HQ PM Newsletter 8/19/2025

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Leon Draisaitl scored his 400th NHL goal Wednesday night in the Edmonton Oilers' regular-season opener against the Calgary Flames. Playing his 791st regular-season game, Draisaitl gave the Oilers a 3-0 lead at 8:32 of the second period. He tapped in David Tomasek’s cross-crease feed, with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also assisting. Draisaitl also…

The Knicks are still adjusting to their new system, but the early returns have been positive

First-round pick Abdul Carter was benched for the first defensive series of Sunday’s loss to Green Bay

UConn remains the No. 1 overall seed and is joined on the seed line by Texas in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament committee’s second and final Top 16 reveal on Sunday. Texas and Vanderbilt flipped spots from the last reveal. Oklahoma and Iowa each made large jumps, and Minnesota joined the ranks after securing significant…