Stu Bickel

The New York Rangers have their team of Black Aces. Ten players from the Connecticut Whale's roster reported to New York and will practice as the Rangers face the Capitals in the NHL playoffs. If the Rangers have an injury during the playoffs,...

In the NHL playoffs, does familiarity breed contempt? We'll find out starting this week, when the Rangers meet the Capitals for the third consecutive year and fourth in the last five. Some of the players -- and in the Caps' case, the men behind the...

Tim Taylor decided early in life to skate away from the family business. Taylor, who grew up in Natick, Mass., was part of the legendary family that owned the Boston Globe, but the newspaper business didn't interest him. Taylor played hockey at Harvard...

If there were any hockey justice, Marc Staal would be healthy and preparing even harder for the Rangers' first-round playoff series starting next week. But his "run of bad luck," as he puts it, has him on the sidelines. With his right eye still blurry...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE SOFTBALL| Presentation at Bethany Lutheran Triangular in Rosemount, Minn., day two of two, vs. Finlandia, 12:30 p.m, and vs. Bethany Lutheran, 4:30 p.m.   |TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball—Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — While the NHL and its players remain engaged in a boardroom battle over dollars and cents, professional hockey is still being played across the United States. Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, of course, are not hockey...

NEWARK, N.J. -- The New Jersey Devils outplayed the New York Rangers in every aspect of the game in Game 3 of their fiercely intense Eastern Conference final series Saturday afternoon. The Devils owned more of the open ice, had more shots on goal and...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Crosby's return after three months of inactivity didn't hurt the chemistry of the Pittsburgh Penguins one bit as they surged closer to the Eastern Conference-leading New York Rangers. Crosby played for the first time since...

Sidney Crosby was on the ice for three of Pittsburgh's five goals, and defenseman Kris Letang was out there for all of them. The Penguins are suddenly the picture of health, and the NHL's hottest team is making the Eastern Conference playoff race a fight...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-Nicholls State at North Carolina, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Davidson vs. Kansas, 8 p.m. (ESPNU) NHL Hockey-Anaheim Mighty Ducks at Dallas Stars, 7 p.m. (VERSUS); Minnesota Wild at Vancouver Canucks, 9 p.m. (FXSP) NFL...