The ads, which took seven years to develop, are the NHL’s latest revenue source, joining ads on jerseys and helmets. Fans watching games on television or streaming have been exposed to these digital ads during the first few nights of the 2022-23 season. But there are early glitches with the technology. MORE: Latest injury updates on Maple Leafs goaltender Matt Murray Here is what you need to know about the new NHL digital dashboard ads....

Pay no attention to that dawdling franchise in Arizona. Bettman wants hockey in Las Vegas. MORE: Foley’s plans | Why Quebec City didn’t make it | NHL awards After all, the Coyotes weren’t the team with the NHL’s lowest average attendance last season. That dubious distinction went to the Hurricanes, who these days pass for a stiff breeze. Vegas is pro sports’ flavor of the day. The Raiders want a lick; so do other teams in need of cash … sorry, we meant to say a burgeoning base of support, no matter how transient....

However, for certain free agents, it’s not just as easy as signing wherever they want for however much they want. Restricted free agents are just — restricted. Their team owns their rights and the two sides must come to an agreement on a new contract. One of the ways for discussing a new deal is going to salary arbitration. Players or teams can elect to go to a third party in order to figure out the salary amount of their upcoming contract....

With less than 24 hours remaining in the regular season schedule, a makeup date between the Bruins and Panthers on Sunday will hold up the bracket in the Eastern Conference, while once the West Coast games have concluded, the other side will be fully set. Here’s how the 2018 Stanley Cup playoff bracket looks at this very minute. Last updated: April 8 PRESEASON RANKINGS: How badly SN’s experts got it wrong...

Medical student Nadia Popovici, 22, attended the Kraken’s first-ever home game Oct. 23, snagging seats on the glass directly behind the Canucks players’ bench. It was then that she noticed an alarming-looking mole on the back of the neck of Canucks’ assistant equipment manager Brian “Red” Hamilton. “I saw his [mole] and I was like, wow, that is a picture-perfect example of what a melanoma looks like,” Popovici stated, adding that her time volunteering in a local oncology ward allowed her to easily identify the mole as cancerous....

The problem for Flyers fans, whether they know it or not, will start if and when Philadelphia tries to re-sign MacDonald. At 27 years old, and considering the market for defensemen who play a lot of minutes, block shots and put up decent points totals, he's going to look for gigantic raise — and the Flyers need defensemen enough to overpay him. MORE: NHL trade deadline tracker | Ryan Kesler and the Penguins?...

Vanek, in his only season with Detroit, has 38 points (13 goals, 25 assists) in 48 games. He also has a +2 plus/minus this year. He played in 71 games for Minnesota in 2015-16 and amassed just 41 points total, so Vanek is on pace to put up at least 50 points this year. MORE: NHL trade deadline live blog, updates, more After a great season last year, Florida sits a point back of the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, with 68 points on the season (29-23-10 overall)....

Overtime, shootout, Sidney Crosby. You know the story. A decade later, the NHL’s Winter Classic has become one of the more memorable games on the regular season schedule, if only for the spectacle that is hockey’s return to its natural habitat. And this year, the Big Apple serves as the back drop for the New Year’s Day outdoor game for the first time when the Sabres and Rangers meet at Citi Field....

But the outlook is mostly sunny for this year’s iteration of the Winter Classic at Citi Field in Queens, N.Y. MORE: How to watch the NHL Winter Classic The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures in the 15-20 degree range with partly cloudy skies when the Sabres and Rangers drop the puck around 1:25 p.m. ET Monday. Everyone hopes for snow at these events (see: USA-Canada world juniors), but it doesn’t look like a white New Year’s Day with less than a 10 percent chance of precipitation....

In a now-viral video, Hayden and her friend Bella are asked to name the world’s two longest rivers. The video, originally filmed by Dominic DiTanna, was posted to Twitter on Monday by Rikke. It has received over 350,000 views and hundreds of comments, including one from singer Niall Horan. At the beginning of the video, DiTanna asks Hayden and Bella if they are “smarter than a fifth grader.” Bella quickly says “no,” but Hayden gives DiTanna a confident “yes....

The French soldiers may save lives. But more likely they will prove to be precisely the wrong group to police the bitter Rwandan conflict. The French have long supported the Hutus, who have slaughtered hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsis in recent months. From 1990 to 1993 France sent weapons and advisers to prop up the Hutu-dominated government, and Western diplomats say that French military advisers actually joined the front lines to help stave off Tutsi rebels who came within 25 miles of the capital, Kigali, early last year....

Chubb has been placed on IR with an MCL injury, but it’s believed not to be season-ending, with a six-week timetable for return, per Adam Schefter. The Browns running back was rolled up on during pass protection during the second quarter of Sunday’s game and clutched his knee after the contact. Chubb would get up and walk to the locker room under his own power. The Browns initially designated Chubb’s return as questionable before downgrading him to out....

Plenty of backfields across the NFL can support two relevant fantasy football backs, especially in PPR formats. That said, without a preseason and with a new coaching staff in tow, it’s hard to know exactly how the split between Chubb and Hunt might work, and that’s leaving some fantasy football owners a little bit antsy when it comes time to decide if either player is worth an early-round pick on draft day....

Polish lawyer Anna Palus released a statement confirming legal action against the 27-year-old for his comments made during the Wimbledon final he lost against Novak Djokovic. Palus was removed from the crowd at Wimbledon’s centre court after Kyrgios accused her of being drunk and distracting him, with the Australian heard on broadcast coverage to say she had downed ‘700 drinks’. MORE: Nick Kyrgios picks his winner for the US Open | Nick Kyrgios limps out of Cincinnati Masters to spark US Open fears | Nick Kyrgios lands in hot water after Cincinnati Masters incident...

The Patriots coach is known for his distaste and sometimes confusion regarding technology and social media, which has led to a good deal of laughs over the past decade. He famously once asked a reporter if he was on “SnapFace” and has developed a habit of throwing tablets on the sideline during games. Alabama coach Nick Saban might somehow be even more of a technology caveman than Belichick, though. Saban apparently just started using email during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, finally relieving his wife from the longtime burden of correspondence duties....

Well, Saban thinks this mindset is unfair to his players. During the latest edition of “The Nick Saban Show,” the 70-year-old coach went on a two-minute rant about how his players are human, and how fans expecting his team to destroy the opponent each week are being unrealistic. “When I came here, everybody was happy to win a game. Now, we’re not happy to win a game anymore. We’re not happy to win a game at all,” Saban said....

Kidman was speaking on Late Show with David Letterman in August 2001 when she made a subtle comment about Cruise, whom she had just divorced. The clip in question was shared on Reddit, leading thousands of users to interact with the post. Kidman and Cruise were married for almost 11 years, from 1990 to 2001, before Cruise filed for divorce citing “irreconcilable differences.” In the resurfaced clip, Letterman presses Kidman on her divorce, to which she responds: “Well I can wear heels now....

The Chelsea winger was arguably the biggest of seven casualties as the continental football governing body announced its ultimate category nominees for the awards gala slated for January 4 in Accra on Monday. The winger was seeking to become the first Nigerian to win the top honour since Nwankwo Kanu in 1999, after a largely successful 2017 campaign for club and country. “I’m not happy because I feel that Moses should be part of the last three," Pinnick told Citi Sports....