Erik Gudbranson signed a three-year contract extension with the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday; and shortly before that announcement, the Boston Bruins acquired Nick Holden from the New York Rangers in exchange for minor league defenseman Rob O’Gara and a third-round pick in the 2018 draft. Gudbranson was due to be an unrestricted free agent on July 1 and there was much debate in Vancouver whether it made more sense to sign the physical – though injury-plagued – blueliner to an extension or trade him for assets to be used in the ongoing rebuild....

For now, let's focus on the fact that the New York Islanders, a few months after giving up Matt Moulson and a first-round pick to get Vanek, flipped him for … actually, can you call it a "flip" when your return isn't all that great? The Isles, in return for a 30-goal scorer, received prospect Sebastien Collberg and a second-round pick only if Montreal makes the playoffs. They also gave Montreal a fifth-round pick....

The Predators will receive defensemen Steven Santini and Jeremy Davies and two draft picks. “We had to make a business decision. With an aim at strengthening our forward corps this offseason, and the continued strength of our defensive group, we felt it was necessary to clear up salary cap space this way,” Predators president of hockey operations and general manager David Poile said in a statement. “We appreciate P.K.’s contribution to the Predators and the Nashville community over the past three seasons, which have seen our organization have unprecedented success....

Toronto acquired defenseman Tyson Barrie, forward Alex Kerfoot and a sixth-round pick in 2020 from Colorado, the teams announced. The Avalanche received forward Nazem Kadri, defenseman Calle Rosen and a third-round selection in the deal. Barrie finished last season with 59 points, which ranked seventh among NHL defensemen. He also added a goal and seven assists in 12 playoff games. Barrie has spent his entire eight-year career in Colorado....

“It’s not just potential candidates any more, it’s political leaders,” Torres told The Associated Press before his arrest on Sunday. “This is not a transition to dictatorship, it is a dictatorship in every way.” Six people were arrested over the weekend, with Unamos activist Tamara Dávila arrested on Saturday. Unamos leaders Victor Hugo Tinoco and Suyen Barahona were arrested on Sunday, as well as Torres and another ex-Sandinista dissident Dora María Téllez....

MORE: AFC predictions | NFL training camp: Questions and answers, by team Reporting bonuses aren’t too common, and especially not at the amount Mangold is getting. But when you’re 32 years old and playing in your 12th season, you need a little extra incentive to get to training camp. And you better believe he showed up. While Mangold reported for duty to collect his check, others with similar bonuses haven’t been as fortunate....

Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart is expected to to be named the new head coach at Georgia after this weekend’s SEC championship game. Naturally, the press hounded Saban about this potential move, but he wasn’t trying to hear it. MORE: Meet the new 2016 FBS coaches | FSU sorority girl is sick at flag football At one point, he got so fired up, he picked up a Coke bottle from the podium and suggested the media talk to it instead, because he “told them everything he knew....

On Friday night, the Alabama football coach signed a long-term agreement to remain with the Crimson Tide. The deal will bring his salary to more than $7 million annually. On Saturday, Saban spoke about his contract extension and media attention regarding his rumored moved to Texas. MORE: Top 10 head coaching jobs | SN All-Americans | All-Freshman Team From ESPN.com: "The way this sort of got spun, it was a little bit more like, 'OK, he got a new contract at Alabama, so he's going to stay at Alabama instead of going to Texas,' " Saban told ESPN....

Young got to experience the joy of staying in Los Angeles twice, because he revealed to reporters that he thought the trade deadline was the day before. When asked about Young’s mistaken trade deadline date, Lakers coach Byron Scott responded, “I don’t think Nick pays a whole lot of attention to current events.” MORE: Clippers get offensive boost with addition of Jeff Green | Shelvin Mack headed to the Jazz...

