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The Czech Foreign Ministry Office sent a letter to the NHL informing the league that it is not issuing visas to Russian players ahead the 2022 Global Series games in Prague next month.

Zach and Madison Stroup told Insider that a social worker told them: "You guys have lost out on so much. Don't let cancer take away your wedding."

The move comes as EA Sports added women's club teams to 'FIFA 23,' and featured Chelsea standout Sam Kerr on its cover.

Ant Anstead shares a tribute to his girlfriend Renee Zellweger on Instagram. See his adorable post and catch up on their love story.

State media quote a lawyer for the former Russian national team goalie as saying he's been transferred to the country's far north.

It sure didn’t take long for the Colorado Avalanche to put a dent in the trophy after it won the title in Tampa Bay on Sunday.

The NBA commissioner pondered pausing this season when the virus numbers were at their worst for many teams.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claims Russian President Vladimir Putin is not ill despite several rumors circulating.

This June, the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol will be broadcast live — competing against baseball, NHL hockey, and maybe the WWE. The televised hearings, which aim to tell a more complete story of what happened the day of the Capitol riot and what led to it, are likely to dominate the national conversation throughout the summer, possibly right up to November’s midterm elections. So, what do you need to know before tuning in? Yahoo News explains.

The airing of grievances and expressions of frustrations which commonly followed each of the Sabres' previous 10 losing seasons were notably absent on Saturday. At a time Buffalo set an NHL record by missing the playoffs for an 11th straight year, the mood was unmistakably upbeat among players gathering one final time. “It’s definitely a different feeling this year,” said forward Zemgus Girgensons, the team’s longest-tenured player after completing his eighth season in Buffalo.

Russia has been removed as host of the 2023 world championship in men’s ice hockey.

The L.A. Kings and other hockey teams see a chance to develop a fan base south of the border, with the hope of playing an NHL game in Mexico before long.

The team is controlled by majority owner David Bonderman who paid a $650 million expansion fee to join the league.

The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association has decided to break off talks with the rival Premier Hockey Federation.

Jacob Panetta, who was suspended following claims that he used a racial gesture directed at a Black player during a game in Jacksonville, has accepted an offer from the Icemen and was expected to rejoin the team Friday evening.

Andrei Svechnikov scored on a power play at 3:14 of overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes completed a rally from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Friday night.

"We stand with the people of Ukraine and join the voices around the world calling for peace," EA said in a statement.

Herman hoped her "mini sports history" moment would go quietly unnoticed. Instead, the locker room quickly devolved into a "circus scene."

When Chris Chelios and the U.S. went on a run to the Olympic final in 2002, son Jake was front and center in Salt Lake City, dreaming of one day following in his father's footsteps. Twenty years later, Jake Chelios is in the Olympics — but not the way he ever envisioned. “I think half the family was a little confused of what was going on at first, but now they’re starting to understand how special it is,” said Chelios, who moved to Beijing in 2019 to play for China-owned Kunlun Red Star in the KHL.

Denmark’s men’s hockey team held its first pre-Olympic practice without six players after a spate of positive COVID-19 test results upon arriving in China.

Alex Galchenyuk was the only scorer in the shootout and the Arizona Coyotes rallied to beat Colorado 3-2, snapping the Avalanche’s 18-game home winning streak.

Tony DeAngelo had a goal and two assists against his former team as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 6-3.

In order to make it to the NHL, O’Ree had to keep a little secret from the Bruins.

"I will never forget how my teammates in the Bruins locker room accepted me as one of their own," Willie O'Ree said as his No. 22 was lifted to the rafters.

O'Ree joined the Boston Bruins in the late 1950s, becoming the first Black player in the NHL.

Members of the recently formed Hockey Diversity Alliance are sharing their painful experiences in launching a campaign to eradicate racism in the NHL.

The scheduled game Thursday night between Anaheim and the Detroit Red Wings has been postponed to Sunday because of COVID-19-related issues affecting the Ducks.

