas Golden Knights lost eight of 10 games going into the All-Star break after leading the Pacific Division at the midway point of the NHL season.They’re still safely in a playoff spot in the Western Conference, but...