Scott O’Neil, the CEO of the parent company that owns the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, has resigned after an eight-year run in which he shepherded The Process and the Prudential Center.
Seattle Mariners left-hander Hector Santiago has become the first to be suspended under MLB’s new crackdown on pitchers using foreign substances. The pitcher will appeal the ruling.
Trail Blazers guard Carmelo Anthony is the inaugural winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award for “pursuing social justice … for individuals and groups who have been historically marginalized or systemically disadvantaged.”
Montreal’s Jake Evans played for the first time in nearly a month in Monday’s Stanley Cup Final opener — but didn’t want to talk about the hit by Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele that left him with a concussion. Evans did say that Scheifele reached out to him.
Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist in Monday’s Game 1 win to reach 30 points in only 19 playoff games, a mark only Evgeni Malkin (2009) reached faster in the past 25 years.
He led Germany to a World Cup win in 2014 amid a string of impressive runs at major tournaments, but Joachim Low’s 15-year tenure is difficult to define.