Step Inside: Madison Square Garden – Home of the Knicks, Rangers

One of the world’s most famous arenas. Madison Square Garden is located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan at 7th and 8th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Street. The stately venue occupies an entire block of real estate and sits conveniently on top of Pennsylvania Station, near other NYC landmarks like the Empire State and Chrysler buildings.

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Mike Babcock Is Proof That No One Is Too Weird To Get Hired In The NHL

The National Hockey League is no more prone to imitation than any other species of parrot, particularly when something that seems counterintuitive works out well. It is for that reason and that reason only that the news out of Edmonton this day is not as gobsmacking at it seems.

Wait, Edmonton? What the hell does Edmonton have to do with anything, and why should it pull one's attention from what…

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The Hurricanes Took Vegas To The Brink And The Rest Of Us Got Hockey Nirvana

Well, the National Hockey League has hopelessly screwed itself now. It has unwittingly but in a very real sense created a Stanley Cup Final so wonderfully bizarre and delightfully absurd that the first game that ends up normal could absolutely result in its Toronto offices burned to the ground and as soon as the Knicks parade ends, burning their New York offices to the ground as well. The NHL…

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Six Grown Men Can Be WAGs, Too!

In the seconds after Seth Jarvis scored the winning overtime goal for the Carolina Hurricanes, the Sportsnet broadcast cut to six exuberant men in Jarvis jerseys falling into each other's arms, screaming with joy, and about to cry with happiness. Their smiles were so big. Their enthusiasm was unmatched. Their love for one another is almost as great as their love for No. 24, whose jersey they all…

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Carolina Refused To Die, And The Stanley Cup Final Has New Life

Here is the cheap and lazy way to show that Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final is the best postseason event of the calendar year so far, courtesy Chris Cuthbert and TSN:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpKJ11Q5auc

And by doing that, we've both saved ourselves the proverbial thousand words and hustled you pretty royally. This game could only be done justice in its original three-hour format, as…

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Stanley Cup Game 1 starts with no broadcast audio in Indianapolis

Technical difficulties during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes led to either the best or worst possible sports viewing experience, depending on how you feel about listening to the announcers. A bizarre situation played out as the ABC broadcast began at 8 p.m. ET where only…

Roku Launches NHL Zone for the Stanley Cup Finals

Today, Roku and the NHL announced that they’ve partnered on the launch of NHL Zone, a hub for hockey fans within the Roku Sports experience. The Zone is launching just in time for the 2026 Stanley Cup Final, airing tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET. Fans can visit the hub to find out where games are […]

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Sporticast: Why is Serena Williams Coming Back to Pro Tennis?

On the 557th Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including Serena Williams’ return to professional tennis. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion announced Monday that she would play in a doubles event next week with young Canadian Victoria Mboko, her first official […]

NHL viewership maintains post-Olympic glow through conference finals

The NHL is maintaining its strong viewership pace heading into the Stanley Cup Final. Viewership for each of the league’s conference finals saw near-50% increases on both NHL broadcast partners. ESPN’s coverage of the Western Conference Finals, a Vegas Golden Knights sweep over the Colorado Avalanche, averaged 2.2 million viewers, up 44% versus last year’s…

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