The Jacksonville Icemen will welcome the Stanley Cup to the River City next weekend. The 120-year-old trophy will be in Jacksonville for the ECHL All-Star Game weekend festivities.

Sidney Crosby and Evan Rodrigues scored 12 seconds apart in the third period, and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied past the St. Louis Blues 5-3.

This year marked somewhat of a return to normalcy in the sports world.

Sea Turtle Conservation of the Pacific release newborn turtles into the ocean at sunset.

The goal of the changes is to keep the NHL season going after 67 games already have been postponed for coronavirus-related reasons.

The NHL will emerge from an extended holiday break with taxi squads and other roster revisions to guard against more disruptions to the season. Each team will be allowed to have a taxi squad of up to six players and to make emergency recalls from the minors if COVID-19 absences would cause anyone to play without a full lineup. Taxi squads, which were used during the shortened 2021 season, are set to be in effect until at least the All-Star break in early February.

Commissioner Gary Bettman made the announcement, making official what seemed inevitable in recent days when the list of postponed games grew to 50.

Commissioner Gary Bettman made the announcement, making official what seemed inevitable in recent days when the list of postponed games grew to 50.

More than 50 regular season games have been postponed amid an outbreak across the league.

The NHL has announced that players won't be able to participate in the Beijing Olympics.

The NHL is not sending players to the Beijing Olympics after all.

The league announced it will open its annual holiday break two days earlier than scheduled because of a rise in positive COVID-19 test results.

The league announced Monday night that it will open its annual holiday break two days earlier than scheduled and have it run through Saturday.

Even some of the healthiest and most highly vaccinated communities in the country are being ravaged by the new variant.

And the postponements and cancellations are piling up: The World Economic Forum delayed its annual summit in Davos for the second year in a row. The NHL, NFL, NBA and the Premiere League have rescheduled scores of games as teams struggle to keep the coronavirus out of their locker rooms. Broadway shows from Hamilton to Mrs. Doubtfire have canceled performances in the past week, while the Rockettes canceled their remaining Christmas shows.

Players are benched after testing positive, games are canceled or postponed and leagues and players' unions are scrambling to figure out how to move forward under a cloud of uncertainty.

U.S. sports leagues are seeing rapidly increasing COVID-19 outbreaks with dozens of players in health and safety protocols, amid an ongoing surge by the delta variant of the coronavirus and rising cases of the highly transmissible omicron mutation.

The NFL, NBA and NHL are all affected. More and more players are sidelined after testing positive for the virus and some games are being postponed.

"There was a really big white space," Erin Andrews told Insider. "[Apparel companies] had a ton of stuff for the guys, but not really for the women."

Garnet Hathaway a pair of goals during a two-minute span in the third period and the Washington Capitals snapped the Los Angeles Kings eight-game point streak with a 2-0 victory Wednesday night.

An executive director with the Professional Hockey Players Association does not know how the agency was not contacted in 2010 during a period where allegations of sexual assault surfaced within the Chicago Blackhawks organization.

The former player at the heart of the Chicago Blackhawks assault scandal has come forward publicly.

Stan Bowman has resigned as general manager of the U.

There was a league investigation into whether Kane submitted a fake vaccination card.

Several months after COVID-19 vaccinations were made widely available in the United States, vaccination status continues to disrupt professional and college sports.

The NHL carries a ton of momentum into the new season with new broadcast partners in ESPN and Turner Sports. Charles Curtis examines if that will lead to hockey reentering the mainstream of American sports culture.

Ovechkin, Backstrom and other familiar faces are older than the average NHL player.

The Newark-based NHL team will select an area Black-owned business to be featured on player helmets for 13 of its home games this season.

He built the Adelphia cable empire before federal authorities charged him and family members with conspiracy and fraud.

The NHL regular season is two weeks away.

