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Metropolitan Division is in flux beyond the Rangers and Hurricanes still Stanley Cup contenders 09/30/2024 02:16pm • A second loss in the Eastern Conference Final in three years still stings for the New York Rangers, months after getting eliminated by eventual Stanley Cup champion Florida. ���It hurts,��� center Vincent Trocheck said, ���so, the itch to get back is heightened a little bit more.��� The Caroli Mother of Egyptian activist starts hunger strike to call for his release 09/30/2024 02:07pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The mother of a prominent Egyptian rights activist said Monday that she started a hunger strike to pressure authorities to release her son Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who rose to prominence with the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East and in Egypt toppled long-time Preside Capitals hope offseason changes help them return to the playoffs as Ovechkin chases Gretzky 09/30/2024 01:50pm • WASHINGTON CAPITALS Last season: 40-31-11, swept in first round of playoffs. COACH: Spencer Carbery (second NHL season, 40-31-11 in first year with Washington). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 12 vs. New Jersey. DEPARTURES: G Darcy Kuemper, D Nick Jensen, RW T.J. Oshie, LW Max Pacioretty, LW Beck Malenstyn, F New York Rangers carry championship aspirations into second year under Peter Laviolette 09/30/2024 01:43pm • New York Rangers Last season: 55-23-4, lost to Florida in six games in Eastern Conference final. COACH: Peter Laviolette (807-526-25-154 over 22 seasons with six teams, 1 Stanley Cup title). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 at Pittsburgh. DEPARTURES: F Jack Roslovic, F Barclay Goodrow, D Erik Gustafsson. ADDIT Islanders focused on getting off to strong start in first full season under Patrick Roy 09/30/2024 01:39pm • New York Islanders Last season: 39-27-16 (3rd place in Metropolitan Division, lost to Carolina in five games in first round). COACH: Patrick Roy (150-104-29 in four seasons with two teams). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 10 vs. Utah. DEPARTURES: F Cal Clutterbuck, D Sebastian Aho, assistant coach Doug Houda. A Steelers' promising start hits a speedbump in a mistake-filled loss at Indianapolis 09/30/2024 01:32pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Mike Tomlin insists the Pittsburgh Steelers don't rely on a ���rabbit's foot��� to help them out when things get tight. ���We come out of those circumstances because of what we do, not some mystical thing,��� Tomlin said last week. And what the Steelers do when things are going r The Penguins hope they've given stars Crosby and Malkin the help they need to return to the playoffs 09/30/2024 01:25pm • Pittsburgh Penguins Last season: 38-32-12, missed playoffs for a second straight year. COACH: Mike Sullivan (375-219-77 over 12 seasons with 2 teams, 2 Stanley Cup titles). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 vs. the New York Rangers. DEPARTURES: F Jeff Carter, F Reilly Smith, C Jansen Harkins, D Pierre-Olivier J Struggling F1 team Alpine will pull the plug on Renault as its engine provider 09/30/2024 01:20pm • Struggling Formula 1 team Alpine confirmed it will no longer use its homemade Renault engines in 2026. Alpine said in a statement on Monday that its F1 engine factory at Viry-Chatillon on the outskirts of Paris would become an engineering center called Hypertech Alpine, starting from the end of this After the death of Johnny Gaudreau, the Blue Jackets look for better days and better hockey 09/30/2024 01:12pm • Columbus Blue Jackets Last season: 25-48-9, last in the Metropolitan Division. COACH: Dean Evason (147-77-27 in four-plus seasons with the Minnesota Wild), hired July 23. SEASON OPENER: Oct. 15 at Florida. DEPARTURES: F Alexandre Texier, F Patrik Laine, F Alexander Nylander, D Adam Clendening, coach De Jong returns to Barcelona squad nearly 5 months after ankle injury 09/30/2024 12:57pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Frenkie de Jong will be available for Barcelona's Champions League match against Young Boys after being sidelined for nearly five months by an ankle injury, coach Hansi Flick said on Monday. De Jong hurt his right ankle in April in the clasico against Real Madrid. The Dutch Ancestral land returned to Onondaga Nation in upstate New York 09/30/2024 12:47pm • ONONDAGA NATION TERRITORY (AP) ��� The Onondaga Nation has regained 1,000 acres (405 hectares) of its ancestral land in upstate New York, a tiny portion of the land members say was unjustly taken by the state beginning in the 18th century. The heavily forested land is south of Syracuse and near the Book Review: Louise Erdrich writes about love and loss in North Dakota in ���The Mighty Red��� 09/30/2024 12:32pm • Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Louise Erdrich (���The Night Watchman,��� 2021) returns with a story close to her heart, ���The Mighty Red.��� Set in the author���s native North Dakota, the title refers to the river that serves as a metaphor for life in the Red River Valley. It also carries a secret Jaguars coach Doug Pederson should be concerned about his job amid an 0-4 start 09/30/2024 12:19pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Doug Pederson insists he has no concerns about his job security. He should. Pederson is on the hook for Jacksonville���s spiraling season, one that started with Jaguars owner Shad Khan telling players and coaches that this was the best team ever assembled in Jacksonville. Donald Trump suggests 'one rough hour' of policing will end theft 09/30/2024 12:02pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� Donald Trump has suggested that ���one rough hour��� of law enforcement action would tamp down retail theft, an echo of his longstanding support for more aggressive and potentially violent policing. ���One rough hour ��� and I mean real rough ��� the word will get out and it Russia proposes record defense spending as it pursues victory in the Ukraine war 09/30/2024 11:56am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� The Russian government wants to earmark 32.5% of its spending next year for defense, a record amount and up from a reported 28.3% this year, as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine. The government���s draft budget released Monday proposes spending just under 13.5 tril