MORE: Golden State Warriors sign Nick Young Almost a year later, the 32-year-old has signed with the team, according to ESPN. There were clearly no hard feelings over the tweet. Kevin Durant personally welcomed Young to the team with a tweet of his own. To be fair, Young did say “2016” fans, not “2017” fans, so he does have some leeway. Now the rest of the NBA is probably thinking:

FBOY Island sees three women faced with 24 potential male suitors. Over 10 episodes they have to get to know their potential partners and separate who genuinely wants a relationship (the Nice Guys) from those who are after one thing (the Fboys). HBO has yet to announce if the dating show with a twist will return for Season 3, but host Glaser, who is also an executive producer, would be game to return to the “best job” she’s ever had....

Though Haley made headlines for the suggestion, she’s not the first to favor such a move. Senator Bill Cassidy, a fellow Republican from Louisiana, made a similar call in 2020. Perhaps more famously, former President Donald Trump once boasted of passing a cognitive test during a 2020 interview, before saying he would like to see then-challenger Joe Biden do the same. During an interview on the Christian Broadcasting Network, Haley was asked by correspondent David Brody about the mental health of Biden, who at 78 is the oldest man to serve as commander in chief....

Though setting oneself apart can be difficult, establishing a personal reputation can give a business leader more reach and influence in their industry. Below, the members of Newsweek Expert Forum share tips on the best way for a leader to build a personal reputation when their work is always top of mind for audiences. 1. Identify What You Excel At The best way to build a personal reputation is to help solve the problems of your target audience by using a medium you are good at....

However, players can get around this by purchasing some extra accessories. Here’s the games we know won’t be playable on the Nintendo Switch Lite - out of the box - when it releases this September. NINTENDO LABO The Labo construction kits offer unique ways to play with the Nintendo Switch. However, a recent CNET hands-on confirmed the Lite won’t be compatible with the Labo kits. Nintendo said the size of the handheld makes it incompatible with the kits....

The latest update—version 11.0—was released Monday night, and the biggest change gamers will see as a result has to do with the Nintendo Switch Online service. This service not only allows for Switch owners to play games online, it also gives them the ability to save data to the cloud and access a library of games from the NES and SNES eras. Nintendo Switch Online can now be found in the bottom of the screen, as opposed to an app alongside other software, and now has a brand new UI that informs gamers which games they can play online, as well as which vintage games are playable....

Maybe you thought Harvey’s prime had come and gone, vaporized by Tommy John surgery or an innings limit or Manhattan’s traffic congestion. Maybe Harvey was living on borrowed time in a Mets’ uniform — there were plenty of fans who were calling for him to be excommunicated, even if a trade meant sending him to the Yankees. MORE: Best NLCS photos | Five takeaways from Game 1 | Arrieta vs....

Sounds familiar, eh? MORE: Top NLCS photos | Fagan: Mets’ unity on display | Cespedes leaves game early The Mets used that simple-yet-effective formula for the fourth game in a row and got the same result for the fourth game in a row, completing a four-game National League Championship Series sweep with an 8-3 victory over a Cubs team that was thwarted in its attempt to win a World Series for the first time since 1908....

Consider that when it comes to Terry Collins and the Mets skipper’s decision on Saturday to start Michael Cuddyer at first base in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, benching Lucas Duda. MORE: Nine impact players in the NLCS | NLCS TV schedule, times, dates The reasoning for the decision should be fairly obvious: Duda, a very streaky hitter, went 2-for-18 in the division series against the Dodgers, striking out 11 times....

TikTok conducted its own investigation into the apparent trend and found no evidence of its existence on the app. One police department, who previously believed it to have been a TikTok challenge, confirmed to Newsweek that it wasn’t. Last week, Massillon Police Department in Ohio became the latest to warn parents of an apparent “Kool-Aid Man” challenge birthed on TikTok, encouraging teens to take inspiration from the classic commercials and run through garden fences of strangers....

The 24-year-old rapper attended Tuesday night’s game between the Canucks and Panthers, not all that surprising considering he is a native of Pompano Beach, Fla. Kodak Black (legal name Bill Kapri) watched part of the game with a woman from their rinkside seats, and they were seen multiple times on the FLA Live Arena Jumbotron. MORE: Will Alex Ovechkin catch Wayne Gretzky on all-time scoring list? Kodak Black and the woman eventually made their way up to a suite, and that’s when things got, uh, interesting....