LAS VEGAS — Before the WNBA All-Star sport Saturday, USA Basketball introduced its dedication to ladies’s basketball, and the WNBA ought to comply with go well with. With the 2020 Tokyo Games on the horizon, USA Basketball shared its plans to develop the U.S. ladies’s nationwide group program and coaching plan. The two predominant objectives for this system, which is the brainchild of WNBA stars Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, are to create curiosity for ladies’s basketball and higher put together the U.S. ladies’s group to win a seventh straight Olympic gold medal. Players can be compensated in order that they received’t need to play abroad, making the athletes accessible for appearances throughout the WNBA offseason
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Bruins’ Patrice Bergeron Says It’s ‘Tough’ To Lose Colin Miller In Expansion Draft
The Boston Bruins were forced to part ways with one of their bright young players Wednesday night. Defenseman Colin Miller is headed to the Vegas Golden Knights after being selected by the new NHL club in the expansion draft in Las Vegas. Patrice Bergeron, who was in Vegas to receive his fourth Frank J. Selke Trophy at the NHL Awards, said it’s tough to see Miller go, as the 24-year-old was a part of the Bruins’ plans moving forward. To hear what else Bergeron had to say of Miller, check out the video above from “NESN Sports Today,” presented by People’s United Bank. ... NESN.com
Bruins Reveal Protected List Ahead Of NHL Expansion Draft; Colin Miller Is Exposed
The Las Vegas Golden Knights will have their pick of the Boston Bruins’ litter. The Bruins announced Sunday on their website their list of protected players ahead of the upcoming NHL Expansion Draft. Boston opted to keep 11 of their leading figures (plus five of their first- and second-year players, who are exempt from the draft) far from the clutches of the Golden Knights, who can select one Bruin. Protected playersDavid BackesPatrice BergeronZdeno CharaDavid KrejciTorey KrugBrad MarchandKevin MillerRiley NashDavid PastrnakTuukka RaskRyan Spooner Exposed playersNESN.com
Las Vegas Officially Gets NHL Expansion Team Beginning With 2017-18 Season
Welcome to the NHL, Sin City. The NHL announced Wednesday that the league granted an expansion team to Las Vegas beginning with the 2017-18 season. The move had been reported for a while, but it’s now official after the Board of Governors meeting. This means the NHL will have 31 teams starting with the 2017-18 season, and the new Las Vegas squad will play in the Pacific Division. This also means there will be an expansion draft prior to the 2017 season, and the NHL released information on what that means for Las Vegas and the other 30 teams. The Las Vegas team will play in the