PPG Paints Arena was ‘Loko for Boko’ in Friday’s 6-3 win over Columbus, which closed out a five-game homestand. Boko Imama scored his first goal as a Penguin in the victory, Pittsburgh’s fifth in the ...

1893 — The first women’s collegiate basketball game is played at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In this game, each basket is worth 1 point and the freshman class defeats the sophomore ...

2002 — Brendan Shanahan of the Red Wings scores ... 1992 — Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux becomes the 36th player in NHL history with 1,000 points, getting an assist in the second period of ...

692 Mario Lemieux: 690 Teemu Selanne: 684 Luc Robitaille: 668 Brendan Shanahan: 656 Dave Andreychuk: 640 Joe Sakic: 625 Jarome Iginla: 625 *Sidney Crosby: 616 Bobby Hull: 610 Dino Ciccarelli ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is chasing Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record. Can he break it this season?

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to stay on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record before season's end. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...