Capitals star Kuznetsov banned from Russia team for four years
Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov has been banned from the Russia team for four years after testing positive for cocaine at the world championship in May
Central Recasting: Division rivals ready to challenge Blues
After the big and gritty St. Louis Blues bruised their way to the Stanley Cup, Central rivals responded in different ways this offseason to create a stacked division
Sabres among teams focused on trade market over free agency
Sabres general manager Jason Botterill is focused more on adding talent through the trade market in knowing how difficult it is to lure players to Buffalo in free agency
COLUMNS
Passionate performance by Alyssa Thomas was uplifting
In 16 years covering the Connecticut Sun, I have never seen another player try as hard as Alyssa...
Elmridge champ Stefanski making a comeback from health scare
Ask Pete Stefanski him how many Elmridge Golf Course men's club championships he's won, and he has...
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Rangers, Panthers, Predators winners early in free agency
The New York Rangers, Florida Panthers and Nashville Predators were winners on Day 1 of NHL free agency, signing the best players available to seven-year contracts
Blue Jackets breakup, Aho offer sheet highlight free agency
The anticipated departures of the Columbus Blue Jackets three stars and the Montreal Canadiens signing Carolina's Sebastien Aho to an offer sheet highlighted the first day of the NHL's free agent signing period
AP source: Rangers sign Panarin to 7-year, $81.5M deal
The New York Rangers' rebuild just took a giant leap forward with signing of free-agent left wing Artemi Panarin to seven-year, $81.5-million deal
UCONN
Edsall's message to his UConn football team: Be ready
Randy Edsall, who's in year three of his second stint as head coach, plans to go deep into his roster, starting with Thursday's regular-season opener against Wagner at Rentschler Field in East Hartford (7 p.m.).
Attack mode: UConn's Giufre adjusts to role as offensive coordinator
UConn offensive coordinator Frank Giufre is still adjusting to his new coaching position. His previous experience — 11 seasons in college, six in the professional ranks — is primarily working with the offensive line.
COLLEGES
Inconsistent Franks, No. 8 Florida rally to beat Miami 24-20
Feleipe Franks rallies No. 8 Florida past Miami 24-20 in college football opener
Byrd's four TD night leads Hawaii past Arizona 45-38
Cedric Byrd hauled in four touchdown passes to help Hawaii escape with a 45-38 win over Arizona
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PROFESSIONAL
Yankees hit three homers off Kershaw in 5-1 win over Dodgers
DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Judge and Mike Ford homered, Domingo Germán outdueled Clayton Kershaw for his major league-leading 17th win, and the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1
McIlroy ends season with a $15 million bang at East Lake
Rory McIlroy gets his own big moment at East Lake and wins FedEx Cup for $15 million prize
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CT SUN
Sparks use big third quarter to down Sun 84-72
Nneka Ogwumike had 16 points, eight rebounds and four steals as the Los Angeles Sparks used a late third-quarter run to beat the Connecticut Sun on Sunday, 84-72, to clinch the regular-season series before 17,076 at Staples Center.
Sun have a quick turnaround with road game at Los Angeles
The Connecticut Sun had little time to celebrate their most important win of the season.
ON THE AIR
Baseball
7 p.m., ESPN — MLB: St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers.
7 p.m., WICH (1310-AM) — NYP: Connecticut Tigers at Hudson Valley Renegades.
10 p.m., YES, WFAN (660-AM) — MLB: New York Yankees at Seattle Mariners.
Basketball
5:30 a.m., NBA TV — Men's exhibition: United States va. Canada from Sydney, Australia.
Tennis
Noon, ESPN — U.S. Open from New York.
6 p.m., ESPN2 — U.S. Open from New York.