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[ad_1] Who is the greatest NHL player of all time? Easy, right? Wayne Gretzky. Who else but the player who, over the course of a 20-year NHL career, scored the most goals, assists and points in league history? At the time Gretzky retired, he held 61 NHL records and most still stand today. Gretzky’s place atop the charts hardly seems debatable, so we’re not going to debate it. Instead, it’s the other 99 spots that follow No. 99 we need to sort out. Welcome to NHL99, a project that aims…

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[ad_1] Anthony Brown knew where he’d stand on the Baltimore Ravens’ quarterback depth chart if he signed with the team back in April as an undrafted rookie free agent. Of course, the Ravens had Lamar Jackson. They also had a young backup in Tyler Huntley, who showed himself reasonably well when given an opportunity last season. Baltimore has long preferred keeping just two quarterbacks on its 53-man roster. Yet, when the final pick of the 2022 draft was made and Brown didn’t have a team, allowing him to choose where…

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[ad_1] A World Cup security guard has died after suffering a “serious fall” while on duty at the Lusail Stadium for Argentina’s quarter-final match against the Netherlands.  The man has been named as John Njau Kibe, a 24-year-old from Kenya who moved to Qatar a year ago. The precise details of how he fell are unclear but the incident came after Argentina had beaten the Netherlands on penalties in the early hours of Saturday morning. The security guard was taken to Hamad Medical Hospital in an ambulance and was said…

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[ad_1] The Premier Hockey Federation is doubling its salary cap for the 2023-24 season, another sign of growth for the lone women’s professional hockey league in North America. The PHF announced on Wednesday that each team’s player payroll will go up to $1.5 million next season, from the current record figure of $750,000. This marks the third straight season of player salary growth since 2021 when the cap was $150,000 per team. Commissioner Reagan Carey said in a press release that the increase reflects the strength of the league, currently…

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[ad_1] The curtains at the front of the Wyndham hotel in Doha’s West Bay have been drawn shut. There are security guards stationed at every entrance while metal barriers block any vehicles from gaining access. On the opposite side of the street, television cameras zoom in on the lobby searching for the footballers who have united their country and the continent of Africa. The Gate Mall is located just around the corner and there is a collection of coffee shops, restaurants and patisseries nearby. Moroccan supporters spend hours drinking tea…

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[ad_1] DENVER — It’s not hard to tell that Brad Hunt has a missing front tooth. He’s constantly smiling, so his teeth — or lack thereof — are always visible. Hunt hasn’t had a glamorous NHL career. The 34-year-old went undrafted, had to work his way up from an AHL amateur tryout contract to the NHL and has bounced around like a ping-pong ball, playing for seven organizations in the past 10 seasons. He wouldn’t change it for anything. “I never want to take it for granted,” he said Tuesday…

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[ad_1] The Cowboys added a veteran wide receiver this week with multiple Pro Bowls on his resume, but it’s not the player you were expecting. T.Y. Hilton worked out at The Star on Monday and signed with the team a few hours later. Although he has not played all season, Hilton is expected to practice Wednesday and have a chance to play Sunday at Jacksonville. According to Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, the biggest hurdle will be getting acclimated to the language of the offense. “A great addition,” McCarthy said. “He’s…

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[ad_1] Eighty-five of the top 100 players in the nation have already issued commitments. That doesn’t mean there aren’t going to be fireworks in the next two weeks. Just ask five-star running back Rueben Owens of El Campo (Texas) High, who flipped from Louisville to Texas A&M on Wednesday. We’re less than two weeks away from the early signing period. Classes are almost done, but the results that come through in the next 14 days will help determine how coaches fared in the latest recruiting cycle. So how about a…

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[ad_1] Edmonton Oilers fans haven’t been truly pleased with a general manager’s overall trading record since Glen Sather flew to Manhattan at the turn of the century. The last time any general manager drew praise came before and during the 2005-06 season, when Kevin Lowe authored a series of impressive deals that landed Chris Pronger, Michael Peca, Dwayne Roloson, Jaroslav Spacek, Sergei Samsonov and others. The team went all the way to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final in 2006, with Lowe’s trades a big part of the team’s…

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[ad_1] Lionel Messi has been targeted by arguably the world’s biggest Mexican sports star after a clip of the forward accidentally kicking a Mexico shirt was published on social media. Boxer Canelo Alvarez asked whether his followers had seen “Messi cleaning the floor” with the jersey and flag. He replied: “He better hope to God that he doesn’t run into me.” Alvarez, a multiple-time world champion, and his tweets quickly went viral with thousands of likes and retweets. The reaction was varied. Fans and well-known journalists in Mexico responded to…

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