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3 weeks ago | 
sportingnews.com | Marc Lancaster |Cincinnati Reds
Alex Ovechkin is only a hat trick away now. The Capitals star's goal Tuesday against the Bruins put him at 891 for his career, three short of Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. Ovechkin is now in a realistic position to reach the magic number of 894 in a single game. He has 32 career hat tricks, including two this season — most recently Feb. 23 against the Oilers. His next chance to close the gap is Wednesday at the Hurricanes, a tough back-to-back against a playoff-bound team.
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3 weeks ago | 
sportingnews.com | Marc Lancaster |Cincinnati Reds
Alex Ovechkin is on the brink of hockey history. The Capitals star is on pace to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL record for goals in a career by the end of the regular season. The Great One finished his legendary 20-year career with 894 goals in 1,487 games, the Great 8 is on almost exactly the same pace as he looks to lay claim to one of the game's most revered marks.
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3 weeks ago | 
sportingnews.com | Marc Lancaster |Cincinnati Reds
Marc Lancaster • Bob Donnan, Rick Ostenoski/USA TODAY Network It's been a magical season for Duke, but that only ratchets up the pressure on the Blue Devils as they meet Alabama on Saturday in the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight.
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4 weeks ago | 
sportingnews.com | Marc Lancaster |Cincinnati Reds
The MLB broadcast landscape has changed significantly in recent years, but at least one longtime standby endures: baseball and the radio remain an ideal pairing. The voices of summer are back for the 2025 season, ready to describe the action to fans sitting on their back porches or in the midst of a summer road trip.
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4 weeks ago | 
sportingnews.com | Marc Lancaster |Cincinnati Reds
Baseball is back, with MLB's best taking the field again for the 2025 season. The Los Angeles Dodgers are the favourites once again after winning the World Series last season. Though it will be difficult to stop Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and the rest of the reigning champions this year, particularly after they added elite pitcher Roki Sasaki, they will have challengers.
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1 month ago | 
sportingnews.com | Marc Lancaster |Cincinnati Reds
It will take three more holes — at least — to determine who wins The Players Championship in 2025. Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun will go head-to-head in an aggregate playoff after a lengthy weather delay pushed Sunday's final round to sunset. McIlroy and Spaun finished the day at TPC Sawgrass tied at 12 under par and will return to the course Monday morning for the deciding holes.
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1 month ago | 
canadianbaseballnetwork.com | Bob Elliott |Cincinnati Reds
Former Blue Jays scouting director Jon Lalonde (Midland, Ont.) now in his 27th year as a Jays manager of player personnel. March 12, 2025By Bob ElliottCanadin Baseball NetworkJon Lalonde was scouting director for the Toronto Blue Jays from the 2003 draft until the 2009 annual refreshing of the farm system. He is now entering his 27th season working for the Jays,Lalonde had two of his draft picks appear in the majors in 2024: LHP James Paxton and C Yan Gomes.
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1 month ago | 
sportingnews.com | Marc Lancaster |Cincinnati Reds
It's a long road to the Big Ten championship for the six schools playing on the first day of the conference's tournament, but March is all about hope, right? The 2025 Big Ten tournament begins Wednesday in Indianapolis with three games. No. 12 seed Minnesota and No. 13 Northwestern open five days of action at Gainbridge Fieldhouse with an afternoon tilt, followed by No. 10 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Iowa and No. 11 Rutgers vs. No. 14 USC.
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1 month ago | 
sportingnews.com | Marc Lancaster |Cincinnati Reds
The 2025 SWAC women's basketball tournament is underway with an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament on the line. Two schools have ruled the league in recent years, with Jackson State and Southern accounting for every regular-season and tournament championship dating back to 2019.
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1 month ago | 
sportingnews.com | Marc Lancaster |Cincinnati Reds
Hockey is coming to the Horseshoe on Saturday night as the Blue Jackets host the Red Wings in the latest installment of the NHL Stadium Series. Ohio Stadium, home of Buckeyes football, is only about three miles from Nationwide Arena, but the atmosphere figures to be quite a departure from the norm as Columbus plays in its first outdoor game, home or away. The Red Wings have played outside four times, including at Michigan Stadium, home of the Buckeyes' eternal rivals, on New Year's Day 2014.
