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Former President Joe Biden’s official health reports during his White House tenure did not show signs of aggressive prostate cancer, a Fox News Digital review of the health documents shows. 

Biden, who suffered two brain aneurysms in 1988 that nearly claimed his life, received clean bills of health in 2021, 2023 and 2024, according to former White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor’s annual reports on the president’s state of health. 

Biden was scheduled to receive a physical by the end of January 2023 but delayed the evaluation due to a busy travel schedule, the White House reported at the time. The former president had a roughly 15-month period between his 2021 physical and one conducted in February 2023. 

Fox News Digital reviewed the three reports posted by the White House in 2021, 2023 and 2024 and found that there were no signs indicating aggressive prostate cancer was on the horizon for the 46th president — though concerns over skin cancer were a common theme throughout the three reports. 

2021 

Biden’s White House physician released the president’s first annual health report in November 2021, declaring Biden a ‘healthy, vigorous’ man. 

‘President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous, 78-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency, to include those as Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander in Chief,’ O’Connor wrote in the 2021 report. 

The report included routine screenings of Biden’s heart, eyes and teeth, as well as his occasional gastroesophageal reflux. 

The report noted that Biden also underwent ‘routine’ screenings for both colon cancer and skin cancer. Biden had multiple ‘localized, non-melenoma skin cancers removed’ ahead of his presidency after spending a good deal of time in the sun as a youth, the report stated, but that there were ‘no areas suspicious for skin cancer’ during the 2021 physical. 

The report did find that Biden was increasingly ‘throat clearing’ and coughing during public events. O’Connor stated that Biden had long cleared his throat or coughed during speaking engagements, but such coughing or throat clearing ‘certainly seem more frequent and more pronounced over the last few months.’ 

O’Connor said gastroesophageal reflux was likely the culprit behind Biden’s coughing after conducting multiple lung, oxygen and biological tests. 

The report also noted that Biden’s gait had become noticeably more stiff, which the doctor said required a ‘detailed investigation.’ The stiffened gait was attributed to Biden’s wear and tear on his spine and mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet, which O’Connor said could be addressed with physical therapy and exercise. 

2023 

O’Connor released details on Biden’s second physical as president on Feb. 16, 2023, roughly 15 months after the release of his first presidential physical. The delay between the health assessments was attributed to the president’s busy schedule. 

Biden was notably also diagnosed with COVID-19 in July 2022 during the interim period of his first and second physicals. Biden was reported to have mild symptoms that July and was treated with the antiviral drug Paxlovid. 

The February 2023 physical report found that Biden was in good health and ‘fit’ to serve as president. 

‘President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous 80-year-old male who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency,’ O’Connor wrote in his 2023 health memo.

The report found that Biden’s gait had remained stiff since his last physical, though the issue had not worsened. The report overall found that his heart, lungs, eyes and teeth were all in good health. 

Biden underwent routine skin cancer surveillance, which found a small lesion on the president’s chest that required biopsy. The lesion was removed just a couple of weeks later without issue, a follow-up memo from O’Connor states. 

‘As expected, the biopsy confirmed that the small lesion was basal cell carcinoma,’ Biden’s doctor wrote in a memo after the lesion was removed. ‘All cancerous tissue was successfully removed. The area around the biopsy site was treated presumptively with electrodessication and curettage at the time of biopsy. No further treatment is required.’ 

The 2023 physical health report also provided updates on Biden’s COVID-19 recovery, which the White House doctor said went smoothly in part due to Biden receiving the coronavirus vaccine and two booster shots before the infection. 

2024 

The report on Biden’s final physical examination as president was released Feb. 28, 2024 and again found the president in good health and able to serve as president. 

‘President Biden is a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency, to include those as Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander in Chief,’ the most recent memo stated. 

Again, vital organs such as the heart and eyes received a clean bill of health, while Biden’s stiff gait did not worsen in the interim since 2023, though the doctor noted ‘arthritic changes’ that were moderate to severe. 

