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From one Rangers captain to another: Jacob Trouba earns NHL's Mark Messier Leadership Award

May. 14, 2024 19:44 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — From one former New York Rangers to a current one, Jacob Trouba was selected as the winner of the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award, the league announced on Tuesday. The award winner is selected personally by Messier and presented since 2007 to a player who...

Lyndsey Fry is pushing to keep Arizona youth hockey moving forward following the Coyotes' departure

May. 10, 2024 16:40 PM EDT

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Audrey Ju met some of her best friends through hockey, knows someone at every rink she goes to and has become close with numerous families in the tight-knit community. The Arizona Coyotes' move to Utah raised questions about the future. The...

Chloe Spreen closes out incredible prep career as top vote-getter on AP Indiana All-State team

May. 08, 2024 10:42 AM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bedford North Lawrence senior Chloe Spreen led the Stars to the 2023 Class 4A state championship as part of a decorated high school career. Individually, she became a regular on The Associated Press all-state teams — earning high honorable mention status as a...

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

May. 07, 2024 07:22 AM EDT

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. April 30, 2024. Editorial: Indiana to host cicada emergences that last occurred 221 years ago Parts of Indiana and Illinois will host a natural event this spring that last occurred in 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president. Two separate...

A $5,000 check won by Billie Jean King 50 years ago helped create Women's Sports Foundation

May. 02, 2024 17:04 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King’s $5,000 check sure went a long way for women’s sports. King used the money from a sportswoman of the year award to launch the Women’s Sports Foundation in 1974. Since then, the foundation has invested more than $100 million to help girls and...

Lightning coach Jon Cooper apologizes for inappropriate comment about putting skirts on goalies

May. 01, 2024 14:58 PM EDT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper opened his end-of-season news conference Wednesday apologizing for making what he called an inappropriate analogy of putting skirts on goalies. Cooper after the Game 5 loss that eliminated his team from the playoffs on Monday...

Alaska's Indigenous teens emulate ancestors' Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics

Apr. 27, 2024 21:14 PM EDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The athletes filling a huge gym in Anchorage were ready to compete, cheering and stomping and high-fiving each other as they lined up for the chance to claim the state's top prize in their events. But these teenagers were at the Native Youth Olympics, a...

Utah hockey fans welcome the former Arizona Coyotes to their new home

Apr. 24, 2024 22:46 PM EDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah hockey fans welcomed the former Arizona Coyotes to their new home Wednesday. Players and coaches were greeted at the airport in morning by a crowd of approximately 100 players from local youth hockey programs. The kids chanted “Go, Utah! Go, Utah!” ...

With an assist from the Denver Broncos, Colorado becomes 11th state to sanction girls flag football

Apr. 24, 2024 19:29 PM EDT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Colorado became the 11th state in the U.S. to sanction girls flag football as a high school sport this week, thanks to an assist from the Denver Broncos. The Colorado High School Activities Association's legislative council approved the fall sport following...

West Virginia says it will appeal ruling that allowed transgender teen athlete to compete

Apr. 24, 2024 15:26 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on an appeals court ruling that allowed a transgender athlete to compete on her middle school teams, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Wednesday. “We’re not going to allow the elites in the...