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Brady Tkachuk gets ice-cold reception in return to Ottawa with Florida Panthers

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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A regular-season game in October wouldn't normally attract much attention for the Ottawa Senators. But this one was different. Former captain Brady Tkachuk was booed loudly Wednesday night in his much-anticipated return to Ottawa with the Florida Panthers, four months after requesting a trade from the only NHL team he'd ever known. Senators fans made it clear Tkachuk was in hostile territory and they never let up. He was jeered from the time he stepped on the ice in warmups to when he skated off after Ottawa's 5-1 win. Some fans threw Tkachuk jerseys on the ...

Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 97-71 for a 2-1 lead in the WNBA Finals

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ATLANTA — Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream are halfway toward their ultimate goal of winning the franchise's first WNBA championship. They know there is still work to do. But with a huge Atlanta crowd behind them and Reese dominating the last two games, there's reason to believe in a team that never even had a WNBA Finals win until this series. Reese had 21 points and 12 rebounds to help the Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 97-71 on Wednesday night and take a 2-1 lead. It was the second straight strong game for Reese, who had 30 points and 16 rebounds in Game 2, which the ...

Huskies football travels to face top-ranked Bulldogs

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HOUGHTON — In any other year, the No. 14 Michigan Tech Huskies football team traveling to Big Rapids to face the No. 1 Ferris State Bulldogs might seem like an impossible task. The Bulldogs have made five national championship games in the past seven years, and have won four of the last five ...

Shiffrin's plan boosts rivals and Odermatt is men's favorite in new Alpine skiing season

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Whether Mikaela Shiffrin can win Alpine skiing's World Cup overall title again is less rhetorical in the upcoming season than it has been for many years. This weekend, the Olympic slalom champion ventures into what she calls her "exploration season," reducing the number of starts in her strongest discipline and putting more focus on giant slalom and super-G. "It makes me feel more inspired about what I can do in the next years and to see how much more I have to give to the sport," Shiffrin says. Last season, the American's star's sixth overall title equalled the women's record set ...

Huskies volleyball returns to GLIAC play with road trip

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HOUGHTON — After defeating Findlay to open the Midwest Region Crossover tournament in Hammond, Indiana, last Friday, the Michigan Tech Huskies volleyball team lost their next two matches, to Missouri-St. Louis and No. 22 Indianapolis, both in five sets. With the losses, the Huskies fell ...