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Gary Bettman says NHL-NHLPA talks on a new CBA are 'in really good shape'
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, right, speaks as deputy commissioner Bill Daly listens during a news conference ahead of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup final series between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, back left, listens as NHL Players Association executive director Marty Walsh speaks during a Hockey Fights Cancer announcement ahead of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup final series between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) NHL Players Association executive director Marty Walsh, back right, and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman arrive for a Hockey Fights Cancer announcement ahead of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup final series between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, left, speaks as NHL Players Association executive director Marty Walsh listens during a Hockey Fights Cancer announcement ahead of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup final series between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, left, speaks as NHL Players Association executive director Marty Walsh listens during a Hockey Fights Cancer announcement ahead of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup final series between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, right, speaks as deputy commissioner Bill Daly listens during a news conference ahead of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup final series between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, back left, listens as NHL Players Association executive director Marty Walsh speaks during a Hockey Fights Cancer announcement ahead of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup final series between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) NHL Players Association executive director Marty Walsh, back right, and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman arrive for a Hockey Fights Cancer announcement ahead of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup final series between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, left, speaks as NHL Players Association executive director Marty Walsh listens during a Hockey Fights Cancer announcement ahead of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup final series between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement are progressing well, though there is no timeline on reaching a deal, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh said Wednesday. Bettman, at his annual state of the league address prior to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, said the sides are 'having very constructive, professional, cordial dialogue.' Talks did not begin until April, and there is still quite some time until the current CBA expires in September 2026. Advertisement 'I don't have an announcement to make today that we have a deal, but we have more than a year to go and I think we're in really good shape, having really good discussions,' Bettman said. 'That's a testament to Marty Walsh and Ron Hainsey and people at the Players' Association who have been working tirelessly with us.' Walsh said the league and union were having good ongoing conversations, adding there are not major issues on the table to quibble over. 'It's moving steady, it's moving forward and I feel good with where we are and we'll see what happens,' Walsh said. "It gets complicated at certain times, any collective bargaining agreement, but it's not where it was in the past here where you're seeing national disputes between organized labor and companies.' Hainsey, the NHLPA's assistant executive director, expects the constant meetings to continue during the final in Edmonton and South Florida. Advertisement 'We're all in the same place at the same time,' Hainsey said. "There are multiple days in between these games where we can find something for ourselves to do.' No Russians in Olympics Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said the league does not expect Russian players to participate in the Olympics next year. That would be status quo for the International Olympic Committee and the International Ice Hockey Federation, which has banned Russian teams since that country's invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. Walsh said players he has spoken to are disappointed not to be able to participate in Milan, the first Olympics with NHL participation since 2014. Advertisement 'It's out of their control, and there's not much they can do,' Walsh said. "There's not much they can do with what's happening in Ukraine and Russia, and they want to play best on best. We hear it all the time. They want to play best on best and we were hoping that by this point in time, the conflict or the war would not be where it is.' Expansion? Daly said the league is not engaging in a formal expansion process to go beyond 32 teams, but officials are listening to potential ownership groups about any proposals. 'If somebody wants to essentially apply for an expansion franchise and has all the requisite elements that we would look for in an expansion franchise, we would raise it with the Board of Governors and see if they have any interest in it,' Daly said. "There are some people we've talked to more than others, but there's a lot of interest, which I think we're gratified with.' ___ AP NHL playoffs: and
Fox News
01-04-2025
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- Fox News
'Full House' star Dave Coulier confirms he's cancer-free
Dave Coulier is cancer-free. "I'd like to give a heartfelt thank you to family, friends and fans for their continued prayers, love and support throughout my emotional roller coaster ride through cancer," the "Full House star said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital on Tuesday, six months after he was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. "I'd like to add that throughout my cancer journey, I've become very aware of the ingredients, chemicals and materials that are in our foods, clothing and products that are available to consumers," he continued. Coluier said he had since established a startup company called AWEAR "that is currently designing an entire line of all natural and sustainable clothing, foods and personal hygiene products to begin distribution some time in 2025." He added, "I've also been appointed to be an ambassador for the V Foundation for cancer research and Hockey Fights Cancer. I will continue to encourage others to check in with doctors to get early screenings like breast exams, colonoscopies and prostate exams." Coulier's "Full House" co-star Candace Cameron Bure also took to social media to celebrate the news, writing, "DAVE IS CANCER FREE!!!! Join me in celebrating this AMAZING news — let's shower him with all the love in the world!" along with three red heart emojis. Shortly after completing his final