O’Connor reported that he conducted a neurological exam and determined that no cerebral or neurological issues were compounding the president’s stiff gait. The test did support previous findings of peripheral neuropathy of the feet, the report stated. 

The 2024 physical additionally noted that the lesion removed from Biden’s chest the year prior needed no additional treatment, as basal cell carcinoma typically does not metastasize. 

The report added that Biden had been using a continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machine when sleeping after he showed symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea. The president had previously reported similar symptoms in 2008 and 2019, O’Connor stated, but that they subsided after sinus and nasal passage surgeries before his presidency.

He also underwent a root canal that year with no complications. 

Who is Dr. O’Connor? 

Dr. O’Connor has overseen Biden’s health since 2009 and built a close relationship with the president and his family, Fox News Digital previously reported. 

‘I have never had a better commander than Joe Biden,’ O’Connor said in a profile interview with his alma mater, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, when Biden served as vice president. ‘All politics aside, he approaches his craft with such honor. He’s 100 percent ‘family first.’ He’s ‘genuinely genuine.’’

O’Connor overwhelmingly remained out of the spotlight during Biden’s tenure until the spring of 2024, when speculation mounted among both conservatives and Democrats that the president’s mental acuity was slipping, with pundits and the media subsequently demanding to hear directly from O’Connor on the state of Biden’s health. 

The White House physician is affectionately known to Biden and his family simply as ‘Doc,’ and was requested by Biden in 2009 to stay on as his physician after serving in the White House Medical Unit under the President George W. Bush administration, according to the profile. 

O’Connor was first appointed to the White House Medical Unit in 2006 for what was intended to be a three-year military assignment, according to his profile published by the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, from which he graduated in 1992. 

Instead, ‘Vice President Biden asked O’Connor to stay on,’ the profile continues. 

O’Connor complied, marking the beginning of their doctor-patient relationship that has reportedly evolved into a close relationship with the president’s large family. 

Biden’s 2017 memoir, ‘Promise Me, Dad,’ features the president reflecting on his close relationship with ‘Doc,’ including O’Connor joining the family on their annual vacation to Massachusetts’ Nantucket in his capacity as the White House physician and balking at the family’s ‘browsing extravaganza’ on the island. The White House medical unit always travels with a president to best protect his health and safety.  

The physician’s relationship with the family seemingly grew closer, according to the memoir, when the president’s son, Beau Biden, was diagnosed with brain cancer — which ultimately claimed his life in 2015. 

‘Doc was good with Beau, who was still trying to get his bearings in those first few days. Real fear was starting to creep in. Sometimes Beau would grab him when everybody else was out of earshot to get his honest assessment,’ Biden wrote in the memoir. 

‘‘Whatever it is, this is bad,’ he told Beau, ‘but we’re gonna find out what it is. And once we find out what it is, we will have a plan.’’ 

‘‘Promise?’ Beau asked.’

‘‘Promise.’’ 

In another excerpt, Beau Biden requested O’Connor ‘promise’ to take care of his father if he should die. 

‘‘Seriously, Doc. No matter what happens,” Beau Biden said to O’Connor, according to the book. ‘’Take care of Pop. For real. Promise me. For real.’’

Back in 2018, Joe Biden’s sister-in-law, Sara Biden, described O’Connor as a ‘friend’ who provided medical advice to members of the Biden family beyond the eventual commander in chief. 

‘Colonel O’Connor was actually a friend and he — we would frequently ask for his recommendations if any of us had a medical issue, so it was not uncommon to ask him if he had a recommendation,’ she said in a deposition related to a New York state medical malpractice case involving her daughter, Fox News previously reported. 

The state of Biden’s health now?

Biden’s office announced May 18 that the former president had been diagnosed with an ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer, which set off concern that such a cancer should have been discovered sooner. 

‘Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,’ Biden’s team shared in a statement. ‘On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.’ 

‘While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management,’ the statement said. ‘The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.’ 

Physicians have remarked that they are ‘shocked’ that the cancer had not been discovered sooner. 

