After 25 years in Los Angeles, Cheeseman said the opportunity to return east and help shape the future of the New York Islanders was irresistible. "The opportunity to come back and partner with Malkin and John Collins and John Ledecky and the great ownership group here to bring a cutback to Long Island is really the intriguing piece to me," Cheeseman said on Hockey Night in New York with Sean Cuthbert and Arthur Staple. "I like building. I like building opportunities."
For the Washington Post, Emily Giambalvo, Kati Perry, and Artur Galocha, ranked college football teams by amount of happiness and misery served to the schools' fans. The rankings span 70 teams and consider more than a dozen metrics, including national championships, playoff appearances, conference titles, winning percentage, wins over ranked opponents and other markers of success. The goal: measure how fans would feel if they abandoned their irrational disposition and focused on how the performance of their team compares to other programs.
"Whenever I score a goal," said Kane (via @iMiaSanMia). "Especially at home at the Allianz Arena or at Wembley for England, and you hear the fans singing your name, that's part of the reason you play football - to have that special connection and to send the fans home happy with your goals and winning games."
Angell covered baseball for this magazine for many years, in addition to editing fiction, and although he was ostensibly there to scout the Astros-the team had finished thirty-two games behind the National League-pennant-winning Dodgers the year before-he was distracted from his scorecard by the orange spacesuits and white helmets worn by the groundskeepers, the rainbow-colored tiers of seats, and the billiard-table green of the first synthetic field in pro sports, made of a brand-new Monsanto product called AstroTurf.
Then you think, well, who would be counting that? Well, the NBA does. NBA teams do and count just about everything you see on the court. And nowadays, it's really easy to drown yourself in stats, but writer Shea Serrano instead wants you to stop counting basketball numbers and start getting in touch with how watching basketball makes you feel.
Most importantly: What if the deciding game in question NEVER FUCKING ENDED? Because on Friday night, fans of the Seattle Mariners-a team that has never gone to a World Series, much less won one-were run through this exact gauntlet. Fifteen innings against the Detroit Tigers. Five hours. Four hundred seventy-two total pitches thrown, each one more sphincter-clenching than the last.
The deal, brokered by parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, gives Bleacher Report unprecedented access to game highlights, tentpole events like the draft and the Super Bowl, and digital footage. For Bleacher Report, that access isn't just about game footage - it's a chance to test new content formats, audience strategies and advertiser opportunities around one of the country's biggest sports properties. Bleacher Report has access to eight games during the season, which it is using to focus on the fan experience.
The 2025 US Open mixed doubles event will feature a completely new format and take place during US Open Fan Week, providing fans with an intimate experience.
Fans have experienced incredible energy and noise throughout the Euro 2025 tournament, with standout moments including emotional interactions during fan marches and a heightened sense of passion for women's football.
"I love fans. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be here, but when you go down there, they sort of swarm and you're stuck. You know, you can't do one selfie, you have to do 50,000 selfies. That's the law!"
One of the reasons we moved away from the logos on the courts is-whether it was perception or reality-there was a sense that maybe the logos added some slipperiness to the court, said NBA commissioner Adam Silver before Game 2.
Boldyn Networks has further enhanced its partnership with Legends ASM by providing advanced 5G infrastructure for the First Direct Arena, revolutionizing fan experience.
I have faith, kind of," Upper West Sider Shohan Zucker, 18, told The Post, adding, "I'm not feeling great. Brunson can't be our only savior. We have to have other people making stops and getting shots.