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4 Nations Face-Off makes lessons clear for Team USA, NHL — but can they achieve them?

4 Nations Face-Off makes lessons clear for Team USA, NHL — but can they achieve them?

Hockey has never broken through as a cultural product south of the Canadian border the way it has over the …

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Exclusive | Don Mattingly agrees: ‘Times change!’ Yankees were long overdue to end farcical facial hair policy

Exclusive | Don Mattingly agrees: ‘Times change!’ Yankees were long overdue to end farcical facial hair policy

TAMPA — I’m worried about the Yankees. They finally get rid of that half-century-old, no-sense no-beards rule, and Aaron Boone …

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Yankees want no part of Nolan Arenado as lineup issue looms

Yankees want no part of Nolan Arenado as lineup issue looms

Despite not having a clear-cut 3B, the Yankees continue to have no interest in Nolan Arenado, as they see him …

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The promise and peril behind the Yankees’ leap of faith at catcher

The promise and peril behind the Yankees’ leap of faith at catcher

How rare would it be if, say, Austin Wells and either J.C. Escarra or Ben Rice do the bulk of …

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Exclusive | Chris Kreider’s appreciation of 4 Nations ‘privilege’ is 15 years in the making

Exclusive | Chris Kreider’s appreciation of 4 Nations ‘privilege’ is 15 years in the making

BOSTON — Chris Kreider was flying down the left side as the trailer, Derek Stepan was flying down the right …

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Why Mets’ 5 million Juan Soto megadeal isn’t the overpay it might be for other teams

Why Mets’ $765 million Juan Soto megadeal isn’t the overpay it might be for other teams

PORT ST. LUCIE — A couple things might surprise you about Juan Soto, the Mets’ new all-time hitting savant who …

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Team USA’s physical beatdown of rival Canada a sight to behold

Team USA’s physical beatdown of rival Canada a sight to behold

MONTREAL — It was The Hit Heard ’Round 4 Nations. And when Charlie McAvoy blasted Connor McDavid on an entry …

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Now’s the time for the Rangers to consider bold Alexis Lafrenière trade

Now’s the time for the Rangers to consider bold Alexis Lafrenière trade

MONTREAL — I’m not sure I would do this — I would need a little more information on the other …

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Roger Goodell let Kendrick Lamar exploit Super Bowl halftime show

Roger Goodell let Kendrick Lamar exploit Super Bowl halftime show

Roger Goodell allowed Kendrick Lamar to exploit his spotlight not to entertain the Super Bowl audience but to renew one …

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The Red Sox are back — and so is the Yankees’ biggest rivalry

The Red Sox are back — and so is the Yankees’ biggest rivalry

TAMPA — It will never be 2003-04 again. What can’t be replicated is the intensity of the Yankees trying to …

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Gerrit Cole’s Bronx return comes with more questions than ever

Gerrit Cole’s Bronx return comes with more questions than ever

TAMPA — Of course, it was all kumbaya. Naturally, the Yankees insist that they never wanted Gerrit Cole to go …

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One issue is casting a big shadow over of 4 Nations Face-Off

One issue is casting a big shadow over of 4 Nations Face-Off

MONTREAL — We’ve been waiting for this for eight years, waiting for hockey and the NHL to embrace their historical …

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