‘Thank God they found it. (Biden is) a fighter. He’s been through a tremendous amount in his life… with his son, with (his) wife, with (his) daughter,’ Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel said May 19. ‘Two aneurysms, atrial fibrillation. He’s been through a lot health-wise, but I am absolutely shocked that they didn’t find this earlier.’ 

A spokesperson for Biden confirmed to Fox News on May 20 that Biden’s last known prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, which screens a patient for prostate cancer, was conducted in 2014. 

‘President Biden’s last known PSA was in 2014,’ a Biden spokesperson told Fox News. ‘Prior to Friday, President Biden had never been diagnosed with prostate cancer.’ 

Biden posted to X on May 19 in his first message since publicly revealing the diagnosis to thank supporters. 

‘Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places,’ Biden wrote on X, accompanied by a photo with former first lady Jill Biden. ‘Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.’ 

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Romanian populist Calin Georgescu announced his retirement from politics after being barred from running in the country’s presidential election rerun this month. 

The decision comes after Georgescu ran for president late last year and emerged victorious in the first round of voting. However, a top Romanian court then annulled the result after allegations emerged of electoral violations and Russian interference. Georgescu was later banned from participating in this month’s contest, which was won by pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan. 

‘I choose to be a passive observer of public and social life,’ the 63-year-old Georgescu said in a video posted online late Monday. ‘I choose to remain outside any political party structure … I am not affiliated with any political group in any way.’ 

Georgescu – who ran as an independent in November – said he made his decision to take a step back following the conclusion of the presidential race, which for him indicated ‘the sovereignist movement has come to a close.’ 

‘Even though this political chapter has ended, I am convinced that the values and ideals we fought for together remain steadfast,’ he added. ‘My dear ones, I have always said that we would make history, not politics.’ 

In February, prosecutors opened criminal proceedings against Georgescu, accusing him of incitement to undermine the constitutional order, election campaign funding abuses, and founding or supporting fascist, racist, xenophobic, or antisemitic organizations, among other charges. On Tuesday, he was due to appear at the prosecutor’s office in Bucharest. 

Despite what appeared to be a sprawling social media campaign promoting him, Georgescu had declared zero campaign spending in last year’s contest. A Romanian court then made the unprecedented move to annul the election. 

‘This December, Romania straight up canceled the results of a presidential election based on the flimsy suspicions of an intelligence agency and enormous pressure from its continental neighbors,’ Vice President JD Vance said in a speech at the Munich Security Conference in February. 

‘Now, as I understand it, the argument was that Russian disinformation had infected the Romanian elections, but I’d ask my European friends to have some perspective. You can believe it’s wrong for Russia to buy social media advertisements to influence your elections. We certainly do. You can condemn it on the world stage even. But if your democracy can be destroyed with a few hundred thousand dollars of digital advertising from a foreign country, then it wasn’t very strong to begin with,’ Vance added. 

Georgescu sparked controversy for describing Romanian fascist and nationalist leaders from the 1930s and 1940s as national heroes, according to the Associated Press. He has also praised Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past as ‘a man who loves his country’ and has questioned Ukraine’s statehood, but he claims not to be pro-Russian. 

Georgescu has argued the election was ‘canceled illegally and unconstitutionally,’ and after he was barred from the May rerun, he accused the authorities of ‘inventing evidence to justify the theft’ of the elections. 

Earlier this year, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bucharest in a show of support for Georgescu. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Shedeur Sanders drove a custom, black and gold Rolls-Royce during his time at Colorado. Many believed he had added another custom luxury car to his collection after being drafted by the Cleveland Browns.

Deion Sanders Jr. was seen in a YouTube video showing a custom, dark green Rolls-Royce being delivered to the Sanders family estate in Canton, Texas. Many originally assumed the car — rumored to be worth at least $500,000 — belonged to the Browns quarterback, as he could be heard discussing the vehicle with his half-brother in the video.

However, Colorado coach Deion Sanders dispelled the notion in a post to his X profile Monday.

‘LIES!’ read the reply to a post that claimed Shedeur Sanders had purchased a Rolls-Royce.

