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Slumping Golden Knights play host to surging Stars
Jan 27, 2026; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) celebrates with goaltender Casey DeSmith (1) and center Matt Duchene (95) after the Stars defeated the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Marred in a slump that has seen them lose four of their past five games, the Vegas Golden Knights open a brief two-game homestand on Thursday against the Dallas Stars in Las Vegas.
The Golden Knights dropped three of four games on an eastern road trip that concluded with a 3-2 overtime loss at Montreal on Tuesday. Jake Evans scored at 3:58 in overtime to win it for the Canadiens, who swept the two-game regular-season series.
The loss at Montreal came after arguably the team’s worst loss of the season on Sunday at Ottawa, 7-1. Rasmus Anderson scored the lone goal for the Golden Knights with 4:55 remaining to avoid the shutout. The six-goal margin tied for the worst loss in franchise history.
The only win on the trip came on Friday at Toronto in Mitch Marner’s much-anticipated homecoming, 6-3. The Golden Knights opened the trip with a 4-3 loss at Boston.
“Not our best trip obviously,” Vegas defenseman Ben Hutton said. “Tough one in Ottawa. We were happy the way Toronto went, but we pride ourselves on every night getting points, and we didn’t do that on the road trip. We’ll look at some things and we’ll get back to work.”
Despite the recent struggles, Vegas still enters Thursday’s contest in first place in the Pacific Division with 63 points, one more than the Edmonton Oilers.
One bright spot in the loss to Montreal was the play of right wing Pavel Dorofeyev, who scored both goals and has eight goals in his last nine games. Dorofeyev is also second in the league in power-play goals (13) behind Wyatt Johnston of Dallas, who has 17.
“I’m not trying to focus on it too much,” Dorofeyev said of his hot streak. “It’s just the way it is. Sometimes you are hot, sometimes you are cold. It’s just hockey.”
Dallas is third in the stacked Central Division with 69 points, just one behind the second-place Minnesota Wild, and has a game in hand. The Stars completed a home-and-home sweep of the last-place St. Louis Blues with a 4-3 road victory on Tuesday, blowing a 3-0 third-period lead in the process. Thomas Harley scored the game-winner with just over a minute left.
“This just goes to show you what happens when you drop a degree,” Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan said. “It doesn’t matter who you’re playing or where they are in the standings, everyone in the league is a good team.”
Matt Duchene scored twice for his first multi-goal game of the season and Roope Hintz also scored for the Stars, who improved to 16-7-6 on the road. By comparison, Vegas has won just 12 times in 25 home games (12-7-6).
Duchene said leaving St. Louis with two points was key, especially after blowing the three-goal lead in the final 20 minutes.
“Any game you win is a good one,” Duchene said. “It’s a good lesson that you can’t take your foot off the gas, because teams will turn it around on you.”
This is the first of three regular-season meetings between the two teams. Vegas is 12-4-4 all-time against Dallas but the Stars won two of the three meetings last season.
–Field Level Media
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Rams OT Rob Havenstein retires after 11 seasons
November 9, 2025; Santa Clara, California, USA; Los Angeles Rams offensive tackle Rob Havenstein (79) after the game against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-Imagn Images Los Angeles Rams offensive tackle Rob Havenstein announced his retirement from the NFL after 11 seasons on Tuesday.
Havenstein, who won Super Bowl LVI with the Rams in the 2021 season, started all 148 regular-season games and 13 playoff games he has played since 2015 — the last season the franchise was in St. Louis.
“What a ride it’s been!” Havenstein, 33, posted on Instagram. “I can look back on my career and smile knowing I have given everything I had and more to the game I love. In saying that, I am officially retiring from the NFL.”
He thanked his wife, parents, teammates, coaches, the team’s fans and the Rams organization.
“I have had the time of my life with the Los Angeles Rams (formerly known as the St. Louis Rams) and can’t thank the whole organization enough for giving me a shot back in 2015,” he wrote. “Although some in the organization weren’t totally convinced.”
