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Should Russian Athletes Be Barred From Competition?
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, the top-ranked male tennis player in the world, is the No. 1 seed at the big Indian Wells tournament set to finish this weekend. Should he still be playing while his country...
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Jean Potvin, Part of the 1980s Islanders’ N.H.L. Dynasty, Dies at 72
Jean Potvin, a defenseman who played on the first two of the New York Islanders’ four Stanley Cup championship teams in the 1980s, died on Tuesday in Weston, Fla. He was 72. His brother Denis...
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Concussions Doctor Under Scrutiny in Plagiarism Scandal
For more than two decades, Paul McCrory has been the world’s foremost doctor shaping the concussion protocols that are used by sports leagues and organizations globally. As the leader of the...
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Ice Skating at a Rink Is Fun. Gliding Through a Forest? Glorious.
OTTAWA — No matter how enjoyable at first, whooshing round and round the constrained oval of an ice rink can get monotonous for even the most die-hard skater. But gliding on the ice through miles of...
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Michigan’s NHL-Ready Hockey Team Plays in Frozen Four
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Mel Pearson, the University of Michigan men’s hockey coach, gestured with his hand toward a small box in his office. His voice quavered as he described his players’ hopes of winning...
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Mike Bossy, Quiet Hero of the Stanley Cup-Winning Islanders, Has Died
Oh, my goodness: Mike Bossy, after his magnificent hockey career was over, came to feel the New York Islanders were underappreciated. Who could tell? Bossy, who died Friday at 65, was the...
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Chris Kreider of the Rangers Is Getting Better With Age
It was a typical day of practice for Chris Kreider, another morning skate at the Rangers’ facility in Tarrytown, N.Y., like hundreds before it. Toward the end, Kreider planted himself in front of Igor...
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Should Russian Athletes Be Barred From Competition?
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, the top-ranked male tennis player in the world, is the No. 1 seed at the big Indian Wells tournament set to finish this weekend. Should he still be playing while his country...
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Jean Potvin, Part of the 1980s Islanders’ N.H.L. Dynasty, Dies at 72
Jean Potvin, a defenseman who played on the first two of the New York Islanders’ four Stanley Cup championship teams in the 1980s, died on Tuesday in Weston, Fla. He was 72. His brother Denis...
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Michigan’s NHL-Ready Hockey Team Plays in Frozen Four
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Mel Pearson, the University of Michigan men’s hockey coach, gestured with his hand toward a small box in his office. His voice quavered as he described his players’ hopes of winning...
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Denver Captures Its Ninth N.C.A.A. Hockey Championship
By beating Michigan in overtime in their semifinal on Thursday, Denver checked off its first goal of this Frozen Four: to ensure the Wolverines would not become the first team to win 10 titles. The...
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Mike Bossy, Hall of Famer on Champion Islander Teams, Dies at 65
Mike Bossy, the Hockey Hall of Fame wing who played a key role in propelling the New York Islanders to four consecutive Stanley Cup championships in the early 1980s, died on Friday at his home in...
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Mike Bossy, Quiet Hero of the Stanley Cup-Winning Islanders, Has Died
Oh, my goodness: Mike Bossy, after his magnificent hockey career was over, came to feel the New York Islanders were underappreciated. Who could tell? Bossy, who died Friday at 65, was the...
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Sidney Crosby, 17 Seasons On, Is Ready to Wreck the N.H.L. Playoffs
TORONTO — The Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs for the 16th consecutive season — the longest active streak of any team in the five major professional team sports in North America — largely...
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Rangers Look More Like Themselves in 5-2 Win Over Penguins
The New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins would have been hard-pressed to repeat the drama of the opening game of their playoff series, which the Penguins won in triple overtime. The division...
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Rangers Push the Penguins to Game 7 in New York With a 5-3 Win
“I think the playoffs sometimes can reveal who you are, the kind of character you have,” Kreider said. “For him to stay with his game and continue to work, he’s been a huge, huge leader for us all...
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Lightning Will Go for a Third Straight Stanley Cup Against the Avalanche
No matter the sport, winning back-to-back championships titles is rare because it’s so hard. Injuries, egos, contract demands and the N.H.L. salary cap often derail second title runs. The Tampa Bay...
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Three-Peat in Sight, Tampa Bay Lightning Face Tough Test
DENVER — The last minutes were ticking away for the Tampa Bay Lightning, along with the dream of hockey immortality. Winners of the last two Stanley Cups, the Lightning trailed the talented Toronto...
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Tampa Bay Lightning Try To Win Stanley Cups. How Hard Is It?
Winning a championship is the peak achievement for a professional sports team. Repeating the next year is a rarity. But trades get made, and players retire. Injuries happen, and so do upsets....
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Is Avalanche Defenseman Cale Makar the Stephen Curry of Hockey?
DENVER — The name floats in the ether, now, alongside Cale Makar’s, put there by Wayne Gretzky. On TNT’s hockey program, Gretzky, arguably the best to ever play the game, compared Makar to Bobby Orr,...
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