Three-time Stanley Cup winner Patrick Maroon will be hanging up his skates after this season.

The Chicago Blackhawks forward made the announcement Saturday ahead of Chicago’s game at the St. Louis Blues, his hometown team and the one with which he won his first Stanley Cup.

‘Sometimes, you’ve got to give up everything you know and everything you dreamed of your whole life,’ Maroon told Darren Pang on Chicago Sports Network. ‘I just know it’s time for me and it’s time for my family to go start a new chapter in our lives.’

The soon-to-be 37-year-old helped bring the Blues their first Stanley Cup in franchise history in 2019. He was subsequently traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning and won another two Cups in 2020 and 2021, becoming only the fourth player in league history to win the Cup three consecutive seasons with two different teams.

‘It’s tough,’ said Maroon, whose family was in attendance at Saturday’s game. ‘It’s hard to go through things like this. You can’t really process it, but I think it’s special for me and my family to go start a new chapter.’

Drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the sixth round of the 2007 NHL draft, Maroon has tallied 320 points (125 goals, 195 assists) and 1,076 penalty minutes in 840 games over 14 seasons with the Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, New Jersey Devils, Blues, Lightning, Wild, Boston Bruins and Blackhawks.

He had a fight in Saturday’s game against St. Louis’ Tyler Tucker and was named the No. 1 star of the game in the Blackhawks’ 4-1 loss.

Maroon has 23 goals and 30 assists in 163 career postseason games.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rick Pitino has matched wits with Mike Krzyzewski and Dean Smith, with John Thompson and Jim Boeheim, with Roy Williams, Lute Olson and more, but the only coach he has seen as a true rival — a ‘disliking-each-other rival,’ in his words — is Jim Calhoun, a bitter nemesis during Pitino’s stints at Boston University and Providence.

When Calhoun was at Northeastern, the Terriers’ crosstown adversary, the two would shoot daggers at one another in front of crowds numbering in the hundreds, Pitino recalled. This rancor continued when the pair migrated to the Big East, with Pitino taking both matchups during the 1986-87 Friars’ magical run to the Final Four.

‘We hated each other at BU and Providence, hated each other,’ Pitino said. ‘He goes on to coach at Connecticut, I go on to coach at Providence, and we hated each other there, as well.’

His relationship with Arkansas coach John Calipari is different, surprisingly, given the toe-to-toe battles during overlapping tenures at Louisville and Kentucky that often served as a referendum on regional and national supremacy.

Not good friends but not enemies, either, the Pitino and Calipari dynamic can be described as unenthusiastically respectful: not bitter or unkind but lacking the warmth and camaraderie that come with many connections in the coaching fraternity.

‘I have always had great respect for John,’ Pitino said. ‘You know, I certainly have great respect for him, but we’re not really close. Everybody tried to talk that way. It was just a Kentucky-Louisville and Louisville-Memphis thing. We don’t know each other’s wives or children. We’re not really close friends.’

Said Calipari, ‘I don’t know how long he was at Louisville when I was at Kentucky, but you’re not going to be friends when you got those two jobs. You’re not going to be enemies, but if he’s real good, you’re like, sheesh, and if we were real good, he’s probably saying, ugh.’

Even if not rooted in the same venom that shaped Pitino’s rivalry with Calhoun, this coaching matchup is a TV-ready, must-watch coupling of two coaches who continue to occupy a special place in the college basketball ecosystem: Pitino against Calipari moves the needle as much as any coaching contest the sport can provide.

They’ll meet again in Saturday’s second-round NCAA Tournament matchup pitting No. 2 St. John’s against the No. 10 Razorbacks, the 30th iteration in a series that has included four previous postseason contests. Two of those came in the Final Four: Pitino and Kentucky got the better of Calipari and Massachusetts in 1996, while Calipari and the Wildcats returned the favor against Louisville in 2012.

Counting six games in the NBA, Calipari owns a 16-13 edge in head-to-head meetings against Pitino. The most recent came on Dec. 16, 2016, when the Cardinals beat the Wildcats 73-70.

