Colton Parayko deal gives Blues major value

For more than a century, one of Mississippi’s largest and most elaborate Confederate monuments has looked out over the lawn at the courthouse in the center of Greenwood, a Black-majority city with a history of civil rights protests and clashes. Protesters have demonstrated at the base of the towering pillar with six Confederate figures — some residents demanding removal amid a racial reckoning across the country, others advocating for the statue’s protection as a piece of history. Now, after years of debate, a new statue will be erected in Greenwood — one of Emmett Till, the Black 14-year-old who was brutally beaten and shot in 1955 by white men just 10 miles from the city.

Thomas Greiss and Semyon Varlamov have given the New York Islanders another outstanding goaltending duo this season.

Well, this one wasn’t about Connor McDavid vs. Sidney Crosby, as it seems like number 87 isn’t interested in being on the cover of a video game.
Regardless, it’s still probably a big honor for McDavid to be EA Sports’ cover star for “NHL 18,� which