National Hockey League

By closing in on its fourth NHL title in 11 years Detroit proved it could win on a budget, while team captain Nicklas Lidstrom helped change perceptions on the limits of European players

Adopted By the NBA, a policy that will fine players for flopping. The league has yet to determine how much players who dive will be fined or whether there will be an escalating series of fines and suspensions, as...

I AM HERE to fight the power. I am here to rage against the machine. I am here behind Detroit's Joe Louis Arena in the hours before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, and a man is lifting up his YZERMAN jersey and...

Possession is nine-tenths of the battle between the Red Wings and Penguins. Three years after the NHL rejiggered its rules for more offense, the league has its ideal championship matchup

Pittsburgh soared to the finals behind captain Sidney Crosby, leaving an era of losing, bankruptcies, threatened relocations and postgame chicken fingers far behind