Stars Turn Home Opener Into a Flex: Johnston Keeps Cooking, Oettinger Slams Door
So much for easing into the schedule. The Dallas Stars punched the Minnesota Wild 5-2 in the home opener, looked unbothered doing it, and casually stacked another receipt for the “they’ll regress” crowd. Wyatt Johnston, 22, going on permanent problem, buried a...
Lightning Flip Pheonix Copley Back to Kings as Vasilevskiy Clears the Runway
The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded goaltender Pheonix Copley to the Los Angeles Kings for future considerations, a tidy depth move that reflects growing confidence in Andrei Vasilevskiy’s health after an injury scare in camp. Tampa Bay claimed Copley off waivers...
Cowboys Trim the Fringe: Cropper Out, Playmakers In
The Dallas Cowboys made a quiet but telling roster move late Tuesday, waiving wide receiver Jalen Cropper to create space on the 53. Cropper, 24, was elevated from the practice squad in Weeks 4 and 5 to help cover for CeeDee Lamb’s ankle injury, then signed to the...
Tigers Again? SMU Mustangs Bring Receipts to Clemson
SMU heads east for a rematch of last season’s ACC title game, a 31–34 heartbreaker that still stings, on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, SC. The Mustangs arrive 4–2 overall and 2–0 in league play after a 34–10 win over Stanford that looked as...





