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The Penguins’ dynamic offense appears to have found its stride, too. Kris Letang and Phil Kessel each scored twice, and the Penguins beat the New York Islanders 6-2 on Thursday night. “Obviously, this year hasn’t started off the best for us, but we’re right in it,” Kessel said. “There’s a lot of hockey to play and we just gotta keep improving and getting better.” Kessel, who also had two assists, tied Ed Olczyk, Scott Young and Brian Rolston for 10th all-time in career goals by an American-born player with 342....

Kevin Butler, played by Jerry Lambert, is back in action. To celebrate all those who support PlayStation, Sony continues its “Long Live Play” campaign by opening up the Hall of Play. Every business day from now through Thanksgiving, Kevin Butler will honor gamers who submit themselves to the Hall of Play. Sony kicked off the “Long Live Play” campaign last month as an attempt to honor and show appreciation to the loyal fans who have made PlayStation the success that it is....

De Bruyne left the London club under allegations of not training hard enough and not being good enough for the team. When asked why the Belgian had been sold, Mourinho had stated, “If you have a player knocking on your door and crying every day he wants to leave, you have to make a decision.” Kevin De Bruyne did speak about the allegations levelled against him, “There was talk that I didn’t train too much, stories I couldn’t defend myself against as the sessions were always behind closed doors....

Durant, who will become a free agent at the end of the 2016 season, spoke highly of Bryant passing Michael Jordan on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. MORE: Thunder interested in Chandler | Iguodala gets tech for dancing | 10 best potential Kings replacements “I want to play with a winner every single night, especially somebody who wants to win that bad, who works that hard, who demands a lot, who raises up your level,” Durant said Tuesday night via USA Today....

This year has been a different story, though. We’ve already seen images of them together looking friendly. MORE: LeBron James explains why he won’t ‘shut up and dribble’ So what’s changed? Durant was candid about admitting what was going on a year ago when asked about it Saturday during his availability with the media. “I just got out of my own head and got out of my own way and stopped thinking it was even a thing, you know?...

But make no mistake, he is not happy. He is far from the Happy Harvick of 2014 and 2015. MORE: Kenseth wins | Bowman thrilled despite late crash “I’m disgusted to tell you the truth,” Harvick said after Sunday’s race. “It’s the same thing every week. We just make mistake after mistake and until we clean that up we don’t have a chance to win races putting ourselves in a hole every time we make a mistake....

With the same drivers competing against each other week to week, it’s inevitable that some are linked to each other by some common theme or developing storyline. MORE: Danica’s Super Bowl ad | NASCAR’s best trash-talkers | Top restrictor-plate drivers | Best Daytona 500s Some are linked because they have driven for the same teams, or in some cases, replaced each other. Some are teammates, or former teammates. Some are former rivals, or drivers that still might have a feud brewing....

But considering what he’s done in recent visits to Kansas Speedway, his pole-winning run Friday is a sign he’s the prohibitive favorite Sunday for the Hollywood Casino 400. MORE: Kevin Harvick in photos | Qualifying results | Kansas picks | Odds | Schedule, TV Harvick won the pole for the third consecutive race on the 1.5-mile oval, where he led 138 laps en route to the victory a year ago and 119 laps on his way to a second-place finish in May....

Riding worn tires rather than risking another problematic pit stop, Harvick ran away from dueling teammates Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch on Sunday. Victory locked Harvick into the Chase for the Sprint Cup’s Round of 8. MORE: Race results | Keselowski, Hamlin in big trouble heading to Talladega Harvick stayed out on the race’s last pit stop, leading at a restart with 30 to go. Busch got four tires, Edwards didn’t....

The 41-year-old coach, who spent 13 years as an NBA journeyman before returning to his alma mater, has been linked to several NBA job openings, including with the Los Angeles Lakers. He hasn't been soliciting job offers after leading UConn to the NCAA title in April, he said. "I love this university," Ollie said at the New York Athletic Club. "I am not looking for another job. Of course, you listen to different things....

Roman Reigns defeated Kevin Owens in a Last Man Standing match to retain his Universal Championship at the pay-per-view. However, the match ended in controversy after a handcuffed Reigns attacked the referee to stop him from counting to 10. Speaking on The Jake Asman Show, Kevin Owens listed the high-risk moments that he found himself in at the Royal Rumble. He also assured everyone that he has recovered sufficiently enough to appear on this week’s WWE SmackDown....

In this week’s After The Bell podcast, Kevin Owens made a bold statement about how he hasn’t felt important in WWE for the last year and a half. The Prizefighter said that whatever he does in the ring has to matter and be relevant, which he felt has not happened in WWE recently. He then revealed how he is going to strive to change things, beginning with the feud with Seth Rollins, that was set up earlier this week on RAW....

The tweet was then posted by the official Twitter handle of WWE France, in French. Kevin Owens noticed the tweet and decided to respond to it at Roman Reigns’ expense. Owens posted his entire tweet in French, stating that Reigns needs someone to translate his tweets, while he is “fighting his own battles”. Check out the tweet, plus a rough translation below: Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens will certainly be a feud worth watching It seems like we are getting Kevin Owens vs Roman Reigns for the latter’s Universal title at the upcoming WWE TLC 2020 PPV....

Pietersen, who was sacked immediately after Andrew Strauss assumed reins as the Director of England cricket back in 2015 has said that he has moved on from those turbulent times and that he recognises the good work done by Strauss. Also read: Joe Root speaks about Alastair Cook as captain “He’s actually doing a very good job for England. He’s stuck to his principles and he’s not deviated,” Pietersen was quoted by cricket....

He might not be playing for England anymore, but that hasn’t stopped the 35-year-old batsman from going around the world and showing just why he is still good enough to represent his country, at least in the shortest format of the game. Despite only playing seven matches in the 2015 Ram Slam T20 Challenge, Pietersen finished as the tournament’s second-highest run scorer and a scarcely believable average of over 80 and a strike rate of over 170....

Strootman suffered the injury in Roma's 1-0 defeat to Napoli on Sunday and was forced to leave the pitch after just 12 minutes. Strootman underwent an MRI scan Monday morning to determine the extent of the knee problem and Van Gaal has confirmed the worst. He told KNVB.nl: "This is dramatic for Kevin. I can imagine that his world collapsed. Kevin stood with both his club AS Roma, as with Oranje for a very important period....

The Competition was organized by Pro Sport Development, in collaboration with social enterprise Gram Vikas, under the program “Khel Vikas” in the newly opened Centre of Excellence (COE) at Gram Vikas’ Mohuda campus on 24th of August. Khel Vikas’ Academy lifters wrote their names all over the competition by winning six of the available twelve medals, and additionally both Arun Santa and Tukuni Badamandi finished with heaviest lifts of the day in senior boys and girls category respectively....

Last year, Pro Sport Development organised a 5K Barefoot Run to raise shoes for the underprivileged children studying at the four Gram Vikas schools across Odisha. Many of the children involved in the race had never owned a pair of shoes before. The barefoot run had fantastic support throughout the event from numerous volunteers and as a result we raised 1,200 shoes from the event. Like last year, the competition had both male and female participants, divided into two categories — under 14 and over 14....

Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathoreand Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will attend a virtual torch ceremony at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Wednesday evening, a media release said Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the event through a video message. Among those in action will be world cadet champion wrestlers Anshu and Sonam, Olympian athlete Jisna Mathew, Youth Olympics gold medallist weight-lifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga, budding tennis player Mahak Jain and swimming star Srihari Nataraj....