The protests following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police continued for a second week. The impact has been felt both across the nation and locally, and sports have not been immune […]
RALEIGH — Goalie James Reimer has been selected by the Carolina chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association as the Hurricanes’ nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, which honors perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to […]
RALEIGH — Hurricanes winger Andrei Svechnikov can’t wait to get back on the ice and resume the 2019-20 NHL season, but he knows the months-long coronavirus pandemic has impacted others as well. That led the […]
The protests in cities across the nation following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police impacted North Carolina, with demonstrations in most of the state’s major cities. Many of the biggest names in sports […]
RALEIGH — On Nov. 18, 2016, Don Waddell — just over two years into his role as president Gale Force Sports & Entertainment — held an impromptu press conference during the first intermission of the […]
RALEIGH — A day after NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman unveiled a blueprint for the league’s return to play, Carolina Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell and captain Jordan Staal met with the media in a Zoom […]
RALEIGH — Yes, the Carolina Hurricanes’ players voted against the NHL’s proposed 24-team playoff plan. But with only the Tampa Bay Lightning joining them in what turned into an overwhelming 29-2 approval of the league’s […]
For the past two months, we’ve been trying to make up for the lack of sporting events by reconstructing games that were canceled due to past labor disputes. If we can’t have live games to […]
The COVID-19 pandemic that caused all major sports to grind to a halt for close to two months is unprecedented in the world of athletics. That doesn’t mean that we haven’t seen games wiped off […]
The Charlotte Checkers will remain the reigning Calder Cup champions for at least one more year — but this isn’t the way they envisioned doing it. The American Hockey League canceled the rest of its […]
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