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NHL News: Connor Bedard Remains Top-Ranked Prospect as NHL Releases Final Draft Rankings Presented by BioSteel

NHL Public Relations April 18, 2023 NEW YORK (April 18, 2023) – Connor Bedard (North Vancouver, B.C.), a center from the Western Hockey League’s Regina Pats, held his position as the No. 1 prospect for the 2023 Upper Deck NHL Draft as the NHL Central Scouting Bureau today released its final rankings presented […]

ICYMI: NHL Morning Skate: Stanley Cup Playoffs Edition – April 18, 2023

NHL Public Relations April 18, 2023 * Anze Kopitar and the Kings stunned the Oilers in Game 1 by authoring another multi-goal third-period comeback win after accounting for four of the NHL-record 56 during the regular season.  * Ryan Hartman called game by scoring the double-overtime winner against the Stars to cap the longest contest […]

Popular Televangelist Dr. Charles Stanley died today at age 90; Founder of In Touch Ministries

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Charles Frazier Stanley (September 25, 1932 – April 18, 2023) was an American Baptist pastor and writer. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020.He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries, which widely broadcast his sermons […]

Blue Jackets 82-game season comes to an end tonight with Buffalo Sabres visiting

APR. 14, 2023 II NATIONWIDE ARENA II VS. BUFFALO SABRES BROADCAST INFORMATION TV:  Bally Sports Ohio           Jeff Rimer (play-by-play), Jody Shelley (analyst), Dave Maetzold (reporter)              Radio:  97.1 The Fan              Bob McElligott (play-by-play), Dylan Tyrer (host) THE MATCHUP Sabres to Watch «  D Rasmus Dahlin ranks fourth-T among NHL blueliners in points and sixth in assists […]

Blue Jackets beat Penguins in overtime 3-2; Four Rookies make debut and contributed to win

APR. 13, 2023 II NATIONWIDE ARENA II VS. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS                                                                          GAME AT A GLANCE THREE STARS1st – Michael Hutchinson, CBJ (stopped all 34-of-36 shots); 2nd – Johnny Gaudreau, CBJ (1-0-1, OT winner); 3rd – Emil Bemstrom, CBJ (1-0-1) GOAL SCORERSColumbus: A. Peeke (6), PP – E. Bemstrom (7), OT – J. Gaudreau (20)Pittsburgh: PP – […]

Blue Jackets hosts arch-rival Pittsburgh Penguins tonight in next-to-last home game of the season

APR. 13, 2023 II NATIONWIDE ARENA II VS. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS BROADCAST INFORMATION TV:  Bally Sports Ohio           Jeff Rimer (play-by-play), Jody Shelley (analyst), Dave Maetzold (reporter)              Radio:  97.1 The Fan              Bob McElligott (play-by-play), Dylan Tyrer (host) Penguins to Watch «  C Sidney Crosby leads the team in assists and points with 33-58-91 in 81 games this […]

Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson dead at age 86

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jerome Johnson Richardson Sr. (July 18, 1936 – March 1, 2023) was an American businessman, football player, and owner in the National Football League (NFL). A native of Spring Hope, North Carolina, he played college football at Wofford and was twice a Little All-America selection. After graduating from there, he played two seasons in […]

Actor Tom Sizemore, who looked the part of every character he played, dies at 61

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (/ˈsaɪzmɔːr/; November 29, 1961 – March 3, 2023) was an American actor. He is known for his supporting roles in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Passenger 57 (1992), True Romance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), Strange Days (1995), Heat (1995), The Relic (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Bringing Out […]

Co-Founder of Weather Report, Jazz Saxophonist Wayne Shorter dead at 89

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey‘s Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davis‘s Second Great Quintet, and then co-founded […]

Former NBA, NFL owner Red McCombs dead at 95

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Billy Joe “Red” McCombs (October 19, 1927 – February 19, 2023) was an American businessman. He was the founder of the Red McCombs Automotive Group in San Antonio, Texas, a co-founder of Clear Channel Communications, former chairman of Constellis Group, a former owner of the San Antonio Spurs, San Antonio Force, Denver Nuggets, […]