The Eagles, wild-card losers to the Bucs, could not stop the avalanche of dysfunction and disarray that sabotaged their Super Bowl dreams.

Were advancing beyond the point of small-sample-size silliness now. The Knicks are 11-2 since trading for Anunoby and completely repurposing their roster, and three of those wins have come against the Timberwolves, the 76ers and, now, the Nuggets, three established members of the NBAs high-rent group.

Two Devils are among the NHL players placed on leave as five players on the 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team are facing charges of sexual assault.

The winger, who signed with the Oilers, declined to discuss the incident that got his contract terminated by the Blackhawks earlier this season.

What we have in front of us as sports fans this weekend is a genuine treat, as all four divisional round games provide delicious quarterback matchups.

The Rangers lost defenseman Ryan Lindgren to an undisclosed upper-body injury in the first period of their 5-2 loss to the Golden Knights.

Lane Lamberts unpopularity among New York Islanders fans was not just a matter of how the roster was constructed, though there are issues there, or replacing a popular coach in Barry Trotz, which did him no favors.

Connor Mackeys path to the NHL let alone to his Rangers debut Saturday was far from linear.

Patrick Roy did not have to talk about the magnitude of me, to borrow a phrase from Reggie Jackson of 1978 vintage. The Canadiens took those words out of his mouth upon the iconic No. 33s return to Montreal on Thursday when he strode behind the Islanders bench in his capacity as head coach.