How Gen Z has changed the NHL, plus UNC fires Davis

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⚾ It’s “Opening Day”
🏒 Hockey’s new superstars
🩻 Mbappe oopsie

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Happy Opening Day! Well, sort of. 
As with any professional sports league fueled by the concept of growth, MLB’s classic Opening Day has been fragmented a bit this year. The usual spread of all-day baseball? Happening tomorrow. Tonight, we get just one game, designed for prime…