round of chemotherapy, Coulier - who was diagnosed in October - was hospitalized with a virus that doctors feared could have taken his life if not caught in time. "I started to get pretty sick," the "Full House" alum, 65, told Parade in a new interview. "I didn't know that I had caught a virus. I was in bed for about 10 days just trying to figure out, 'Do I have a cold? Am I just feeling the ramifications of this cumulative effect of the chemo? What is going on?'" "There's a thing called [ground-glass opacity (GGO)]. On a scan, in your lungs it looks like particles of glass," Coulier, who starred as Joey Gladstone in the beloved TV series in the 1980s and 1990s, explained. That, plus his cold symptoms, were "wreaking havoc in my system," he said. Coulier said his doctors told him that if had not come in for a check-up when he did, "We might not have been able to turn this around." Coulier also shared that halfway through his treatment, his doctors told him that they didn't see any more cancer cells, explaining, "They carpet-bombed me for three more treatments after that, and they're not expecting to see anything [further]." Despite the positive news, his wife Melissa shared that the couple still had conversations about what would happen if the treatment didn't work. "After [the fifth round of] chemo, he was like, 'I don't know if I could do this again,'" Melissa said. "He was like, 'I'm prepared either way. If I die, I die. And if I can stay here, great. I want to.' Those conversations were obviously so tough." In November, Coulier announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The actor and comedian said he was diagnosed in October after experiencing an upper respiratory infection caused by major swelling in his lymph nodes. "Three days later, my doctors called me back, and they said, 'We wish we had better news for you, but you have non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and it's called B cell, and it's very aggressive,'" he told People magazine. "I went from, 'I got a little bit of a head cold' to 'I have cancer,' and it was pretty overwhelming," he added. "This has been a really fast roller-coaster ride of a journey." According to the American Cancer Society, B-cell lymphoma is a type of cancer that develops in B-lymphocytes. B-cell lymphomas account for the vast majority of non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Every year, more than 80,000 Americans are diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. "The first thing I said to them was, 'Wait a minute — cancer?'" Coulier later shared on the "Today" show. "(I was) feeling like I got punched in the stomach, because it never happens to you. You always hear about it happening to someone else." Coulier completed his sixth round of chemotherapy last month. "I was in such a daze when I walked out of the hospital, my wife looked at me [when] we got in the car, and she goes, 'We forgot to ring the bell,'" Coulier told Parade. Though to be expected, the treatment took an emotional and physical toll on the beloved actor. "The symptoms were getting worse and worse with each treatment," Coulier said. "So neuropathy, which I hadn't experienced before, started to increase. Nausea started to increase. Dizziness started to increase. They call it chemo brain, where you're a bit foggy — that started to increase. My days of being able to get up and walk around and be active started to decrease." "Some days, I just didn't want to do anything," Coulier added. "Though I wanted to move around and go out and, you know, work around the house, I just couldn't. There was so much cancer-related fatigue that got progressively worse and worse and worse, and I thought, 'Wow, this is how it's going to go.'" Despite the setbacks, Coulier and Melissa remain positive and even participate in silly morning rituals that helped boost his confidence. "He has some really tough days, and as the chemo has been accumulating it gets a little tougher and more difficult," Melissa said during an interview with Detroit's ABC-WXYZ in January. "He has such a positive attitude, and you need that in order to really fight it," she continued. "Every morning, if he's feeling up for it, we try to put on a song and do a little dance party with the dogs, because when you do feel good, you have to celebrate that, too." "He has had a lot of loss in his life when it comes to having to deal with cancer. He lost his mother, his sister, his niece. His other sister had it," she added. "I think for him, he takes every stride and really pulls strength from seeing the women that were so close in his life to powering through it, and he just wants to honor them."
NBC Sports
05-03-2025
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- NBC Sports
Alex Ovechkin and Capitals to raise money for cancer research as he pursues the NHL career goals record
ARLINGTON, Va. — Alex Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals, Hockey Fights Cancer and the V Foundation launched an initiative to raise awareness and money for pediatric cancer research in connection with his pursuit of the NHL career goal-scoring record. The team announced the partnership with Ovechkin 10 from tying and 11 from passing Wayne Gretzky's mark of 894 goals that long seemed unapproachable. Ovechkin said in a statement he was proud to support the V Foundation's lifesaving research as part of what is being called The GR8 Chase for Victory Over Cancer. 'Throughout my NHL career, I have met many brave kids battling cancer, and I feel it's important to do what I can to help save more lives from this horrible disease,' Ovechkin said in the statement. 'I want to thank the V Foundation for all their hard work, and I look forward to using my platform and doing anything I can to help further the V Foundation and Hockey Fights Cancer's mission.' As part of the initiative, Ovechkin will donate an amount equal to his career goal total every time he scores for the rest of his career, beginning at the New York Rangers. Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Capitals, is set to match, doubling the amount, which adds up to $19,580 when he reaches 895 and continues for as long as the 39-year-old continues to play. 'Alex Ovechkin's summit to greatness on the ice has been a thrill for all hockey fans, and his commitment to funding innovative pediatric cancer research will make a lifesaving impact for years to come,' said Shane Jacobson, CEO of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, which was founded in 1993 by late N.C. State men's basketball coach Jim Valvano and ESPN. 'We are thrilled to have Alex on our team. We look forward to celebrating his accomplishments and celebrating advancements in cancer research together.' The Capitals and Ovechkin are also inviting fans to donate $8 — for his jersey number — or any amount as they can give in honor of the record chase. With 31 goals this season, Ovechkin is on pace to break the record in early April and might have gotten there earlier if not for missing 16 games in the fall because of a broken leg.
