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This famous NHL beard disappeared in a flash

At a time when facial hair is growing unabashedly across a shut-down country, one of hockey's most well-known beards has disappeared. Sharks center Joe Thornton chopped off his beard for...

The NHL trade deadline is missing something

Every time someone wants to talk about the NBA, I have the same response. “I don’t really watch the games until about the conference finals, but I closely follow the...

NHL star gets chunk of beard ripped out in vicious fight

Joe Thornton's pre-playoff beard delivered bad karma halfway through the regular season. The Sharks veteran watched a clump of his brown-and-gray beard hit the ice after dropping gloves with Maple...

Examining Rangers extremes: Joe Thornton run, Ryan McDonagh sell-off

A quarter of the season down and the Rangers are essentially as projected: a flawed bubble team capable of capturing an eighth consecutive playoff but unlikely to end the franchise’s...

These six players are rocking the undisputed best beards in sports

Thanks to a few characters who ditched their razors and let their facial hair flow, beards in sports have become commonplace. Here’s a look at the top five beards to...

Rangers' ideal reinforcement is center they already recruited

Regarding the Rangers, whose logo could well be a question mark heading into Tuesday’s Game 4 of the season, at the Garden against the Blues: 1. It is a long...

Sharks' veteran duo top Rangers' free agency wish list

The Rangers are in a strange place approaching Saturday’s noon bell that signals the opening of the free-agent market. They are no longer just one or two pieces away from...