‘I will study what he’s doing,’ Calipari said of Pitino. ‘I always do. Watch what he’s doing, how he’s doing it.’

Asked where he and Pitino find common ground and where they diverge, Calipari said they ‘both have big noses, so that’s one.’ But Pitino has ‘Gucci shoes and I have itchy shoes, so we’re different there.’

Pitino pushed back on the idea that there’s anything personal involved in Saturday’s game, saying he was solely concentrated on the on-court matchups between his Big East champions and an opponent that pieced together a 79-72 win against No. 7 Kansas in the opening round.

‘I don’t go against coaches; we go against teams,’ he said. ‘He doesn’t have to worry about me. My jump shot is long gone. We’re preparing for his players. He’s preparing for our players. John and I don’t play one-on-one anymore.’

Saturday’s game features two programs at different stages of rebuilding. Pitino called last year, his first with the Red Storm, ‘the most unenjoyable experience’ of his career. But this season has seen St. John’s take home an outright regular-season league championship for the first time since 1985 and win 30 games for the first time since 1986. St. John’s opened the tournament by beating No. 15 Nebraska-Omaha 83-53, pulling away after a sluggish first half.

Calipari’s own debut after 15 years at Kentucky has gone slightly better. After starting 0-5 in SEC play, the Razorbacks rallied in the second half of the conference season to secure a tournament berth. Whether the program can follow the Red Storm’s lead and make a second-year surge remains to be seen.

‘He’s on chapter two of his new book and we’re on chapter one,’ said Calipari. ‘As a matter of fact, we’re probably on the first few pages of the chapter. It’s both of us writing another story and being able to come back here.’

The addresses may change — Amherst, Lexington, Louisville, Fayetteville, Queens — but certain coaching styles do not, both coaches said this week.

‘We know what we’re up against, obviously,’ said Pitino.

Like Pitino-coached teams he’s faced in the past, Calipari said playing the Red Storm is ‘like you’re in combat.’ St. John’s is going to make you earn everything, he told the Razorbacks.

‘They’re a team that’s going to play prepared. They’re going to play hard. They’re going to play rough. It’s going to be bump and grind. You’re not getting a free layup without getting bumped.’

Arkansas is ‘very long, athletic,’ Pitino said, and more dangerous for having a deeper rotation following the return of freshman guard Boogie Fland. He suffered what was expected to be a season-ending hand injury in January, when he was averaging 15.1 points, 5.7 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game, but played a critical role across 24 minutes of action against the Jayhawks.

‘We have not seen this size and athleticism all year,’ said Pitino. ‘Most of his teams are extremely athletic. This team is as athletic as I have seen. This team is quite extraordinary.’

Personnel, not personality, will decide which team heads to the second weekend. But it’s inevitable that Saturday will bring the focus back to the matchup between two coaches linked by success and late-career second acts that has led to yet another high-stakes game.

‘We’re all going to be judged 50 years from now on what we did and how we did it, but I hope years from now people will say they both got their teams to play hard at a competitive level,’ said Calipari.

‘Do we do it different? Yeah, I guess. I am who I am. Like it or not, this is how I am and how I deal with kids. We’re all different with that.’

Minutes into the second half against the Hawkeyes, Young injured her left ankle and went down on the floor. The senior had the ankle wrapped and tried to walk on it but returned back to the tunnel in crutches. She would not return to the game and finished her career with 3,029 points.

Young led the Racers to a 25-7 record and her 34 points on 72% shooting lifted the team into a 83-62 victory over Belmont in the Missouri Valley Conference championship game.

Here is what you need to know about Young.

How old is Katelyn Young? 

Young is 22 years old. She’s a senior at Murray State returning for her fifth and final year of eligibility.

Is Kaetlyn Young eligible for the WNBA draft?

Yes, Young qualifies for the WNBA Draft because the league requires domestic draft entrants to be at least 22 years old during the year in which the draft takes place and to have no remaining college eligibility which she meets.

