ST. LOUIS — Jim Montgomery called it back on Dec. 20. The St. Louis Blues coach insisted after a 2-1 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers that his team was playing well and goals would eventually come for the offense-starved team. Since then, the Blues are 4-1 and the “only game we’ve lost is a […]
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VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks are on the cusp of entering one of the toughest parts of their schedule this season. After Monday’s contest against Montreal, the Canucks will play six consecutive games against some of the best teams in the league: Washington, Carolina, Toronto (which is a back-to-back), Winnipeg, Los Angeles and Edmonton. Quinn
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HOUSTON — Before meeting the Boston Celtics on Friday night, Ime Udoka discussed how the team has matured since his time with the organization. He said he was not surprised his former club won last season’s championship. “It was coming regardless,” Udoka said. Udoka says the Celtics broke through because they were able to raise
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OKLAHOMA CITY — This wasn’t the Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards, Utah Jazz or other bottom-feeder team the New York Knicks have faced in recent weeks. This wasn’t the blah Minnesota Timberwolves or OK San Antonio Spurs, either. This wasn’t the mangled Orlando Magic. The New York Knicks’ opponent Friday night, with a nine-game win streak
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It was a conversation with Ruben Amorim at the start of December that goes some way to explaining why Marcus Rashford has been absent from the Manchester United side for the past five matches. United had just beaten Everton 4-0, with Rashford scoring two of the goals in a vibrant display on Sunday, December 1.
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Ruben Amorim was aiming, without question, for defiance. He had just watched his Manchester United team endure yet another wretched evening at Old Trafford, swatted aside with contemptuous ease by Newcastle. It was a third consecutive home loss in the Premier League. It was United’s fourth straight defeat in all competitions. Gary Neville was busy
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SUNRISE, Fla. — Playing without Kris Letang and on the road against the Stanley Cup champions, the Penguins handled themselves pretty well in earning a point. Rickard Rakell’s goal with 39 seconds remaining in the third period sent the game against the Panthers to overtime, and eventually, Florida won in a shootout, 3-2. However, it
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TORONTO — Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs left his team’s game against the Toronto Raptors late in the second quarter on Friday night, suffering a non-contact injury that had him grasping at his back and requiring a wheelchair to go to the locker room. The Magic ruled him out for the night due to back
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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick said he was unfazed by TNT analyst Charles Barkley’s criticism of the Lakers coach when asked about it Friday ahead of Los Angeles’ home matchup with the Atlanta Hawks. “I read a random text from somebody after the game,” Redick said. “I went to look at
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LOS ANGELES — The calendar has flipped and the construction remains ongoing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, from the cranes looming over their multimillion-dollar renovations at Dodger Stadium to bolstering a roster seeking to be the first repeat World Series champions since the turn of the century. The effort continued into Friday afternoon, a day
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