Havenstein played in only seven regular-season games this season (seven starts) as he dealt with knee and ankle bursitis. He was placed on injured reserve on Nov. 19 and the Rams designated him to return to practice on Jan. 22 ahead of the NFC Championship game at Seattle on Jan. 25, but he didn’t play and the Seahawks won 31-27.
A member of the 2015 NFL All-Rookie Team, Havenstein was a foundational part of the offensive line at right tackle. He played on 100% of the offensive snaps in games he played across the 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2025 seasons, and at least 90% in the others.
The Rams also reached the league championship game in the 2018 season, falling to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII, 13-3. Los Angeles beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 three years later.
“As this chapter ends, I couldn’t be more grateful, hopeful, and excited to see what comes next!” Havenstein said.
–Field Level Media
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LeBron James (foot) out; ineligible for awards, All-NBA honors
Feb 9, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) passes the ball against Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso (9) during the third quarter at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images Los Angeles Lakers standout LeBron James will miss Tuesday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs due to left foot arthritis, an absence that makes him ineligible for All-NBA recognition and major awards this season.
The game is James’ 18th missed contest of the season and prevents him from playing in 65 games, the minimum number of games to be eligible for All-NBA and other honors. James has been named to an All-NBA team in a record 21 straight seasons.
James, 41, has played in 35 games this season and is averaging 21.8 points, 6.9 assists and 5.7 rebounds. He was second-team All-NBA last season. His most recent first-team All-NBA selection was the 2019-20 season.
Lakers star guard Luka Doncic (left hamstring) will sit out for the third straight game. He leads the NBA with a 32.8 scoring average.
Doncic remains hopeful of playing in Sunday’s All-Star Game.
Guards Austin Reaves (left calf) and Marcus Smart (right ankle) also were ruled out against San Antonio. Center Deandre Ayton (right knee) is questionable.
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Tiger Woods' son, Charlie Woods, commits to Florida State
Charlie Woods of Jupiter, Fla. tees off on the eighth hole during the second round of The Junior Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach, Fla. finished atop the leaderboard heading into Sunday’s final round at 6 under par. Charlie Woods, the son of 15-time major champion and golf legend Tiger Woods, announced Tuesday that he has committed to play for Florida State in 2027.
It is a major recruiting win for the Seminoles, who were among several prominent programs aggressively pursuing Charlie Woods. In November, Florida State golf coach Trey Jones spent time walking the course with Tiger as Charlie Woods shot a team-best 68 and helped his team claim the Florida 1A state title.
Charlie Woods, who turned 17 on Sunday, is currently a junior at The Benjamin School, a private school in Palm Beach, Fla. He will join an FSU recruiting class that already includes Jacksonville, Fla.’s Miles Russell, the top-ranked amateur in the world. Woods, who is No. 23 in the AJGA rankings, won the AJGA Team TaylorMade Invitational last May.
BREAKING: CHARLIE WOODS -> FSU
Posting on his Instagram account, Charlie Woods, the son of @TigerWoods, has committed to @FSUGolf.
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— Warchant.com (@Warchant) February 10, 2026
Tiger Woods said in December that his son had been hearing for a number of college coaches, and that it was far different than his recruitment in the 1990s.
“It’s been very different, the recruiting process. Now you have cell phones,” Tiger said. “We didn’t have cell phones. We would have written letters that would show up in the mailbox. ‘Oh, my God, I got a letter.’ It’s just very different how fast coaches can communicate with the family members and the player that they’re trying to recruit. It’s just a different world. Not saying it’s good or bad. It’s just different.”
Tiger Woods played at Stanford, won his first collegiate event and was an All-American from 1996-98 before turning pro. His daughter, Sam, was a member of Benjamin School’s state-title soccer team before enrolling at Stanford.
–Field Level Media
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