Day: February 20, 2018

Blood, spit and teeth: the grossest things players have seen on the iceBlood, spit and teeth: the grossest things players have seen on the ice

When Nazem Kadri ripped out a chunk of Joe Thornton’s beard last month, we’ll be honest: We thought it was pretty gross. So we asked NHL players to share the most disgusting things they’ve seen during a game. Warning: Don’t read this on an empty stomach.

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Agent Scott Boras stays course, calling free agent system ‘upside-down’Agent Scott Boras stays course, calling free agent system ‘upside-down’

Here’s a look at which Major League Baseball free agents have committed to new contracts in 2018. PEORIA, Ariz. – The San Diego Padres took the unusual step of announcing the terms of Eric Hosmer’s new eight-year, $144 million contract, which includes an opt-out clause after the fifth season,

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NHL’s Devante Smith-Pelly on Racist Heckling: ‘Something Needs to Change’NHL’s Devante Smith-Pelly on Racist Heckling: ‘Something Needs to Change’

NHL’s Devante Smith-Pelly Calls for Change After Racist Taunts 1 2/20/2018 1:10 PM PST Washington Capitals forward Devante Smith-Pelly is glad the fans who heckled him for being a black hockey player were dealt with … but he says it ain’t enough. “I don’t really have all the answers

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Column: West Coast in rearview mirror, Masters on horizonColumn: West Coast in rearview mirror, Masters on horizon

It took until the start of the Florida swing — seven tournaments — for a PGA Tour event in 2018 to not feature at least one of the top three players in the world. Not that anyone cares at the Honda Classic. Tiger Woods is playing. Woods has picked up a new nickname in golfing circles during his return to golf: The Needle. He doesn’t just move it. He is it. Television can’t (and shouldn’t) keep the camera off him. He was on the opposite end of the course at Torrey Pines and visible everywhere because of a gallery that stretched from tee-to-green on every hole. Crowds either thinned or dispersed — safe money is on the former — after he missed the cut at Riviera. That doesn’t figure to change anytime

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