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Lightning pull off historic comeback in Stadium Series game vs. Bruins
Feb 1, 2026; Tampa Bay, Florida, USA; The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate their shootout victory in the 2026 Stadium Series ice hockey game against the Boston Bruins at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Jake Guentzel scored the lone shootout goal and the host Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from a four-goal deficit to beat the Boston Bruins 6-5 Sunday night in a Stadium Series game played at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ football stadium.
Guentzel, who had two assists, beat goaltender Jeremy Swayman (41 saves) for the go-ahead marker in the top of the third round, and netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy (29 saves) watched as David Pastrnak hit the post on Boston’s third try, giving Tampa Bay its largest comeback victory in franchise history.
Nikita Kucherov scored and had three assists, and Brandon Hagel had a goal and two helpers. Darren Raddysh produced a power-play goal and an assist, and Oliver Bjorkstrand and Nick Paul netted on power plays to help the Lightning win their first home outdoor game in franchise history.
Boston’s Morgan Geekie tallied twice in a three-point outing, and Alex Steeves, Viktor Arvidsson and Matthew Poitras hit the net. Charlie McAvoy posted two assists.
After each club arrived in unique attire – the Lightning in the Buccaneers’ creamsicle orange original uniforms and the Bruins as patriots from the Revolutionary War – the Lightning ignited the crowd 11 seconds in when Hagel ripped a shot over Swayman on a historically cold night with the temperature in the 30s for the 64,617 fans in attendance.
But Boston capitalized when Michael Eyssimont fed Steeves for a tying one-timer in the slot at 11:24 then grabbed its first lead with 4:24 remaining in the first when Geekie got a piece of McAvoy’s shot and trickled a score between Vasilevskiy’s pads.
On the club’s third power play, Arvidsson clipped in a tally on a similar effort from McAvoy at 18:03 to put the Bruins up 3-1.
In his second NHL game of the season, Poitras lifted a backhander into the net just 2:22 into the second for his first goal of the campaign. Geekie added his second at 8:18 for a 5-1 lead, which seemed safe.
However, the contest became chippier after Bjorkstrand made it 5-2 on the power play at 10:28. Minutes later, Swayman and Vasilevskiy soon squared off in a rate goalie fight, the first of each of their careers, at center ice.
With four Bruins in the penalty box, Raddysh and Paul each tallied on five-on-three power plays to cut it to 5-4 as Tampa Bay scored three man-advantage goals in less than six minutes.
In the third, Kucherov wired a tying goal with 8:10 remaining for the Lightning’s fourth unanswered tally.
–Field Level Media
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Spurs guard Stephon Castle exits game with pelvis injury
Feb 10, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura (28) controls the ball against San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) during the first half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle was ruled out of Tuesday’s road game against the Los Angeles Lakers following a second-quarter pelvis injury.
Castle fell on his tailbone after blocking the Lakers’ Rui Hachimura on a fast-break dunk attempt with just over four minutes remaining in the first half. He went to the locker room after the play and was ruled out after halftime.
According to the Spurs, X-rays were negative and Castle was diagnosed with a pelvis contusion.
Castle, 21, had two points with seven assists in 12 minutes as the Spurs roared out to an 84-55 halftime lead against the short-handed Lakers.
Last season’s NBA Rookie of the Year has averaged 17.1 points with 7.0 assists in 42 games (41 starts) this season. In his two NBA seasons, he has averaged 15.5 points with 5.1 assists in 123 games (88 starts).
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NCAA approves Montana LB Solomon Tuliaupupu for 9th season
Nov 22, 2025; Missoula, MT, USA; Montana State Bobcats running back Julius Davis (32) is tackled by Montana Grizzlies linebacker Solomon Tuliaupupu (58) and linebacker Peyton Wing (32) during the first half at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Michael Thomas Shroyer-Imagn Images College football is set to have its second nine-year player after the NCAA granted Montana linebacker Solomon Tuliaupupu another season of eligibility.
Tuliaupupu is set to join tight end Cam McCormick in the nine-year club. McCormick spent 2016-22 at Oregon before playing for Miami in 2023 and ’24. He is mow a scouting assistant for the New England Patriots.
Tuliaupupu first arrived in college at Southern California out of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif., in 2018 but missed that season and the following one due to a foot injury. A knee injury sustained in the summer of 2020 kept him out that year, and he didn’t play for the Trojans the following year after missing spring practice.
He finally saw action in 2022, making 10 tackles, including 2.5 sacks, in 14 games.
Another training camp injury cost Tuliaupupu the entire 2023 season, but he returned to play nine games for USC in 2024, registering 13 tackles, one sack and one fumble recovery.
Tuliaupupu transferred to Montana for the 2025 season, and he played in 14 games, producing 43 tackles, two sacks and two forced fumbles. The Grizzlies finished 13-2, reaching the FCS semifinals.
Montana also announced that offensive lineman Dylan Jemtegaard was cleared by the NCAA to play a sixth season of college ball in 2026.
–Field Level Media
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Report: Inter Miami worth $1.45B, but some MLS clubs see value drop
Dec 6, 2025; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) looks on with the Philip F. Anschutz trophy after winning the 2025 MLS Cup against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Chase Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Inter Miami’s investment in Lionel Messi continues to pay dividends.
In December, the Argentine superstar helped deliver the club its first MLS Cup. With the 2026 season less than two weeks away, Messi has helped deliver the Herons another title.
Most valuable franchise in MLS.
According to a report in Sportico on Tuesday, Miami is valued at $1.45 billion, an increase of 22% from last year and $50 million ahead of the Los Angeles FC — marking the first time in Sportico’s five years of doing MLS valuations that LAFC are not No. 1.
Though second, LAFC still jumped 9% in year-over-year valuation to $1.4 billion. The Black and Gold employ arguably the league’s second-most popular international superstar, South Korea’s Son Heung-Min. Messi and Son are by far the two highest-paid players in MLS.
While that sounds good news for Miami and Los Angeles, the league-wide economics could be a bit of a red flag. The bottom 12 teams in valuation saw their value go up just 2% on average from 2025. Three clubs — the San Jose Earthquakes, Vancouver Whitecaps and CF Montreal — fell in value, per the report.
The Whitecaps reached the MLS Cup final last year behind German legend Thomas Muller.
Sportico valued all clubs — including real estate and business related to soccer owned by club owners, such as an NWSL franchise — at a total of $23 billion.
San Diego FC, the league’s newest club entering their second season of existence, are valued at $765 million, 10th in MLS.
The MLS season kicks off Feb. 21 with the marquee game being the strategic choice of Miami at LAFC. The game was moved to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to accommodate more fans for the highly in-demand event.
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Spurs guard Stephon Castle exits game with pelvis injury
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