The hockey offseason news cycle slows but never stops and never puts its skates in the basement or garage until late fall. Here's what's been up since the state tournaments ended.
To function as a next-level offense, the Vikings desperately need someone to make opponents pay for double-teaming Justin Jefferson. Here's how that could have helped on the costly fourth-and-8 vs. the Giants in the playoffs.
Trevor Bauer will pitch his first official game for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars on Wednesday and, to promote the start, a local department store is to unveil a seven-story poster of the former Cy Young Award winner on its facade.
Football writer Ben Goessling joins the podcast for a post-draft look at the Vikings. Also, host Michael Rand looks for a common thread in the Wild's playoff failures and has thoughts about Karl-Anthony Towns.
Deion Sanders arrived at Colorado in December with much fanfare and a blunt message to Buffaloes players who had just endured a 1-11 season under the previous coaching regime.
His salary is going up, his role is possibly going down, but the franchise has already made a major investment in teaming Towns with Rudy Gobert.
Defenseman Matt Dumba's five-year, $30 million contract expires July 1, when he'll become an unrestricted free agent.
"Call me when the contract is done," said Filip Gustavsson, who will be a restricted free agent this summer. "Not going anywhere," said Marc-Andre Fleury.