U.S. athletes trying to make the Winter Olympics will have to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 under a directive announced Wednesday by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

The expansion Seattle Kraken have revised their contract with goaltender Philipp Grubauer after the initial deal was rejected by the NHL for violating the collective bargaining agreement, according to a person with knowledge of the move. Grubauer will still count $5.9 million against the salary cap throughout the $35.4 million, six-year deal. The NHL has a cap recapture formula to retroactively punish teams for those contracts, which could come into play for Nashville if Montreal defenseman Shea Weber — who’s expected to miss all next season with injury and may never play again, according to Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin — retires early.

The NHL said it will investigate an allegation made by Evander Kane’s wife that the San Jose Sharks forward bet on his own games and has intentionally tried to lose for gambling profit. The league said Saturday night on Twitter that it was made aware of the social media posts by Anna Kane and plans to conduct a full investigation. The NHL said: “The integrity of our game is paramount and the League takes these allegations very seriously.”

The 19-year-old said in an Instagram post that he "could not be happier with my decision to come out." His team, the Nashville Predators, and league officials have congratulated him.

The Lightning are the first team to go back-to-back championships since the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016 and 2017.

The Icemen announced a new affiliation agreement on Tuesday with the NHL’s New York Rangers and the American Hockey League’s Hartford Wolf Pack. That links one of the most storied teams in NHL history with a Jacksonville franchise that is expanding its footprint in town.

The Tampa Bay Lightning took a strong step toward defending their Stanley Cup championship with a 5-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens in game one of the best of seven series.

With goals in each period, the Lightning even the series against the New York Islanders.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are moving on to the semi-finals after knocking off the Carolina Hurricanes in five games.

The Toronto Blue Jays will be extending their stay at their adopted home in Buffalo, New York, through July 21.

An explosive second period propels the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-1 series lead against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Ball Arena in Denver has been approved to return to full capacity for the next round of the NBA and NHL playoffs providing fans wear face coverings.

The first full-service sportsbook at a major sports arena or stadium in the United States has opened in Washington.

This was a neat trick to help celebrate a hat trick.

The NHL suspended Colorado Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri eight games for a hit that knocked St. Louis Blues defenseman Justin Faulk out of Game 2.

Brayden Point scored two late goals, including the game-winner with 1:14 left in the third period, to lift the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning over the Florida Panthers 5-4 to take Game 1 of their playoff series.

Kroenke Sports & Entertainment says state health officials have approved an increased capacity at Ball Arena for Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche playoff games.

The city government in Washington, D.

Tom Wilson is good to go after leaving Washington's last game with an upper-body injury and eager to move on from a chaotic few days.

The New York Rangers have been fined $250,000 by the NHL for criticizing head of player safety George Parros.

Washington Capitals forward Tom WIlson has a long history of disciplinary issues in the NHL. The league fined him $5,000 for his latest incident.

Washington's Tom Wilson has been fined $5,000 by the NHL for roughing New York Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich.

Anthony Beauvillier scored twice and Semyon Varlamov stopped 28 shots for his league-leading seventh shutout of the season as the New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 3-0 to clinch a playoff spot for the third straight season.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are happy but not satisfied after clinching a 15th straight playoff berth.

Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 36th goal of the season as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Thursday night.

Tristan Jarry made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season and Jake Guentzel scored in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 1-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday.

Daniel Sprong scored twice in injured Alex Ovechkin's place on Washington’s top line , Ilya Samsonov made 21 saves and the Capitals beat the New York Islanders 6-3.

Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust each scored their 20th goal of the season, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2.

Six Challenger tennis tournaments scheduled for Canada this year have been canceled because of the pandemic.

South Carolina is increasing the allowed attendance for the team’s spring football game later this month from 9,000 to 15,000.

The NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals have announced the dates this month when they will start to allow fans at home games at 10% of their capacity.

The Vancouver Canucks now have 17 players in the NHL COVID-19 protocol with the addition of rookie forward Nils Hoglander.

