Ovechkin is now 23 shy of breaking Wayne Gretzky's mark of 894 goals that many NHL observers thought would stand as one of the game's most unbreakable records.

1995 — Lenny Wilkens becomes the winningest coach in NBA history as the Atlanta Hawks post a 112-90 victory over the Washington Bullets. Wilkens, with his 939th win, surpasses Red Auerbach’s record.

The 27-year-old forward has missed Minnesota's past four games with a lower-body injury since he last played in a 4-3 win ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres play the Washington Capitals as losers of three straight games. Buffalo has a 14-21-5 record overall and a 7-10-3 record on its home ice. The Sabres are 3-5-4 in ...

The Sabres (14-21-5) remained last in the Eastern Conference and finished their road trip 1-2-1. Buffalo was outshot in the ...

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Valiant effort in third overcome by shoddy defending; can't string together three wins in a row; offense is percolating, could have used one of a number of Grade A's early ...

An early deficit held up on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena, where the Buffalo Sabres fell 3-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights. After winning Sunday in St. Louis, the Sabres lost three straight games to ...

As Hawks general manager Kyle Davidson faces his first substantial wave of criticism, now seems like a good time to analyze his 2022 trades that converted Kirby Dach, Alex DeBrincat and Brandon Hagel ...

Coby White set a career-high with nine 3-pointers and Zach LaVine had 33 points, as the Chicago Bulls rallied to defeat the New York Knicks 139-126 on a memorable Saturday night. The win capped ...

By James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas CreditLuis Antonio Rojas for The New York Times. From the Surf to the Sermon: The Christian Surfers of Costa Rica A group of missionaries who surf have ...

But as our correspondents traversed the globe, they found pockets of light, too. New York Times reporters witnessed the dangerous fentanyl production process inside a secret lab in Culiacán run ...