Fox Sports
05-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Ovechkin and Capitals to raise money for cancer research as he pursues the NHL career goals record
Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals, Hockey Fights Cancer and the V Foundation launched an initiative to raise awareness and money for pediatric cancer research in connection with his pursuit of the NHL career goal-scoring record. The team announced the partnership Wednesday with Ovechkin 10 from tying and 11 from passing Wayne Gretzky's mark of 894 goals that long seemed unapproachable. Ovechkin said in a statement he was proud to support the V Foundation's lifesaving research as part of what is being called The GR8 Chase for Victory Over Cancer. 'Throughout my NHL career, I have met many brave kids battling cancer, and I feel it's important to do what I can to help save more lives from this horrible disease," Ovechkin said in the statement. "I want to thank the V Foundation for all their hard work, and I look forward to using my platform and doing anything I can to help further the V Foundation and Hockey Fights Cancer's mission.' As part of the initiative, Ovechkin will donate an amount equal to his career goal total every time he scores for the rest of his career, beginning Wednesday night at the New York Rangers. Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Capitals, is set to match, doubling the amount, which adds up to $19,580 when he reaches 895 and continues for as long as the 39-year-old continues to play. 'Alex Ovechkin's summit to greatness on the ice has been a thrill for all hockey fans, and his commitment to funding innovative pediatric cancer research will make a lifesaving impact for years to come,' said Shane Jacobson, CEO of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, which was founded in 1993 by late N.C. State men's basketball coach Jim Valvano and ESPN. 'We are thrilled to have Alex on our team. We look forward to celebrating his accomplishments and celebrating advancements in cancer research together.' The Capitals and Ovechkin are also inviting fans to donate $8 — for his jersey number — or any amount as they can give in honor of the record chase. With 31 goals this season, Ovechkin is on pace to break the record in early April and might have gotten there earlier if not for missing 16 games in the fall because of a broken leg. ___ AP NHL: recommended
Associated Press
05-03-2025
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- Associated Press
Ovechkin and Capitals to raise money for cancer research as he pursues the NHL career goals record
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals, Hockey Fights Cancer and the V Foundation launched an initiative to raise awareness and money for pediatric cancer research in connection with his pursuit of the NHL career goal-scoring record. The team announced the partnership Wednesday with Ovechkin 10 from tying and 11 from passing Wayne Gretzky's mark of 894 goals that long seemed unapproachable. Ovechkin said in a statement he was proud to support the V Foundation's lifesaving research as part of what is being called The GR8 Chase for Victory Over Cancer. 'Throughout my NHL career, I have met many brave kids battling cancer, and I feel it's important to do what I can to help save more lives from this horrible disease,' Ovechkin said in the statement. 'I want to thank the V Foundation for all their hard work, and I look forward to using my platform and doing anything I can to help further the V Foundation and Hockey Fights Cancer's mission.' As part of the initiative, Ovechkin will donate an amount equal to his career goal total every time he scores for the rest of his career, beginning Wednesday night at the New York Rangers. Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Capitals, is set to match, doubling the amount, which adds up to $19,580 when he reaches 895 and continues for as long as the 39-year-old continues to play. 'Alex Ovechkin's summit to greatness on the ice has been a thrill for all hockey fans, and his commitment to funding innovative pediatric cancer research will make a lifesaving impact for years to come,' said Shane Jacobson, CEO of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, which was founded in 1993 by late N.C. State men's basketball coach Jim Valvano and ESPN. 'We are thrilled to have Alex on our team. We look forward to celebrating his accomplishments and celebrating advancements in cancer research together.' The Capitals and Ovechkin are also inviting fans to donate $8 — for his jersey number — or any amount as they can give in honor of the record chase. With 31 goals this season, Ovechkin is on pace to break the record in early April and might have gotten there earlier if not for missing 16 games in the fall because of a broken leg. ___
