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ESPN looks at NHL All-Star weekend in Toronto as chance to experiment with more coverage 02/01/2024 11:00am • The NHL isn't the only one who uses the All-Star Game as a lab to test different things that could find its way into the game in the future. This weekend's events in Toronto are also a chance for ESPN and Sportsnet to experiment with coverage ideas that could be implemented down the line during the Is Taylor Swift a mastermind? ‘Easter eggs’ seemingly connect pop superstar to Super Bowl 01/31/2024 04:00pm • Call it what you want, coincidence or sorcery, there are plenty of seemingly random connections between the Super Bowl and Taylor Swift's lucky number 13 — yes, 13, like as in your unlucky number 13. The Kansas City Chiefs are facing off against the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl on Feb. Top women's players, proud of PWHL's encouraging launch, get stage of their own at NHL All-Star week 01/31/2024 11:46am • Alina Muller has already accomplished plenty in the 10 years since scoring Switzerland’s bronze-clinching goal to become, at 15, the youngest women’s hockey player to win a medal at a Winter Olympics. Another first comes Thursday when she takes part in the Professional Women’s Hockey League’ An All-Star shooting showdown: Stephen Curry vs. Sabrina Ionescu is happening 01/30/2024 09:49pm • Stephen Curry is headed back to NBA All-Star weekend. Sabrina Ionescu will be waiting for him. The shootout that both of them wanted is officially a reality, the NBA announced Tuesday. “Stephen vs. Sabrina” will happen as part of All-Star Saturday Night in Indianapolis on Feb. 17. Curry, the Live updates | Netanyahu rejects 2 key Hamas demands for any cease-fire 01/30/2024 09:09pm • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected two key demands Hamas has made during indirect cease-fire talks, saying Israel will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip or release thousands of jailed militants. During an event Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu again vowed that the war The 13 Best Presidents Day Weekend Getaways 01/30/2024 07:00pm • Presidents Day began as a celebration of George Washington's birthday and has evolved into a celebration of all U.S. presidents. Celebrated on the third Monday in February, this long holiday weekend is an ideal time to plan a weekend getaway with your family, partner or friends. In honor of our nati Devils' Jack Hughes will attend but won't participate in NHL All-Star events because of injury 01/30/2024 04:14pm • Jack Hughes will not participate in the skills competition or 3-on-3 tournament at the upcoming NHL All-Star Weekend because of injury. New Jersey Devils teammate Jesper Bratt was added to the All-Star roster on Wednesday as a last-minute replacement for Hughes. Mathew Barzal of the New York Islande Eastern Shore’s Oaks Waterfront Inn completes renovation (Gary Cooper once slept there) 01/30/2024 12:10pm • Popular Eastern Shore wedding destination The Oaks Waterfront Inn, halfway between St. Michaels and Easton, Maryland, has completed a $10 million renovation — just in time for the upcoming wedding season. Co-owners Scott and Tracy Wagner oversaw the historic property’s renovations, which Pebble Beach has a weekend without amateurs. LIV starts in Mexico 01/30/2024 11:51am • PGA TOUR AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM Site: Pebble Beach, California. Courses: Pebble Beach GL (Yardage: 6,972. Par: 72) and Spyglass Hill GC (Yardage: 7,041. Par: 72). Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $3.6 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (G Houston-Kansas, Duke-Carolina highlight marquee Saturday in men's college hoops 01/30/2024 05:45am • You could quite easily label this coming Saturday in men's college basketball with some kind of superlative alliteration. Super. Spectacular. Special. Or maybe just call it a stroke of genius by the folks that carved out the schedules this season. Now that the Kansas City Chiefs are set to defend th ‘Strategy is imperative’: Maryland legislation to provide $15 million to reduce childhood poverty 01/30/2024 12:16am • In 2022, approximately 160,800 Maryland children lived in poverty across the state, according to data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center. Gov. Wes Moore (D) is pushing legislation in the 2024 session to provide $15 million in state funds to help bolster communities with higher What happens to Olympic medals now that Russian skater Valieva has been sanctioned for doping? 01/30/2024 12:06am • The highest court in sports sanctioned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for doping violations at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The ruling means U.S. skaters will receive gold medals after they finished second behind Valieva and her teammates in the team competition. The case rocked the Olympics whe AP PHOTOS: As Carnival opens, Venice honors native son Marco Polo on 700th anniversary of his death 01/30/2024 12:04am • VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice is marking the 700th anniversary of the death of Marco Polo with a year of commemorations, starting with the opening of Carnival season honoring one of the lagoon city’s most illustrious native sons. Kicking off Carnival last weekend, some 600 rowers in period dress r US to receive gold medals in wake of figure skater Valieva's Olympic DQ 01/30/2024 12:00am • Members of the U.S. Olympic figure skating team learned late Monday they will receive gold medals now that Russian skater Kamila Valieva has been disqualified for doping at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee received word that the IOC would award the gold to Nikki Haley's dilemma in South Carolina: winning over voters who like her, but love Trump 01/29/2024 09:48pm • CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — For South Carolina's conservatives, deciding whether Nikki Haley ’s record warrants a promotion to the Oval Office seems less about her experience and abilities and more about the man standing in her way: Donald Trump. “Ms. Haley did some fine things as governor — but Don