SEATTLE STADIUM — No Christian Pulisic? No problem. With the U.S. men’s national team’s best attacking player on the bench because of a lingering calf injury, Mauricio Pochettino’s squad qualified for the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a game to spare. The Americans beat Australia, 2-0, in its second group stage match…
It is a brutal, unyielding truth as old as the Stanley Cup itself: you can’t survive the punishing, bone-crushing gauntlet of the playoffs on skill alone when your bottom-six gets physically overwhelmed. When the Montreal Canadiens watched their unexpected, exhilarating playoff run dissolve in a five-game Eastern Conference Final (ECF) exit against the Carolina Hurricanes,…
Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha will have his family close by when his team takes on Uruguay on Sunday, days after his standout performance against Spain turned him into one of the most talked about players of the World Cup. The 40-year-old was named player of the match in Cape Verde’s goalless draw on Monday, a…
The biggest surprise about the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ June 16 trade with the Philadelphia Flyers wasn’t that Joseph Woll was moved. Once Anthony Stolarz established himself as the team’s starter and Dennis Hildeby continued pushing for NHL time, a move always felt possible. What caught my attention was the other part of the deal. Toronto…
The referees have been active at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It took only 27 games across seven days for officials to allocate more red cards than they did during the entire 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. The record for red cards in a single World Cup stands at 28 in 2006. These moments…
The New York Rangers entered the 2025-26 season with hopes of making the playoffs, but ended up with the worst record in the Eastern Conference. They did have a few rookies play well and got great goaltending from Igor Shesterkin, but the team struggled when he was out injured and Jonathan Quick was starting consistently….
As the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup proceeds, teams will secure their spot in the knockout stage, which begins on June 28 and wraps up with the World Cup final on July 19. The field of 48 will be whittled down to 32, and then the titular knockouts will begin, with extra…
The St. Louis Blues have some decisions to make this summer. Should they keep all three of their first-round picks? Should they move on from Jordan Kyrou? They also have to figure out what the future holds for goaltender Jordan Binnington. Their Stanley Cup hero is linked to multiple teams seeking a goaltender this summer,…
The United States men’s national team will start its second 2026 FIFA World Cup group-stage match against Australia — its biggest test of the tournament so far — with its star forward, Christian Pulisic, not being available, Mauricio Pochettino told FOX Sports’ Jenny Taft on Friday. “Christian’s not available,” Pochettino told Taft. “Today was training…
Though a popular old adage states that time heals all wounds, we all know that that isn’t always the case. Sometimes the emotions brought on by a particular situation will fade away as the years go by, but there are some things that will never not be painful, and that’s certainly the case for the…
