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Surprise, surprise, all four division champions lost in the first round for the first time in major four North American pro sports history, the teams that played in last year's Cup Final are out and the team that finished 21 points ahead of the rest of the NHL got swept.

The Carolina Hurricanes stormed back to stun the Washington Capitals, 4-3, in Game 7 on Wednesday night to eliminate the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Tommy Sheppard has become the team's interim president of basketball operations, elevated to the top job after Ernie Grunfeld's dismissal Tuesday afternoon.

The Washington Capitals drop Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final to the Vegas Golden Knights, 6-4, after Lars Eller misses a golden chance to tie the game in the final seconds.

After a 10-6 win over Milwaukee for the MASL's Eastern Conference final, the Blast must get past the Monterrey Flash to win a third straight indoor soccer championship.

Goalie William Vanzela returned from an injury to make 19 saves and Vini Dantas had a hat trick in the Blast's MASL Eastern Conference victory over the Milwaukee Wave.

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The Major Arena Soccer League announced the divisional and conference alignments for the 2017-18 season. The MASL enters its fourth season with 24 teams in the

The Washington Capitals re-signed right wing Andre Burakovsky to a two-year, $6 million contract. Burakovsky, 22, had 12 goals and 23 assists in 64 games with

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Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice, Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist and the Capitals beat the host Devils, 5-2, on Thursday night to head into the All-Star break with the most points in the NHL.

Swimming star Michael Phelps isn't sure what kind of moves Ryan Lochte has planned for "Dancing with the Stars."

For the second straight game, the Blast rallied from a late two-goal deficit against the Missouri Comets to claim a 4-3 win in overtime and capture the Major Arena Soccer League's Eastern Conference championship.

On Tuesday, the anticipated Eastern Conference championship series moves to Baltimore with the Blast owning a 1-0 series lead following a come-from-behind, 4-3 overtime win in Missouri on Thursday. If the Comets take Game 2, a 15-minute mini game would immediately follow to determined which team advances to the league championships series.

Having a division foe at Royal Farms Arena was a welcome sight for the Blast on Friday night.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) ¿ The Anaheim Ducks acquired center Ryan Kesler from the Vancouver Canucks in a trade for center Nick Bonino, defenseman Luca Sbisa and the 24th overall pick in Friday's draft.

Tommy Hunter blew his third save of the season for the Orioles last night.