The elder Sanders did not offer any additional information for — or by — whom the car was purchased.

Either way, the rumored purchase shined a light on Sanders’ signing bonus, which he admitted ‘wasn’t that high’ when asked whether he would try to buy the No. 2 jersey off DeAndre Carter shortly after being drafted.

‘I’m not trying to buy anything,’ Sanders told reporters at a media availability in early May. ‘My signing bonus ain’t that high right now.’

Sanders got a $446,553 signing bonus as part of the four-year, $4.6 million rookie deal he signed with the Browns after being chosen in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. His rookie deal is worth less than the $6.5 million NIL valuation he had by the end of his time at Colorado, according to On3, though he will almost certainly be able to bridge that gap with sponsorship deals.

(This story was updated to add new information.)

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Indiana Pacers forward Aaron Nesmith will be a game-time decision for Tuesday’s Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals after he was injured during Game 3 against the New York Knicks.

Nesmith woke up Monday with a sore right ankle, head coach Rick Carlisle told reporters. He was listed as questionable on the NBA’s injury report with a right ankle sprain.

The injury occurred in the third quarter of Sunday’s home loss to New York. With just over six minutes left in the quarter, Nesmith was attempting a pass as he was driving down the baseline, and his foot landed awkwardly on Knicks guard Jalen Brunson. Nesmith needed help leaving the court and was taken to the locker room before returned in the fourth quarter.

New York won Game 3, 106-100, to avoid falling in a 3-0 hole. Indiana leads the series 2-1.

Nesmith has been a catalyst for the Pacers in their second straight Eastern Conference finals appearance. Not only has he exceled defending Brunson, but he powered the Game 1 comeback victory. He scored a career-high 30 points and was 8-for-9 from 3-point land, with six of those deep shots occurring in the fourth quarter.

Despite scoring just eight points in the Game 3 loss, Nesmith has been averaging 15.1 points per game on 52.3% shooting in the 2025 NBA playoffs. His 53.5% 3-point shooting mark ranks as the best among players remaining in this year’s playoffs. He also averages 6.2 rebounds a game.

Game 4 between Indiana and New York is Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

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Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo’s time in Saudi Arabia has seemingly come to an end. 

Ronaldo, the most prolific goal scorer in soccer history, signaled an end to his two-year run in the Saudi Pro League with club Al-Nassr on Monday with a social media post. 

“This chapter is over. The story? Still being written. Grateful to all,” Ronaldo wrote on X. 

Ronaldo’s contract with Al-Nassr is expected to end in June, but it is possible he could transfer to one of the 32 clubs participating in the FIFA Club World Cup held in the United States. 

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has high hopes Ronaldo could participate in next month’s tournament. 

“Ronaldo might play for one of the teams in the Club World Cup. There are discussions,” Infantino told popular American streamer iShowSpeed during a stream last Friday. 

“There are discussions with some clubs. So if any club is watching and wants to hire Ronaldo for the Club World Cup, who knows? … There’s still a few weeks time. It will be fun.”

If Ronaldo were to join a club for the Club World Cup, it would immediately elevate hype for the tournament. However, it’s unclear which club could secure the Portuguese star.

The Club World Cup begins with Lionel Messi and Inter Miami playing in the opening match on June 14 against Egyptian club Al Alhy at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. The final is July 13 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

Ronaldo scored his 99th goal is his 105th match for Al-Nassr on Monday, but they fell 3-2 to Al Fateh and will not qualify for the AFC Champions League next season. 

Ronaldo, 40, is soccer’s all-time leading scorer with 937 goals. The Portuguese star also shined for Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus during his illustrious career.

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Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., called Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘crazy,’ expressing support for Ukraine and advocating for ‘Secondary sanctions & arms support NOW.’

‘I agree with President Trump, war criminal Putin is crazy. The civilized world will not sit by for Putin’s imperial tantrum at the cost of more children’s lives. Secondary sanctions & arms support NOW. Grateful to stand with Ukraine as they continue to repel this unprovoked INVASION and work for peace in their homeland,’ Wilson wrote on X on Monday.

