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Weighing a postseason bubble: What MLB can learn from the NHL
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Tuesday, 18 August 2020 11:11
Major League Baseball is in the early stages of drafting an operating manual for a playoff bubble, the same initial step it took in drawing up its coronavirus protocols for the regular season and another sign that the league intends to pursue a more strictly contained postseason, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.The league's original operating manual became the…
Blues star Tarasenko leaving bubble for injury
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Tuesday, 18 August 2020 11:33
St. Louis Blues star Vladimir Tarasenko is leaving the Western Conference postseason bubble in Edmonton to seek further medical evaluation on his injured shoulder, the team announced Tuesday.Tarasenko will return to St. Louis to meet with team doctors for further evaluation of his left shoulder, which was surgically repaired in October 2019. He missed 61 regular-season games for the Blues,…
Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk dies at 57
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Tuesday, 18 August 2020 13:57
Hockey Hall of Famer and Winnipeg Jets legend Dale Hawerchuk died after a battle with stomach cancer. He was 57.Hawerchuk's son, Eric, tweeted the news on Tuesday, saying: "My family is so proud of him and the way he fought."Condolences came in from across the hockey community, including from fellow Hall of Famer Teemu Selanne"What an incredible human being," Selanne…
Joe 'Exotic' Pavelski finally paying off for the Dallas Stars
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Tuesday, 18 August 2020 07:29
The relaxed dress code in the NHL's bubble-based postseason has produced some memorable fashion choices. Like, for example, when Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg wore a T-shirt featuring teammate Joe Pavelski's smiling face digitally edited onto the body of infamous former zookeeper Joe Exotic as he hugged a Bengal tiger.The origin of that shirt, as the story goes: One day,…
NHL Playoffs Today: Capitals, Blackhawks face elimination
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Tuesday, 18 August 2020 05:01
This is it. It's win or go home for the Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the defending champions can't be counted out just yet, as the St. Louis Blues have tied their series at 2-2. And how about those Boston Bruins? A four-goal onslaught in the third period gave them a crucial Game 4 victory and a…
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