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Emily Cave has a message as fellow Albertans gripe about coronavirus restrictions. The Canadian province has seen a COVID-19 cases skyrocket this week with Premier Jason Kenney announcing that

Thom Brennaman may very well have destroyed his career last month when he uttered a gay slur on air, and there are many who would be just fine with never hearing from the Cincinnati Reds broadcaster again. “Believe me, I know there are a lot of people who are still very angry and I understand …

San Jose Sharks captain Logan Couture posted a statement on social media expressing regret for making an incident public and explaining why it happened. On Tuesday in Toronto, Couture said he was sucker-punched after talking about voting for the Republican party if he could – Couture is not an American citizen and so he cannot …

The NHL was the only active professional sports league in North America not to postpone games Wednesday in protest of Jacob Blake’s shooting by police, a decision that drew criticism from two prominent players. “NHL is always last to the party on these topics,” Minnesota Wild star defenseman Matt Dumba, who is Filipino-Canadian, told Sportsnet 650 …

Thanks, but no thanks. Marc-Andre Fleury appreciated the support, but he asked his agent to take down his controversial Twitter post anyway. His goal, he told reporters, is to win, even if it means he’s not on the ice, and so his agent, Allan Walsh, deleted the picture he posted of his client with a …

This had the subtlety of a Mike Tyson roundhouse. Marc-Andre Fleury’s agent, Allan Walsh, tweeted a picture of his client with a sword in his back. Written on the sword was “DeBoer”, the last name of Las Vegas Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer. Clearly, Walsh is not happy that Fleury will not be in net …

Sean Avery is throwing his “peacock” hat in the ring to replace Mike Milbury. The former Ranger said he was ahead of the curve in calling for Milbury to be fired from NBC Sports two weeks ago after the color commentator suggested playoff hockey should go to a three-on-three overtime and a shootout to combat …

The NHL bubble may keep its players safe from COVID-19, but not its fans from Mike Milbury’s “insensitive and insulting” commentary. The NBC Sports analyst came under fire Thursday night, while calling the Islanders and Capitals game, for suggesting that women were a distraction to NHL players. “If you think about it, [the bubble is] …

Jack Edwards is back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons — again. The Bruins’ play-by-play announcer for NESN offered a controversial take on Twitter regarding Hurricanes star Andrei Svechnikov’s potentially playoff-ending injury in Saturday’s Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. Svechnikov had been fighting for position in front of the net with …

The Boston Bruins will be without their No. 1 goalie for the remainder of the 2020 NHL playoffs. Tuukka Rask announced Saturday that he was opting out of the playoffs with Boston tied 1-1 in its first-round series with the Carolina Hurricanes. “I want to be with my teammates competing,” Rask said in a statement, …