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The Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning continued the National Hockey League’s ratings triumph Friday night, pulling in a big 0.8 and total average audience of 3.44 million for ABC’s telecast. The game no doubt lured a number of fans looking for a series-closing win by the Avalanche. But Tampa Bay said “Not…

Game 4 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final proved a win for the Colorado Avalanche and ABC on Wednesday night. A goal by Avalanche center Nazem Kadri in OT of the matchup with reigning champs the Tampa Bay Lightning put Colorado one victory away from claiming its first Stanley Cup since 2001. All that drama on the ice in…

Ahead of this month’s Stanley Cup Final, the National Hockey League said today that SNL stalwart Kenan Thompson will host the in-person 2022 NHL Awards. The annual ceremony celebrates the league’s best regular-season performances. ESPN will air the show live June 21 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. Whether the telecast will be…

EXCLUSIVE: LeBron James may have lost an attorney, but the LA Lakers kingpin gained a law firm in the end. The once in-house lawyer is Josh Tarnow and the recently formed firm is Sirkin Tarnow LLP Tarnow was the former Business & Legal Affairs chief at the NBA legend and Maverick Carter's media and production shingles…

The first round of the NHL’s 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs is history, and now the eight surviving teams are ready for their close-up. The National Hockey League said today its annual behind-the-scenes docuseries Quest for the Stanley Cup will return this month for its first run with new league partner ESPN. Narrated by…

Mike Bossy, a prolific goal scorer and key member of the New York Islanders teams that won four straight Stanley Cup titles in the early 1980s, has died at age 65. The Hall of Fame player had revealed a diagnosis of lung cancer last October, stepping away from his duties as a TV analyst for Canadian network TVA in his…

The National Hockey League has suspended its business activities in Russia, including social and digital media operations, and has ruled out future competitions in the country after its invasion of Ukraine. The military offensive, which began last week, is continuing to cause a widespread backlash against Russia…

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Robin Herman, who broke a significant barrier when she became one of the first female journalists to gain access to players in National Hockey League locker rooms, has died. She was 70 and died Tuesday at home in Waltham, Mass. from ovarian cancer, according to her husband. The NHL issued a statement mourning her…

Machine Gun Kelly is set to headline the entertainment for the 2022 NHL All-Star Game at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas next weekend. His show is set for the game’s second intermission and will be televised as part of ABC’s national broadcast, which begins at noon PT Saturday. The two-time VMA-winning rapper — who…

The NHL confirmed today that it will resume play Tuesday after being shut down since December 20 amid the global surge of Covid and its omicron variant. The league also postponed three more games set for this week — bringing the overall number to 70 — and is bringing back the “taxi squads” that were introduced when it…

The National Hockey League has confirmed its players will not take part in the Beijing Olympics in February, but the league expects a return to the Games in 2026. Covid concerns have mounted significantly in recent weeks, and multiple media reports suggested on Tuesday that the NHL would likely pull the plug. The…