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🏒 Meet Kendall Coyne Schofield

🏒 Meet Kendall Coyne Schofield

Inside the Lines with A.J. Andrews and Kendall Coyne Schofield

Another Tuesday means another installment of Inside the Lines with A.J. Andrews, this one featuring hockey royalty, Team USA and Minnesota Frost star Kendall Coyne Schofield, discussing “Resilience and Overcoming Setbacks.”

🏀 Thunderstruck

🏀 Thunderstruck

Oklahoma City Thunder book first conference final berth since 2016

After a whirlwind two rounds of high-stakes basketball, it’s on to the conference finals. The Eastern Conference action, featuring a pair of dragon slayers in the NY Knicks and Indiana Pacers, doesn’t tip off until Wednesday, so today’s all about the West. Let’s hoop to it.

🏒 Underdogs on top

🏒 Underdogs on top

PWHL Finals will feature defending champs Minnesota Frost vs. Ottawa Charge

The best-of-five PWHL Finals are officially set after the Ottawa Charge eliminated the Montréal Victoire (who notably chose to play Ottawa) with Friday’s 2–1 Game 4 win. Revenge, served cold. Can the Charge keep up their Cinderella run, or will the defending champ Minnesota Frost (who pulled off their own upset of the Toronto Sceptres last week) repeat? We’re about to find out — the puck drops on Game 1 tomorrow at 7 p.m. ET.

🏒 Not my homeland anymore

🏒 Not my homeland anymore

Toronto Maple Leafs’ season ends after lopsided loss to Florida Panthers

There are only four teams still skating for the honor of hoisting Lord Stanley: the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference and, for the second straight season, the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference.

🏀 No sleep till Brooklyn

🏀 No sleep till Brooklyn

Who are the Boston Celtics in the wake of Jayson Tatum’s injury?

Believe it or not, it’s nearly time for the conference finals with two tickets already punched by the Indiana Pacers and Minnesota Timberwolves. That said, there are still some lingering questions keeping us up at night. Forget counting sheep — let’s dig in.

⚙️ How it works

⚙️ How it works

Everything you need to know about the 2025 WNBA season

That’s right, the WNBA season tips off tonight. Enough said — let’s hoop right to it.

🏒 Just a little stitious

🏒 Just a little stitious

The NHL Playoffs prove some curses are just too iconic to break

You already know making a pro hockey playoff bracket can be hard and unpredictable, but some playoff trends are starting to resurface, like the Toronto Maple Leafs’ postseason struggles and the Presidents’ Trophy curse.

⛸️ Meet Patrick Chan

⛸️ Meet Patrick Chan

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Inside the Lines with A.J. Andrews and Patrick Chan

May 13, 2025

We’re back with part two of our Inside the Lines series: a candid conversation with Canadian figure skating icon and three-time Olympic medalist Patrick Chan on “Navigating High-Stakes Moments.”

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WTF: Ironman reverses their equality stance

May 15, 2025

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WTF: Ironman reverses their equality stance

WTF: Ironman reverses their equality stance

Well that ain’t it.

Today’s episode of The GIST of It is all about Ironman (no, not this Iron Man) after the sport’s governing body recently announced that women won’t have their own championship race starting in 2026. It’s only been three years since the sport separated the women’s and men’s events — and the ripple effects of shifting back are vast.

Co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz provide the context you need before digging into the details about the decision itself, including how it will disproportionately affect women competitors. Not cool.

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🏒 Ice and spice and everything nice

🏒 Ice and spice and everything nice

Montréal Victoire win marathon Game 2 to even series with Ottawa Charge

No sophomore slump here. The second-ever PWHL postseason has been absolute fire. We’re smackdab in the middle of the best-of-five semifinals — and both series have been icy and spicy.

🏒 It’s giving whiplash

🏒 It’s giving whiplash

Dallas Stars down Winnipeg Jets 5–2, take 2-1 series lead in Round 2

Last but not least, Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs rage on, bringing down-to-the-wire tilts everywhere you look. Postseason hockey is simply unmatched.

🏀 A tale of two cities

🏀 A tale of two cities

Top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers on brink of elimination as second-round action continues

While the remaining NBA playoff teams are locked in second-round battles, the league’s worst squads are eyeing the ping pong balls that’ll decide their draft fate. That’s right, in addition to the high-stakes hoopla, tonight’s the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes NBA Draft Lottery at 7 p.m. ET. In the meantime, here’s the latest from a wild weekend on the hardwood.

🏒 Pumpin’ up the volume, breakin’ down to the beat

🏒 Pumpin’ up the volume, breakin’ down to the beat

Game 1s in the books as the puck drops on the PWHL’s second-ever postseason

Forget the yellow brick road, it’s time to skip skate down the Walter Cup freeway as the PWHL’s second-ever postseason hits the ice. Both Game 1s are already in the books, but these feisty best-of-five semis are just beginning.

🏀 Questions are the new answers

🏀 Questions are the new answers

More questions than answers as the NBA’s second-round continues

Think your bestie’s bachelorette was chaotic? Try the NBA Playoffs. For the first time in league history, two 60-win teams are down 0-2 in the second round — an unprecedented double whammy that has us questioning everything.

🏒 Welcome to the Ice Age

🏒 Welcome to the Ice Age

Edmonton Oilers steal home-ice advantage from Vegas Golden Knights

Hold onto your acorns because, though they moved at a glacial pace, the Utah Hockey Club will now be known as the Utah Mammoth, a thrilling development amid a flurry of Round 2 Stanley Cup Playoff updates. Let’s skate to it.

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