Has Katelyn Young been in the NCAA Tournament before?

No, this is Young’s first NCAA tournament appearance and Murray State’s first appearance since 2008.

Where is Katelyn Young from? 

Young was a three-sport athlete (basketball, track and field, softball) and four-time AP Class 2A All-State selection at Oakwood High School in Illinois.

What are Katelyn Young’s scoring numbers?

Young is the program’s all-time leading scorer with 3,023 career points. Her scoring averages by season are as follows: 14.1 points in 2020, 20.1 in 2021, 21.0 in 2022, 19.5 in 2023, and 22.7 in 2024.

What was Katelyn Young’s recruit ranking?

Young was not ranked according to any recruiting sources.

The largest waves of NFL free agency have come and gone, but there remain a few quarterback dominoes left to fall.

Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson have drawn most of the attention among available signal-callers, but veteran Jameis Winston beat them to signing a new deal.

Winston inked a two-year deal with the New York Giants on Friday, per multiple media reports. The Giants are set to pay the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft up to $8 million over the duration of the deal.

That adds depth to the Giants’ quarterback room but doesn’t take them out of the running for any of the remaining talents on the quarterback market.

Here’s a brief look at the winners and losers of Winston’s deal with the Giants.

WINNERS

Jameis Winston

Landing in New York could be great for Winston’s career. The 31 year old is being paid a backup salary, but he could emerge as the team’s early-season starter if the Giants draft a quarterback to pair with him rather than signing another veteran signal-caller. There are few spots league-wide in which Winston would have a solid chance to earn a starting role, so landing in one is a boon for him.

Additionally, Winston will have plenty of chances to allow his boisterous personality to shine through in the Big Apple. That could land him some quality endorsement deals, which could provide him excess value on top of his two-year, $8 million contract.

Malik Nabers

Nabers posted 109 catches for 1,204 yards and seven touchdowns during his excellent rookie season. He has an even higher ceiling with the pass-happy Winston in the fold.

Winston averaged 40.6 passing attempts per game in seven starts for the Browns last season. He was on pace to total 690 passing attempts, 4,949 yards, 29 touchdowns and 29 interceptions over a 17-game season. If he has to start for even half of the season, Nabers should see a significant uptick in production, much like Jerry Jeudy did last season upon Winston’s insertion into the lineup.

Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders

The Giants landing Winston doesn’t take them out of the veteran quarterback market entirely, but it does make them more likely to target a quarterback atop the 2025 NFL draft. That represents good news for Ward and Sanders, who could both end up being top-three picks as New York seeks out a potential-packed quarterback.

Sanders likely benefits slightly more than Ward, who is trending toward being the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL draft. The Colorado product has a wider draft range but would potentially interest the Giants as competition for Winston.

LOSERS

Aaron Rodgers

Signing Winston doesn’t take the Giants entirely out of the Rodgers sweepstakes. It does, however, slightly erode the 41 year old’s leverage over New York in potential negotiations, as Tommy DeVito is no longer the only quarterback on the Giants’ roster.

Giants head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen are both on the hot seat, so they may yet be willing to capitulate to Rodgers if he demonstrates an interest in staying in New York. But if the Giants are lukewarm on signing the veteran, that could eliminate one of his few remaining landing spots — unless he drops his price for the upcoming season.

Russell Wilson

Wilson is in a similar boat to Rodgers. There aren’t a lot of spots remaining where he could be a starting quarterback. The Giants are one of them, but Winston could crowd Wilson out of the quarterback room if the Giants don’t believe the 36 year old to be enough of an upgrade over Winston.

Add in Rodgers’ ties to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the landing spots for Wilson are narrowing.

Tommy DeVito

Winston’s signing isn’t the end of Tommy Cutlets in New York, but it creates a more difficult path for him to earn a roster spot in 2025.

New York is going to add at least one more quarterback to its room during the offseason, but it could add two if they land Rodgers or Wilson and select a top draft prospect. If that happens, DeVito would become the team’s fourth-string quarterback. That would make him a cut candidate going into his third NFL season rather than a safe third-string signal-caller.

