Having missed the playoffs for the first time in a decade, the once-dominant Blackhawks could be poised to make a major move this summer. The Athletic’s Craig Custance cited a source speculating the Blackhawks are looking “to add something significant.” He suggested they could pursue Islanders center John Tavares via free agency, but his colleague Scott Powers pointed out their limited salary cap space could make such a move a long shot....

With the Penguins’ quest for a third consecutive Stanley Cup derailed by the Capitals, local pundits were left to ponder the club’s possible offseason moves. Kris Letang surfaced in the rumor mill at times this season. The 31-year-old defenseman struggled at times to shake off the effects of last year’s season-ending neck surgery. Some Penguins fans prefer shipping out his $7.25 million annual cap hit. General manager Jim Rutherford, however, said he has no plans to move Letang....

Zucker Next Out Of Minnesota? The Calgary Flames raised some eyebrows with limited activity at last week’s NHL trade deadline. Rumored to be in the market for a top-six right wing, the Flames instead acquired depth defenseman Oscar Fantenberg from the Los Angeles Kings. Shortly after the deadline, however, TSN’s Darren Dreger reported the Flames came close to acquiring Minnesota Wild winger Jason Zucker. The Athletic’s Michael Russo said the deal would’ve sent winger Michael Frolik and a draft pick to the Wild in return for Zucker....

New York Islanders center John Tavares recently completed meetings with five NHL clubs in addition to the Islanders during the NHL’s free-agent interview period. It’s expected he’ll take the next couple of days to evaluate their proposals. Tavares met with the Boston Bruins, Dallas Stars, San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs. He also continued discussions with the Islanders. TSN’s Pierre LeBrun believes his decision could come as early as Saturday....

Like last season, the Avs were the bottom seed among the Western Conference playoff clubs. This year, however, they upset the Western Conference-leading Calgary Flames in five games and pushed the favored Sharks to the limit in a hard-fought seven-game series. The Avalanche are going through the inevitable growing pains of a rebuilding club finding its way. With their performance down the stretch and against strong competition in this year’s postseason, they seem poised to take the next step towards Cup contender status....

Here’s a look at five clubs that could soon become early sellers in the trade market. Detroit Red Wings Mired at the bottom of the standings, the once-mighty Red Wings have more rebuilding ahead of them. First-year general manager Steve Yzerman made a couple of early-season additions by acquiring Robby Fabbri from St. Louis and Brendan Perlini from Chicago. Given his club’s ongoing difficulties, he could be motivated to get an early start shedding players who no longer fit into his plans....

Wednesday, Oct. 2 kicks off the new season with the Battle of Ontario as the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Ottawa Senators at 7 p.m. ET. Familiar faces abound on both teams with each heading into the new year with differing expectations. NHL predictions 2019-20: Final standings, playoff projections, Stanley Cup picks​ At 8 p.m. ET, it’ll be a clash between the two most recent Stanley Cup winners: the St....

But if you sucked up your gut and entrusted your cash to a Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fund on Jan. 1, 1995, you’ve more than doubled your money. A hundred bucks in the S&P on New Year’s Day 1995 had grown to $220.05 as of Dec. 19, 1997, when we had to stop counting and get the magazine out. If the market ends the year a tad or two above its Dec....

While the rivalry isn't as fiery as it was a handful of years ago, the Terps did upend the then No. 1 Blue Devils in College Park, Md., a game Nick Faust was on the floor for. On Saturday, he did his best to make sure his name remains a part of the rivalry's history: It's not exactly "Miracle Minute" quality but it's pretty darn impressive.

The win over the Bucs makes Foles only the fourth quarterback in NFL history along with Jake Plummer, Brian Griese and Cam Newton to have multiple career wins over Tom Brady without ever being on the losing side against the six-time Super Bowl champion. To put the achievement into context, Brady has played 331 games between regular season and playoffs since he entered the NFL in 2000, losing just 77 of them....

But the Australian star has also had some of the most controversial moments of his career on the turf at the All-England Lawn and Tennis Club. The Sporting News looks at the 27-year-old’s most memorable and eye-catching times at the third Grand Slam of the year. Wimbledon 2014 quarter-final on debut as a teenager At 19 years old in his first-ever appearance at Wimbledon 2014, Nick Kyrgios reached the quarter-finals - in a performance that is still his equal-career best....

MORE: NBA trade rumors: Lakers have no plans to trade young core that has scouts raving A video posted by Lamorne Morris (@lamorne) on Jan 14, 2017 at 2:22pm PST Young’s meme originated from a hilarious clip of his reaction to his mom calling him a “clown.” MORE: Lakers fan nails $95,000 ‘Big Shot Jackpot,’ then celebrates like a Laker The moment happened during the filming of the YouTube series “Thru The Lens” which depicts a day in the life of Young....

I lived and worked in Saudi Arabia for three years as the Kingdom embraced its fast-growing media and entertainment industry. In a country with the highest social media usage in the world and a generation of YouTubers given creative freedom online, this was inspiring. While I was welcome to make films about and in Saudi, including in the Great Mosque in Mecca, in the end I returned to my native London....

The International Olympic Committee ruled Friday that Backstrom hadn't intended to enhance his performance, laying the blame for his positive test for pseudoephedrine on the Swedish team doctor. GENTILLE: Tough luck for Backstrom The Washington Capitals center was suspended and pulled from the team just hours before the Feb. 23 gold-medal game, which Sweden lost 3-0 to Canada. "While I will always be disappointed that I wasn't able to play in the gold medal game with my fellow countrymen, I'm pleased that my name has been cleared by the IOC," Backstrom said in a statement....

Hernandez lost a unanimous decision to Uzbekistan’s Hasanboy Dusmatov in Friday’s light flyweight match. MORE: Best photos from Day 7 | Full medal count The last American male to reach the Olympics podium in boxing was Deontay Wilder — the current WBC champion — at Beijing in 2008. The last American male to win gold was light heavyweight Andre Ward — who is 30-0 as a professional — at Athens in 2004....

The former Great News star, whose big day fell on Tuesday, took to Instagram on the night of her birthday to share video footage of herself blowing out the candles dotted around her personalized cake. But the traditional celebratory gesture quickly escalated into hair-raising moment, when her honey-brown tresses fell into the candle flames as she leaned forward. On realizing that something was amiss, Richie screamed as she attempted to bat out the flames, while a party attendee stretched their hand across to help....

The Nigeria wing-back provided a cross for Harry Wilson to double the Tigers’ lead after Markus Henriksen had opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Jarrod Bowen completed the rout in the second half as the visitors coasted to a comfortable victory at Portman Road. Aina who was on parade for the entire duration of the encounter was also on hand to help in his primary duties as his side kept a clean sheet, much to the delight of his boss....

Indeed, his energetic mood was in marked contrast to many of his younger aides. They had been with him as he made his way through the previous week’s grueling schedule and they seemed pretty shattered. For a man who turns 74 in three months’ time, President Trump looks remarkably well. CPAC is the biggest annual gathering of conservative activists and officials in the political calendar. After years of being ignored by both President Bushes, and by Republican Mitt Romney-types, President Trump, like Ronald Reagan before him, is now an annual fixture there....

The 19-year-old had a breakthrough campaign in the Belgian top-flight in 2016-17, scoring 24 goals in all competitions for Eupen. His exploits have led to interest from around Europe, but it appears the Gunners are set to win the race for his services by triggering a £6.8 million buy-out clause. “It’s a good feeling for a club like Arsenal to make a bid for me, this is due to my hard work in training and games,” Onyekuru told the Nigerian Football Federation....