President Donald Trump asserted in a Sunday night Truth Social post that Russian President Vladimir Putin had ‘gone absolutely CRAZY!’ and is ‘needlessly killing’ many people. 

Trump, who has been aiming to help bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, blasted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the post as well, declaring, ‘Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop.’

In a Monday night post on X, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, urged President Trump to act. 

‘I’ve had enuf of Putin killing innocent ppl. Pres Trump Take action AT LEAST SANCTIONS,’ Grassley said in the post.

A massive bipartisan coalition of U.S. senators is supporting a proposed sanctions measure. Grassley is an original cosponsor on the Senate measure and Wilson is an original cosponsor on the House edition.

Zelenskyy is also advocating for sanctions.

‘New and strong sanctions against Russia — from the United States, from Europe, and from all those around the world who seek peace — will serve as a guaranteed means of forcing Russia not only to cease fire, but also to show respect,’ Zelenskyy declared Monday in a post on X.

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King Charles III arrived in Canada on Monday for a symbolic visit showing support for the country, which recognizes him as its sovereign, amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to acquire the North American nation as the 51st U.S. state.

Charles and his wife Queen Camilla landed at Ottawa Airport in Ontario, where the king met on the tarmac with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Governor General Mary Simon, the king’s representative in Canada. The king later held separate meetings with Carney and Simon.

Charles, 76, has kept a limited schedule while undergoing cancer treatment. His two-trip to Canada signals a strong commitment to the country, which is one of 15 nations where he is monarch.

This is Charles’ first visit to the former British colony since becoming king in September 2022.

The king accepted an invitation from Carney to open Parliament on Tuesday – the first time a British monarch has carried out the duty since his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, 68 years ago.

Carney invited Charles to Canada after Trump repeatedly suggested he wanted to annex the country, an idea fiercely rebuked by the prime minister, who secured an election win last month in part due to Canadians’ disapproval of Trump’s wish to make the country part of the U.S.

‘The prime minister has made it clear that Canada is not for sale now, is not for sale ever,’ Canada’s envoy to the U.K., Ralph Goodale, told reporters during a visit last week by Charles to Canada’s high commission in London.

‘The king, as head of state, will reinforce the power and the strength of that message,’ Goodale added.

Earlier this month, Carney told Trump that Canada is ‘not for sale’ and ‘won’t be for sale, ever’ during a meeting at the White House.

Charles has made subtle signals showing his support for Canada in recent months by wearing Canadian medals, calling himself the king of Canada and describing the country’s flag as ‘a symbol that never fails to elicit a sense of pride and admiration.’

The king now must perform a tricky balancing act as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is attempting to reach favorable outcomes with Trump over trade and the war in Ukraine.

When Starmer visited the White House in February, he delivered Trump an invitation from Charles for an unprecedented second state visit for the U.S. president, who has repeatedly praised the royal family.

Carney, however, said that gesture had upset Canadians.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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Spots are filling up for the chance to have a WWE Championship opportunity.

The next premium live event on WWE’s calendar is a major one with Money in the Bank taking place June 7 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Two matches that are scheduled to occur are the famed men’s and women’s Money in the Bank matches, where six competitors in each bout will fight to be the one to climb the ladder and retrieve the briefcase. Win, and it can be used for a WWE championship opportunity at any point in the next year.

Qualifying matches have been taking place to determine who will be in the titular matches, and the field is starting to take shape. Here’s who has qualified so far and what qualifying matches are taking place before the event:

2025 Men’s Money in the Bank match participants, qualifying matches

Four of the six spots have been clinched.

Solo Sikoa (defeated Jimmy Uso and Rey Fenix)
LA Knight (defeated Aleister Black and Shinsuke Nakamura)
Penta (defeated Chad Gable and Dragon Lee)
Seth Rollins (defeated Finn Balor and Sami Zayn)

2025 Women’s Money in the Bank match participants, qualifying matches

Four sports have been secured in the women’s match.

