William “Pudge” Heffelfinger becomes the first pro football player by getting $500 to play for the Allegheny Athletic Association against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Bowen Byram and Tage Thompson scored 16 seconds apart to open the third period, and the Buffalo Sabres snapped a three-game skid with a 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday ...

Election season is in the air, and while it’s ever so prevalent in the United States right now, it’s also lingering in the background in Canada like it’s the White Walkers in Game of Thrones.

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas ...

Here are six facts about his amazing NHL debut: Philp is the first Oilers forward to record a point in his first career ...

The relationships also helped them secure the franchise’s first international games in this week’s NHL ... born players debuting in the NHL and 38 actively playing. For a nation with a population of ...

Today’s Sports Highlight in History: 1993 — Erin Whitten becomes the first ... 1943 — Gus Bodnar of Toronto scores a goal 15 seconds into his first NHL game as the Maple Leafs beat the New York ...

2003 — In the first regular-season game of his NBA career, 18-year-old LeBron James has 25 points, nine assists, six rebounds and four steals, but the Cleveland Cavaliers lose 106-92 to the Sacramento ...

The Winnipeg Jets found themselves in a big hole that they couldn't dig out of Monday night, falling 6-4 to the Toronto Maple ...

Steven Stamkos will return to Tampa Bay and Marc-Andre Fleury to Pittsburgh. Also the Winnipeg Jets can set an NHL record.

Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar both pushed their season-opening point streak to nine games and combined for a rare feat as ...