Momentary concern turned to pleasant surprise for the ASU women's basketball team when the NCAA Tournament brackets were announced Monday evening on ESPN.
Arizona coach Sean Miller was so late to his postgame press conference on Friday that you got the feeling he didn't want to leave his office and deliver his hard message.
Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson (upper body) missed practice on Tuesday in Vancouver but coach Dave Tippett is still listing him as day-to-day.
The Coyotes began the day by saying goodbye to an old friend when GM Don Maloney traded right wing Mikkel Boedker to the Colorado Avalanche before Monday's NHL's trade deadline.
The Coyotes created a mild stir when likely-to-be-traded right wing Mikkel Boedker took the ice for Saturday's matinee against the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Mikkel Boedker negotiations have reached a stalemate and two sources familiar with the situation do not see Boedker re-signing before Monday's trade deadline.
All eight teams competing in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey will announce their initial rosters of at least 16 players (including two goaltenders) on March 2.
It might be hyperbole to call this five-game road trip a make-or-break stretch for the Coyotes' playoff hopes. If Arizona manages six points, for example, it could still return home in striking distance of the Western Conference's wild card spots.
The Arizona Coyotes signed John Scott and Steve Downie this summer to protect rookies, but both are gone now. Is the team done with old-school enforcers?
