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Liam Griffin

lgriffin@washingtontimes.com

Liam Griffin is a sports reporter for The Washington Times. A graduate of George Mason University, he previously covered local news for Patch in northern Virginia. He can be reached at lgriffin@washigntontimes.com.

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman addresses a media conference prior to the NHL game hockey between the Los Angeles Kings and the Utah Hockey Club, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne-Kamin-Oncea)

U.S.-Canada trade war would be ‘painful’ for NHL, commissioner says

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on Wednesday said his league is awkwardly caught in the middle of rising tensions between the U.S. and Canada, noting that a trade war -- or any tariffs added on top of President Trump's proposed 25% tax on Canadian goods -- would hurt the league.

March 6, 2025
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) on the ice during pregame warmups before an NHL game against the St. Louis Blues at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C., February 27, 2025. (Photo for the Washington Times)

Ovechkin, Capitals donating to cancer research for each goal during record chase

"The Gr8 Chase" is heating up, with Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin trailing Wayne Gretzky by just 10 goals for the NHL record of 894, and the left winger is putting his money where his puck is. He announced Wednesday that he would donate to cancer research for each goal the rest of his career.

March 5, 2025
A general view of the clock above the score board at Orioles Park at Camden Yards during a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals , June 21, 2022, in Baltimore. The New York Court of Appeals has scheduled oral arguments for March 14 in the long-running dispute between the Orioles and Nationals over television rights fees. After agreeing to hear the case in September 2021, the court said this week that it will hear arguments on the question of “whether courts have the power, after vacating an arbitration award based on `evident partiality' related to the forum, to order rehearing in a forum other than that provided for in the parties’ arbitration agreement." (AP Photo/Tommy Gilligan, file) **FILE**

Nationals, Orioles resolve yearslong dispute over MASN

The Washington Nationals will be free to leave the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network and seek a new --and almost certainly more lucrative -- television deal starting in 2026 after battling for more than a decade to wrest control of the franchise's broadcast rights and revenues from an unfavorable partnership controlled by the rival Baltimore Orioles.

March 3, 2025