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Maple Leafs report cards: Stolarz's excellent night carries Toronto in lackluster win

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The Toronto Maple Leafs were expected to take care of business against the Chicago Blackhawks at home on Monday, and in literal terms, that’s exactly what they did. Coach Craig Berube is unlikely to be exuberant about their 4-1 win, though, as his team let a last-place Blackhawks squad carry the play for much of […]

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Nebraska extends Dana Holgorsen's offensive coordinator tenure with 2-year deal

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LINCOLN, Neb. — Dana Holgorsen is coming back to Nebraska as offensive coordinator after his three-game stint to end this regular season. Nebraska announced on Monday night that Holgorsen signed a two-year contract with the Huskers to pay him $1.2 million annually. The news comes late in a busy stretch of several hours at Nebraska.

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49ers' Trent Williams, wife announce death of son after losing twin earlier in pregnancy

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San Francisco 49ers left tackle Trent Williams and his wife, Sondra, announced the stillbirth of their son, Trenton O’Brien Williams Jr., in an Instagram post on Sunday. Trenton Jr. was born at 35 weeks on Nov. 24. His twin died earlier in the pregnancy, Sondra said. “As much as I tried to prepare myself for

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2025 WNBA schedule release: Why doesn't the winner earn more? Plus, crypto as prize pool money?

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The WNBA released its 2025 schedule Monday afternoon. The slate for opening weekend and the timing for some of the league’s marquee matchups were the big news, but there were also some noteworthy numbers if you dug deeper into the news release. Let’s start with the total prize pool. The league announced the prize pool

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Lions' Dan Campbell on Jahmyr Gibbs' leak of protection calls: 'It won’t affect us'

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Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs was in the news lately for accidentally revealing Detroit’s protections, visible on a whiteboard at the team facility, in a Snapchat video of fellow RB Jermar Jefferson. Coach Dan Campbell has had to answer about it multiple times since. The screenshot of the video spread on Reddit prior to the

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David Jiricek makes a big first impression on Wild teammates: 'Holy s—, he’s tall'

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — As they say, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. Brock Faber got a great one of new teammate David Jiricek on Monday morning. “My first impression was definitely, ‘Holy s—, he’s tall,’” Faber said of the 6-foot-4 blueliner, who was acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets

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West Virginia coaching candidates: Rich Rodriguez, Jimbo Fisher and more names to know

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West Virginia head coach Neal Brown was fired on Sunday, one year after a breakthrough 2023 season in which he led the Mountaineers from last place in the preseason Big 12 poll to a 9-4 finish. Brown, who gained national notoriety thanks to a successful run at Troy, lost four of his last seven games,

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F1's season finale showdown in Abu Dhabi. Plus: Qatar storylines, ranked

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Prime Tire Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s twice-weekly F1 newsletter. Sign up here to receive Prime Tire directly in your inbox. Welcome back to Prime Tire, where we’re wondering why nobody told us there’d be so much math involved in sports journalism. We’ll get to yesterday’s Qatar GP in a second, but first … A Showdown

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