Like a shock to the system, Olympic hockey goes from nobody getting eliminated in group play to a single-elimination knockout round until one team is left standing. It’s Game 7 every time.
Seattle Kraken goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer made 30 saves to help Germany beat France 5-1 Tuesday to set up a quarterfinal game against Slovakia in the Winter Olympics in Italy.
USA and Canada will face off for gold for a seventh time since women’s hockey debuted at the 1998 Olympics in a border rivalry that never gets old. And this time, the Americans are the favorites.
Aerin Frankel stopped 21 shots for her third shutout of the Olympic women’s hockey tournament and the favored United States advanced to the gold medal game by defeating Sweden 5-0.
Geno Auriemma tied Tara VanDerveer for most appearances in the AP women’s basketball Top 25 poll when UConn remained No. 1 on Monday, while the UW Huskies fell out of the poll.
Graham Ike and Adam Miller each scored 21 points, Tyon Grant-Foster added 20 and No. 12 Gonzaga beat Santa Clara 94-86 in a showdown for first place in the WCC.
USA rallied for a 6-3 win over Denmark to improve to 2-0 in group play. Also, Seattle Kraken forward Kaapo Kakko scored twice in Finland's 11-0 rout of Italy.
Former Seattle Mariners reliever Paul Sewald agreed to a one-year deal with Arizona, reuniting him with the franchise he helped reach the World Series in 2023.
Here's a roundup of Friday's men's hockey action at the Winter Olympics, including Finland's win over archrival Sweden and a dominant victory for Canada.
An arbitrator determined the NFL Players Association violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL by distributing annual “team report cards” and ordered the union to stop making public any future reports.
