Gary Bettman

What a game! It went into overtime Wednesday night tied at 1-1 with Ilya Bryzgalov in net for Moscow and visiting St. Petersburg goalie Sergei Bobrovsky performing just as well at the other end of the rink. Finally, Bobrovsky let the second puck of...

The Kings' Stanley Cup banner won't have to share space on Staples Center's wall of honor with the banners that commemorate the Lakers' NBA titles. Tim Leiweke, the Kings' governor and chief executive of their parent company, AEG, believed a singular...

The NHL and the players association are going to federal mediation. Forget them. We’re going to the Federal League, and you’re invited. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman locked out the players in September. Since then, the house elf for Boston...

"When Black Friday comes I'll collect everything I'm owed And before my friends find out I'll be on the road" —Steely Dan, "Black Friday" Hey, you! Yeah, you, the one with an armful of shiny new stuff and a rapidly shrinking credit line. I...

The NBA season was slipping away as Thanksgiving 2011 approached. The league and the National Basketball Players Assn. were so far apart in labor negotiations that players took the drastic step of dissolving their union by filing a disclaimer of...

Look, I’m as bummed by the NHL lockout as you are. You hockey fans, anyway. I’m sure we’re all getting tired of watching online highlights of Traktor Chelyabinsk scoring on Bars Astana in the Kontinental Hockey League, and while the...

The NHL put the "no" in November and continued its determined march toward irrelevance by canceling games through Nov. 30, an announcement that was expected following the silent expiration of its Thursday deadline for a labor agreement with the players'...

Much to my surprise, I killed an hour this week glued to the TV watching Russians skate. One of them was Alex Ovechkin, one of the world's most skilled hockey players who makes you worry you will miss something if you change channels. So I didn't,...

The Sports Xchange Torres suspension angers Sharks San Jose forward Raffi Torres decided not to appeal his suspension for the remaining games in the Western Conference semifinal series against the Los Angeles Kings, but the that doesn't mean the...

The Sports Xchange NHL schedules two games in Yankee Stadium Let's play two in Yankee Stadium. Two hockey games, that is, and not baseball. The NHL announced Wednesday a twin bill is scheduled outdoors in New York early next year. The New York...

May 15 (Reuters) - The New York Rangers will play two outdoor games at Yankee Stadium early next year as part of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Stadium Series, the league said on Wednesday. The Rangers will face off against the New Jersey Devils on...

(Reuters) - The New York Rangers will play two outdoor games at Yankee Stadium early next year as part of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Stadium Series, the league said on Wednesday. The Rangers will face off against the New Jersey Devils on...