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The 27-year-old Swayman has appeared in 218 career NHL games, all with Boston, posting an overall record of 116-72-24 with a 2.61 goals against average and a .910 save percentage. After a tumultuous season in 2024-25, the former UMaine netminder has posted a 15-10-2 record this season with 2.84 goals against average and .903 save percentage. In 20 postseason games with Boston, Swayman has registered a 2.38 goals against and .922 save percentage. Swayman ranks sixth in franchise history in save percentage overall. The Alaska Anchorage native played in the World Championships last season and posted a 1.69 with a…

The college football coaching carousel has already taken us for a wild ride, which could lead us to an even more chaotic transfer portal cycle.Unlike the last few years, though, the transfer portal won’t officially open for all players until Jan. 2, as the NCAA approved to only have one transfer portal window this offseason. That portal will run through Jan. 16. While the portal hasn’t opened yet, that hasn’t stopped some players from either declaring their intention or letting word of their intentions to enter the portal leak out. That said, let’s take a look at some of the top players…

It’s the second weekend of June in 2026, and the eyes of the sports universe are trained on the FIFA World Cup fixtures kicking off across North America. And the NBA Finals. And the Stanley Cup Final. And …That same weekend, there’s a Formula 1 Grand Prix in Spain, the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France, the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in England, a PGA Tour event in Canada, two ATP Tour tournaments in Europe, the College World Series in Nebraska, a NASCAR race in the Poconos and a UFC fight night on the White House lawn.Topping it…

SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame football plans to fill the void left by linebackers coach Max Bullough’s departure with a lateral reassignment.Al Washington, who has coached the Irish defensive line and served as defensive run game coordinator the past four seasons, will switch over to linebackers coach, a source confirmed Monday morning Jan. 2.A former defensive tackle at Boston College, Washington previously coached linebackers at Ohio State (2019-21), Michigan (2018) and Elon (2011). Washington interviewed for the head coaching job at Boston College in early 2024 but lost out to former NFL and Penn State coach Bill O’Brien.Bullough, a former…

New England Patriots defensive lineman Christian Barmore has been charged with assault and battery, the second Patriots player to face an assault charge in as many days. Barmore, 26, is accused of picking up the mother of his child and throwing her to the ground in his home in Mansfield, Mass., according to a police report obtained by Boston NBC affiliate WBTS. The charges against Barmore were announced the day after Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs was accused of assaulting his personal chef after she demanded payment for her work. Both Diggs and Barmore have denied the allegations. Patriots head…

Team USA hockey on their stick tapeTeam USA hockey gives the specifics of how they wrap their hockey stick and other superstitions that they have before hitting the ice.Sports SeriouslyThe world junior hockey championship is in full swing right now and we’ve already seen some of the big names rise to the top. In my previous round-up of NCAA talents repping their nations at the tourney, I highlighted players such as Penn State’s Gavin McKenna, the likely first overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, and Vaclav Nestrasil of UMass, a Chicago Blackhawks first-rounder. Well, both players are among the…

It certainly sounds like the Ketel Marte sweepstakes will shortly come to an end, one way or another. Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen spoke about Marte on Tuesday and made it sound like a trade is not going to happen despite all of the rumors around him, including rumors swirling around about the Boston Red Sox. If you like our content, choose Sports Illustrated as a preferred source on Google.”I haven’t figured that out yet,” Hazen said. “But this isn’t going to continue to linger. We need to focus our offseason. Again, my gut this whole time was that (a…

NCAA athletes and athletic department staff will not be allowed to bet on professional sports after the organization’s membership voted Friday to rescind a rule change that would have permitted those bets. The move follows a string of high-profile gambling cases that have raised questions about the integrity of competition in college and pro sports. In late October, an NBA coach and player were arrested in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operations, and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was accused of exploiting private information about players to win bets on NBA games. WATCH: Arrests of current and former stars raise troubling…

Luke Littler admitted he wants the Alexandra Palace crowd ‘on his side again’ after breezing through to the World Darts Championship semi-finals. Littler was barely troubled in his 5-0 win over Krzysztof Ratajski, where he cruised into the semi-finals of the World Darts Championship for the third year running and booked a meeting with Ryan Searle. The 18-year-old entered his quarter-final clash under scrutiny after his post-match comments from his previous-round win over Rob Cross, where he responded to fans booing him by saying: “Am I bothered? Really, am I bothered?! Really not bothered! Please use Chrome browser for a…

iStock illustration The merger and acquisition market continued to be active, and some major deals were made in 2025. There are currently 88 state-chartered institutions according to FDIC data a 3.4 percent drop from 2024 when there were 85 and a 29.8 percent drop from 2015 when there were 121. Here are the deals that had the largest impact in terms of deposit share in 2025. Eastern Bank – HarborOne Bank Eastern Bank continued its recent trend of acquiring intuitions with its acquisition of HarborOne Bank that was announced in April of 2025 and was completed in November. “This partnership…