4 Nations Face-Off: USA-Canada championship hockey game draws record 9.3 million viewers on ESPN

The 4 Nations Face-Off championship between the USA and Canada on Thursday night drew a significant audience for ESPN’s broadcast. Canada’s 3-2 victory over the USA in overtime averaged 9.3 million viewers, the largest audience ever for an NHL broadcast. The previous high was 8.9 million for NBC’s telecast of Game 7 of the 2019 … Read more

Al Michaels recounts iconic call on 45th anniversary of ‘Miracle on Ice’: ‘Nothing will ever beat that’

Al Michaels is probably best known to current sports fans as the voice of ABC’s “Monday Night Football,” NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” and Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football.” Yet during a legendary career in sports broadcasting, Michaels has called virtually every sport that’s been contested during his nearly 60 years at the mic. That includes … Read more

New Dodgers star Roki Sasaki drops marriage announcement out of the blue, just like Shohei Ohtani did

For the second winter in a row, a Japanese superstar has announced a marriage to an anonymous woman on Instagram right after joining the Los Angeles Dodgers. Last year, it was Shohei Ohtani. This year, it’s Roki Sasaki. Amid his first spring training with the Dodgers, the pitching phenom published an Instagram post announcing he … Read more

Johnny Damon, Gerrit Cole and other MLB players who cut their hair after joining the Yankees

The New York Yankees changing their nearly 50-year-old facial hair policy beginning this season to allow “well-groomed” beards, according to owner Hal Steinbrenner, caught many in the baseball world off guard. Gleyber Torres, who signed with the Detroit Tigers in the offseason after seven seasons with the Yankees, told reporters on Friday that he was … Read more

How Caleb Williams’ rookie contract gives the Bears a window of opportunity | Inside Coverage

(This article was written with the assistance of AI and reviewed by our editorial team to ensure accuracy. Please reach out to us if you notice any mistakes.) With the Bears finally landing their dynamic quarterback in Caleb Williams, the conversation buzzes on “Inside Coverage” about how Chicago can build around him. According to Frank … Read more

Coaching changes stir up fantasy football landscape: What you need to know | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

(This article was written with the assistance of AI and reviewed by our editorial team to ensure accuracy. Please reach out to us if you notice any mistakes.) The world of fantasy football is a swirling vortex of stats, projections, and unexpected twists. But there’s one thing that can create waves bigger than any breakout … Read more