The Sabres added another option of proof of a negative antigen COVID-19 test within six hours of the doors opening. The Sabres had fans in attendance only once this season. No other players or coaches were affected by the coach’s positive test. ___Buffalo Sabres interim coach Don Granato and assistant Matt Ellis are headed back to work after being cleared from the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. Ad___The Michigan Wolverines are out of the NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament because of positive COVID-19 test results within the team's Tier 1 testing group.

“Few men in the history of our game were more closely connected to a city and a franchise than Bob Plager was to St. Louis and the Blues,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. “In the lineup for the Blues’ inaugural game on Oct. 11, 1967, he assisted on the first goal in franchise history and committed the Blues’ first penalty that night – thus commencing a 54-year association with the organization.”

Tim Peel's career as an NHL referee is over after his voice was picked up by a TV microphone saying he wanted to call a penalty against the Nashville Predators. Referee Tim Peel is shown in this Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, file photo. Derik Hamilton / AP"Nothing is more important than ensuring the integrity of our game," NHL vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell said in a statement. "I don't think it's right. I think if it's an obvious one I don't think it should be made up for."

More than likely, he said, those loans aren't in jeopardy, as banks know sports teams are good for repaying. According to one of the sports execs, the average gate receipt for a non-playoff NBA game is roughly $1 to $1.5 million. Last month, NBC Sports estimated the league could lose $500 million in ticket revenue when factoring in postseason games. Marty Conway, a longtime sports marketing exec who developed digital and business strategies for organizations like AOL and the MLB's Baltimore Orioles said he last estimated ticket revenue makes up roughly 36% of the NHL's annual revenue, 30% of MLB's and 22% of the NBA's. Ticketing 2.0A Coronavirus sign inside the Pepsi Center, before the game between the New York Rangers against the Colorado Avalanche on March 11, 2020.

Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave died Saturday after a brain bleed this week. Rest in peace, Colby Cave. The Oilers posted Cave's goal on Twitter this week. Cave had four goals and five assists over 67 NHL games with Boston and Edmonton. Cave played 15 more games with Boston in 2018 before the Oilers claimed him on waivers.

** UEFA postponed all Champions League and Europa League matches due to take place this week. ** FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation agreed to postpone Asian World Cup qualifying matches in March and June. PENTATHLON** The rest of the modern pentathlon World Cup season was postponed until May. WINTER SPORTS** The International Ski Federation canceled the final races of the mens Alpine skiing World Cup. ** The World Cup finals in Cortina were canceled along with the last three womens races in Are.

President Trump welcomed the 2019 Stanley Cup champions, the St. Louis Blues, to the White House Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Trump delivered remarks during the Rose Garden and commented on developments regarding Turkey, which is pushing ahead with its Syria offensive. He said Vice President Mike Pence will be traveling to the country Wednesday to try to reach a ceasefire deal. Mr. Trump has demanded an immediate end to Turkey's assault against Kurdish fighters and civilians in Syria an assault Turkey began after Mr. Trump announced he was moving U.S. troops out of the way. The president announced new sanctions Monday to try to pressure Turkey.

Sin City is betting on a makeover. Las Vegas has long been the gambling capital of America, but now it wants to become a big-time sports town. Civic leaders hope to lure an NFL, NHL, NBA or major league baseball team to a metropolitan area of $2 million people once thought to be off limits to top-level pro sports. After decades of waiting, a decision could now come within days. Mark Albert reports.

Hockey legend Gordie Howe died Friday after a battle with dementia. The 23-time NHL all-star won four Stanley Cup titles. He was 88.

Sidney Crosby among NHL stars infected with mumps It's still unclear how the NHL mumps outbreak began, but the Penguins star is the latest player in the league to fight the virus. Vladimir Duthiers reports on why the disease may be spreading.

Mumps outbreak hits NHL hockey teams About a dozen NHL players have been sidelined by mumps this season, as the contagious viral disease spreads from team to team. CBS News' Adriana Diaz reports.