Team USA now heads for ‘biggest game’ after strong 4 Nations opener
NY Post
MONTREAL — There was an absence of the pomp and circumstance that accompanied Wednesday’s Canada-Sweden opener of this 4 Nations Face-Off.
There was also an absence of electricity both on the ice and in the stands for this match between the USA and Finland that had been evident in the rink 24 hours earlier.
But there was hockey, high-stakes, best-on-best hockey, even if it took quite the while for the Americans to get to their game and display superiority in their 6-1 victory in advance of Saturday night’s showdown against the mighty Canadians.
“It is going to be,” said Brady Tkachuk, “the biggest game I’ve ever played in my career.”
PORT ST. LUCIE — Juan Soto’s one-season stop with the Yankees may have served as the perfect primer for the All-Star outfielder as he begins the first of potentially 15 spring trainings with the Mets.
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.
I am trying to envision Adam Silver’s reaction — just a few hours before he called “the state of the game excellent” — to hearing that Draymond Green, a high-profile employee and active NBA participant, labeled his league “very boring.”
The allegations against Justin Tucker keep growing.
BOSTON — The 4 Nations Face-Off is giving the NHL its moment.
TAMPA — This will begin with your recency bias alert. Because, yes, I do not watch much hockey, and yet I could not take my eyes off the USA-Canada game Saturday night.
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.
SAN FRANCISCO — Jalen Brunson isn’t ruling out a return to the 3-point competition after losing in his second try.
Giants — and NFL — history nearly looked very different.
MONTREAL — Canadian coach Jon Cooper put it better than anyone.
MONTREAL — I’m not sure I would do this — I would need a little more information on the other party — but I am sure that if I were Rangers GM Chris Drury, I would seriously look into it.