Gerard Gallant is ideal choice to solve star issue that haunted Rangers
NY Post
From one star’s lips to the Rangers stars’ ears: Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad are going to enjoy and benefit from playing for Gerard Gallant.
That’s the way an interested and educated observer named Jaromir Jagr sees it. And he should know, having thrived in Florida in his mid-40s under the Rangers’ new head coach. “He is tough but friendly and he is honest with the players,” Jagr told The Post on Tuesday from his home in the Czech Republic. “In my opinion, with the players having so much power, that is the way a coach has to be. You can’t threaten to send players down or take away their ice time. That does not work.
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Former Dolphins offensive lineman Richie Incognito went on a tweet spree Sunday after former Miami teammate Jonathan Martin, whom he was accused of bullying in a scandal that led to Incognito being suspended by the NFL, told ESPN that he never felt bullied.
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The allegations against Justin Tucker keep growing.
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Draymond Green did not hold back when giving his view of the NBA All-Star Game’s new format.
Dion Jordan’s NFL career didn’t go quite as planned.
TAMPA — Devin Williams is used to it by now.
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Giants — and NFL — history nearly looked very different.
MONTREAL — Canadian coach Jon Cooper put it better than anyone.