Alex Schiffer

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On Thursday, the Capitals emailed season ticket holders that included a hint to the future of Alex Ovechkin, the NHL’s all-time leading scorer.  “OCTOBER – the start of Capitals hockey and Alex Ovechkin’s FINAL NHL SEASON,” the email read. Hours later, the team said the email was a mistake. “No decision has been made on Alex Ovechkin’s future following the 2025-26 NHL season,” the team said in a statement Thursday afternoon.

1 week ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

The Thunder are going to their first NBA Finals since 2012, when a young Kevin Durant fell to LeBron James and the Heat. They could be regulars there for years to come. While the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement is designed to create parity, the Thunder are perhaps the best team equipped to challenge the notion. The Thunder have a combination of youth and frugality on their side, in addition to numerous assets to help them as the team gets older and more expensive in the future.

1 week ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

A father and son pleaded guilty to several crimes in a Manhattan federal court Wednesday, centering on a scheme they ran around developing a sports complex in Arizona. Randy Miller, 70, and his 41-year-old son, Chad, entered guilty pleas to security fraud and aggravated identity theft in federal court after conning some of the country’s biggest investment firms for a facility that ultimately cost municipal bondholders more than $280 million.

1 week ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

The NBA Draft is down on participants. Only 106 players entered the draft this year, according to the league, which marks the lowest number of early entrants since 2015. The number of early draft entrants peaked in 2021 with 363, which came months before college athletes were able to monetize their name, image and likeness. The NBA isn’t the only league experiencing the decline of players going pro.

1 week ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

Tyrese Haliburton put the Knicks’ season on life support with a familiar face back in the stands: his father. John Haliburton was back at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for the Pacers’ 130–121 win over the Knicks on Tuesday to put Indiana up 3–1 in the Eastern Conference finals. The younger Haliburton had one of the best games of his career, registering a triple-double of 32 points, 12 rebounds and 15 assists to put the Pacers one win away from their first NBA Finals since 2000.