1+ hour, 9+ min ago (329+ words) 100 days out from the Milan-Cortina Winter Games, here's what makes this Olympics one for the history books. There is no backup stadium if the main ice hockey arena for the'Milan Cortina Winter Games'is not ready on time. Construction on the arena that is set to welcome'NHL players back to the Olympics'for the first time in more than a decade is behind schedule and its completion is going'right down to the wire. A test event at the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena " the new, 16,000-seat venue on the outskirts of Milan " had to be moved, and new test events aren't scheduled until Jan. 9-11. "So necessarily we have to be able to organize the competition in an impeccable manner at Santagiulia." The first scheduled Olympic hockey game at the arena is a women's preliminary round match on Feb. 5, one day before the opening…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago (548+ words) Lions get big win at home, Jaxon Smith-Njigba shines for Seattle, and DaK Prescott breaks Cowboys records. The Lions and Cowboys have become as much a part of Thanksgiving as turkeys and Pilgrims. The two NFL franchises have been holiday mainstays for decades. Along with a Detroit appetizer and Dallas main course, the league has an annual primetime matchup for dessert on its Thanksgiving menu. While the holiday is a cause for celebration, the Lions and Cowboys don't always get to walk off the field happy. The games count, after all, so the visiting team comes to town looking to rain on the parade. Just how good have the Lions and Cowboys been on Thanksgiving? And does being the home team on the holiday make a difference? Here's a look back at how every NFL team has fared on Turkey…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago (729+ words) CNBC Senior Sports Reporter Mike Ozanian breaks down why Canadian teams dominate American teams when it comes to NHL valuations and how it comes down to local TV rights. The highest-valued NHL team still reigns in Canada. The Toronto Maple Leafs remain No. 1 on CNBC's list of NHL valuations for 2025 at $4.3 billion, a lead of $500 million over the second-highest team. It also is $2.1 billion above league average. Toronto in 2024 had a valuation of $3.8 billion and sat $1.89 billion above league average. Trailing the Maple Leafs in the top three are the same two teams from 2024. The New York Rangers are second with a valuation of $3.8 billion, a $300 million increase. In third are the Montreal Canadiens, which also rose by $300 million to hold a $3.4 billion valuation. There has been a slight shakeup in the top five, though. While the Los Angeles Kings…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (341+ words) DALLAS, TX " NOVEMBER 18: Miro Heiskanen #4 of the Dallas Stars makes a pass to a teammate against Alexander Romanov #28 of the New York Islanders at the American Airlines Center on November 18, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. "Bo Horvat scored his 13th goal of the season in the second period before being ejected for high-sticking in the third, and the New York Islanders held on for a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. Calum Ritchie and Kyle Palmieri also scored, and David Rittich made 22 saves for the Islanders, who are 5-1 on their seven-game road swing. Jason Robertson scored twice for Dallas, and Jake Oettinger finished with 19 saves. Robertson, who has eight goals in his last four games, scored on a 6-on-5 backhander with 1:59 left to cut the deficit to one for the Stars, whose five-game winning streak ended. The Stars, with Oettinger pulled,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (340+ words) MONTREAL, CANADA " NOVEMBER 13: Jakub Dobes #75 of the Montr'al Canadiens allows a goal on a shot by Esa Lindell #23 of the Dallas Stars (not pictured) during the second period at the Bell Centre on November 13, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Stars defeated the Canadiens 7-0. Jason Robertson had two goals and an assist, Casey DeSmith stopped 24 shots for his first shutout of the season, and the Dallas Stars beat the Montreal Canadiens 7-0 on Thursday night. Wyatt Johnston, Esa Lindell, Tyler Seguin, Colin Blackwell and Alexander Petrovic also scored for Dallas, which won its fourth straight game. Radek Faksa had three assists and Mikko Rantanen added two. DeSmith had 14 saves in the first period, three in the second and seven in the third to get his 13th career shutout. Jakub Dobes allowed five goals on 13 shots through two periods and Sam Montembeault had four…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (196+ words) Dallas scored three straight goals, and Roope Hintz scored at 3:04 of overtime to lift the Stars over the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Tuesday night. Linus Ullmark made a couple of big saves, but Hintz capped off the come-from-behind victory. Mikko Rantanen and Jason Robertson also scored for the Stars, who outshot the Senators 16-6 in the third. Trailing 2-1, the Stars came out pressing in the third and were rewarded on the power play when Robertson beat Ullmark glove side. Ullmark finished with 30 saves. The Senators played the final 40 minutes without Thomas Chabot, who suffered an upper-body injury late in the first. Ottawa generated several good chances but couldn't get anything past Jake Oettinger, who stopped 27 shots, after the first period. Drake Batherson opened the scoring 49 seconds into the game, taking a pass from Jake Sanderson and wiring a wrister from the faceoff…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago (297+ words) Leo Carlsson's short-handed goal midway through the third period proved to be the winner as the Anaheim Ducks rallied to beat the Dallas Stars 7-5 on Thursday night. Carlsson scored on a slap shot 10:38 into the third period to give the Ducks a 6-4 lead. Troy Terry had an assist on the goal. Chris Kreider scored twice, Cutter Gauthier, Olen Zellweger and Ian Moore added goals and Mason McTavish added an empty-netter for Anaheim, which won its fifth straight and for the seventh time in eight games. Lukas Dostal finished with 21 saves. Wyatt Johnston had two power-play goals, Roope Hintz, Tyler Seguin and Mikko Rantanen also scored for Dallas, which lost for the third time in four games. Miro Heiskanen had four assists and Jake Oettinger made 18 saves. Dallas had its seven-game points streak halted. Trailing 2-0 after one period, Anaheim stormed back…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago (305+ words) Wyatt Johnston had three assists before making the game-ending shot in a shootout as the Dallas Stars beat Edmonton 4-3 on Tuesday night, in their first meeting since the Oilers eliminated them in the Western Conference Final for the second season in a row. Mikko Rantanen had two goals and an assist for the Stars. Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid and Vasily Podkolzin scored for Edmonton, which led 2-0 only 7:07 in while playing for the third time in four days. Casey DeSmith had 23 saves before stopping two of three shots in the shootout.Jake Oettingerwas on the bench, but didn't play for Dallas after the birth of his first child. Stuart Skinner, who beat the Stars in the last two West finals, stopped 24 shots. After having the primary assist on Draisaitl's power-play goal from about 30 feet directly to the left of the net…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (220+ words) Hockey is headed to Jerry World. The Dallas Stars will host an NHL Stadium Series game at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, in 2027, the league announced on Monday. The tilt will be held at 7 p.m. CT on Feb. 20, 2027, and broadcasted on ESPN. The Stars' opponent will be announced at a later date. AT&T Stadium has hosted countless sporting events since it opened in 2009, including Super Bowl XLV, the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2015, the Final Four in 2014 and the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight last November. The stadium, located in Arlington, Texas, will also host FIFA World Cup matches next summer. "Hosting the NHL's Stadium Series with the Dallas Stars is another great example of the vision we've always had for what AT&T Stadium could be beyond football," Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said…...