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Malkin returns to Penguins with game-winner

PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal in his return from an upper-body injury and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Thursday night for their sixth straight victory. Erik Karlsson pushed his career-best home points streak to nine games with a goal, while ...

Dolphins fire coach Mike McDaniel

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins continued an organizational reboot on Thursday, firing coach Mike McDaniel amid an ongoing search for a new general manager. Miami owner Stephen Ross will be looking for his fourth head coach since 2018. McDaniel lasted four seasons, missing the ...

Trinity Rodman back on USWNT roster

Trinity Rodman has returned to the U.S. women’s team for its annual January training camp and a pair of matches against Paraguay and Chile. She has not been on a U.S. roster since last April because of injuries. She joins a group of 26 made up of National Women’s Soccer League players ...

Four road teams favored in NFL wild cards

The NFL’s wild-card weekend features a rematch of the 2022 NFC championship game, two division rivals facing off, a team with a losing record playing a home game and four road favorites. The defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles and their inconsistent offense are home against ...

Stakes are high for Baltimore Ravens’ transition

In three decades of existence, the Baltimore Ravens have had two primary owners, two general managers and three head coaches. Stability like that is hard to achieve in the NFL and should not be taken for granted. Now the franchise heads down an uncertain path after firing John Harbaugh. ...

NFL regular season average viewership up 10%

The NFL averaged 18.7 million viewers per game during the regular season, the second-highest since audience averages began being kept in 1988. The per-game average on TV and digital platforms was a 10% increase from last season’s 17.5 million and up 7% from 2023, according to the league and Nielsen. It also was just off the record average of 19 million, which was set in 1989. Some of the increase can be attributed to a change in the way viewers are counted. Nielsen began using its Big Data + Panel methodology for all events last September with the start of the current television ...