Portzline: Rick Bowness spoke for Blue Jackets fans when he torched his players
Blue Jackets players on Wednesday took exception to Bowness questioning how much they cared, how much they hated to lose.
Wild sign NCAA free agent Ben Dexheimer, draft pick Rieger Lorenz to contracts starting in 2026-27
Dexheimer and Lorenz played for Wisconsin and Denver, respectively, in Saturday's national championship. Their contracts start in 2026-27.
Swiss national hockey team fires head coach after fake COVID-19 vaccine card admission
Fischer's firing comes exactly one month before the IIHF World Hockey Championship is set to get underway in Switzerland.
What’s inside Japan’s super-rare, super-popular Nara bread?
Nara is famous for deer and temples, but you won’t find either of those inside this hard-to-find baked good. Most of the time, the names of baked goods in Japan…
NEVERCREW Explores Our Tenuous Relationship with Nature in Huge Murals
Artists Christian Rebecchi and Pablo Togni, who work as NEVERCREW, have a knack for bringing the immensity of nature to developed urban spaces. Their colorful, large-scale murals take a playful…
Submit your NHL Draft or prospects questions for Scott Wheeler’s mailbag
The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler released his annual top 100 drafted NHL prospects ranking this week.
After Vancouver Canucks’ season of failure, rebuilding is the only option. Now, what comes next?
The Canucks' rebuild must focus on rebuilding trust with fans and re-establishing some organizational standard of excellence.
Japan’s popular bead bonsai kit is as beautiful as it is gruelling to make
Gorgeous and tiny, yet contains the potential to break spirits and thumbs. The cherry blossom season tends to fall around the turn of the fiscal year, meaning that trying to…
Masha Foya’s Airy Illustrations Embrace the Universality of Emotions
Where the blue sky breaks through the tree canopy or light reflects onto the surface of a pond, illustrator Masha Foya summons moments of joy and surprise. The Kyiv-based artist’s…
Enter the world’s easiest NHL playoffs prediction contest, with just 1 question
It’s time for our annual playoff contest, in which I ask you one simple question, and you send in your one-line answer.