Alexa Bliss (defeated Chelsea Green and Michin)
Roxanne Perez (defeated Natalya and Becky Lynch)
Rhea Ripley (defeated Kairi Sane and Zoey Stark)
Giulia (defeated Zelina Vega and Charlotte Flair)

When is WWE Money in the Bank 2025?

Money in the Bank takes place Saturday, June 7 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT).

WWE Money in the Bank 2025 match card

Match order TBD

Men’s Money in the Bank match (Solo Sikoa vs. LA Knight vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD)
Women’s Money in the Bank match (Alexa Bliss vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Giulia vs. TBD vs. TBD)
John Cena and Logan Paul vs. Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso
Women’s Intercontinental Championship match: Lyra Valkyria (c) vs. Becky Lynch

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AJ Cole has developed into one of the NFL’s best punters since signing with the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2019. The Raiders are rewarding his performance by making him the league’s highest-paid punter, per Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz.

Cole, 29, has been a First Team All-Pro twice in the last four seasons. He logged a career-best 50.8 yards per punt in 2024 – good for the second-best mark league-wide – and has averaged at least 42.4 in net punting over the last four seasons.

Cole was entering the final year of his contract in 2025. His new four-year extension will tether him to the Raiders through the 2029 NFL season, giving him another potential chance to cash in ahead of his age-35 season in 2030.

Here’s what to know about Cole’s contract as the Raiders lock up one of their key specialists.

AJ Cole contract details

Below are the full details of Cole’s four-year contract extension with the Raiders, per Schultz:

Term: 4 years
Total value: $15.8 million
Average annual value (AAV): $3.95 million
Guaranteed money: $11 million

Before Cole inked his extension, Seattle Seahawks punter Michael Dickson was the highest-paid at his position league-wide. He was playing on a four-year deal worth just under $14.7 million with an AAV of about $3.67 million.

The most striking disparity between Cole’s deal and Dickson’s is the guaranteed money. Dickson received $7.5 million in guarantees, per OverTheCap.com. Cole is getting $11 million more over the same period, and is the first punter to ever receive an eight-figure guarantee.

NFL’s highest-paid punters

Cole’s previous deal was worth $12 million over four years. He remains one of just five current punters to be playing on a contract worth more than $10 million in total value. Below is a look at the full list.

AJ Cole, Raiders: $15.8 million
Michael Dickson, Seahawks: $14.7 million
Jack Fox, Lions: $13.97 million
Logan Cooke, Jaguars: $12 million
Mitch Wishnowsky, 49ers: $11.2 million

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Minnesota captured its second consecutive PWHL championship on Monday, as Liz Schepers’ goal 12 minutes into overtime gave the Frost a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Charge in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

The Frost won the best-of-five finals 3-1, as all four games were decided by 2-1 scores in overtime — including Minnesota’s victory in triple overtime on Saturday.

On the winning tally, Katy Knoll passed out front to Schepers, who fired a quick shot from the slot that Ottawa goalie Gwyneth Philips saved. Schepers then knocked in the rebound. Klara Hymiarova also got an assist.

Schepers also had the title-winning goal when Minnesota claimed the Walter Cup in the league’s first season in 2024.

Frost goaltender Maddie Rooney, who stopped 33 of 34 shots in the clincher, won five straight playoff games to tie the league record for victories in a single postseason.

Philips made 36 saves on 38 shots. She was voted the Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP as she led all goalies with a 1.15 goals-against average and a .954 save percentage through eight starts. The rookie posted four playoff victories, one of them a shutout, and did not drop a game in regulation.

Minnesota’s Kelly Pannek opened the scoring at the 10:10 mark of the second period, with assists to Claire Thompson and Grace Zumwinkle. It was Pannek’s second goal of the playoffs.

The Charge evened the score on Tereza Vanisova’s goal at 10:09 of the third period. Danielle Serdachny and Jocelyne Larocque assisted.

Vanisova led Ottawa with 15 regular-season goals but went eight games into the playoffs without a score, finally tallying on her 33rd shot on target.

After playing penalty-free hockey in both the second and third periods, the teams were assessed offsetting two-minute minors for roughing at 8:01 of overtime.

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