Jake Paul will soon be walking down a different aisle as he proposed to his longtime girlfriend Jutta Leerdam.

On Saturday, Paul posted pictures on social media of himself getting on one knee to propose while Leerdam showed off pictures of her massive ring.

‘We’re engaged,’ Paul said in a captioned post on Instagram. ‘We can’t wait to spend forever together.’

The 28-year-old Paul is a YouTuber turned boxer, whose last match was in November against former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, which was streamed on Netflix. Paul, who won by unanimous decision, reportedly earned $40 million for the match.

Leerdam, 26, who is from the Netherlands, won a silver medal in the women’s 1000-meter speed skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. She also has six gold medals at the European Championships in the 1000-meter speed and sprint competition.

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Two-time All-Star Shane McClanahan, the Tampa Bay Rays’ opening-day starter, suffered a triceps injury in his final exhibition start Saturday and manager Kevin Cash said the left-hander will be out indefinitely.

McClanahan, 27, last pitched in the major leagues on Aug. 2, 2023, and underwent his second Tommy John surgery 18 days later. He sat out all of last season but came to camp confident he’d make his opening day assignment. McClanahan’s fastball was clocked at 99 mph in his first Grapefruit League outing. 

Yet Saturday, he winced in pain after throwing a pitch to the 10th Boston Red Sox batter he faced, hopping twice and then leaving with a trainer.

McClanahan was scheduled to be the Rays’ opening day starter Friday, when they play host to the Colorado Rockies in their first game at Tampa’s Steinbrenner Field, their temporary home after hurricanes rendered Tropicana Field unplayable.

Cash told reporters that imaging performed Sunday will paint a more specific picture but that McClanahan will miss ‘some time.’

‘You feel for the person, just for what he’s gone through – the rehab, the build back up and being healthy for two months of spring training, and then this last start where, you know, something grabbed him,’ Cash said. ‘He felt it. I give him credit for saying it right then and not trying to pitch through anything. Fingers crossed, it’s a shutdown of minimal time.”

McClanahan was the American League starter in the 2022 All-Star Game and also made the AL squad in 2023. While the Rays brought six projected starting pitchers to camp and can absorb any extended absence from a numbers standpoint, any extended loss of their once and current ace would imperil their prospects in the AL East.

McClanahan had his first Tommy John reconstruction when he was 17; he had a stabilizing internal brace inserted during his second procedure.

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Two-time All-Star Shane McClanahan, the Tampa Bay Rays’ opening-day starter, exited his final exhibition start Saturday in pain after throwing a pitch and manager Kevin Cash said on the game’s radio broadcast that the left-hander suffered an injury in the triceps area.

McClanahan, 27, last pitched in the major leagues on Aug. 2, 2023, and underwent his second Tommy John surgery 18 days later. He sat out all of last season but came to camp confident he’d make his opening day assignment. McClanahan’s fastball was clocked at 99 mph in his first Grapefruit League outing. 

Yet Saturday, he winced in pain after throwing a pitch to the 10th Boston Red Sox batter he faced, hopping twice and then leaving with a trainer.

Cash told the Rays’ radio broadcast that McClanahan will undergo an MRI on Sunday to determine the injury’s severity. He was scheduled to be the Rays’ opening day starter Friday, when they play host to the Colorado Rockies in their first game at Tampa’s Steinbrenner Field, their temporary home after hurricanes rendered Tropicana Field unplayable.

McClanahan was the American League starter in the 2022 All-Star Game and also made the AL squad in 2023. While the Rays brought six projected starting pitchers to camp and can absorb any extended absence from a numbers standpoint, the loss of their once and current ace would be devastating for a club looking to return to the playoffs.

McClanahan had his first Tommy John reconstruction when he was 17; he had a stabilizing internal brace inserted during his second procedure.

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Virginia hired Ryan Odom, who once led Maryland-Baltimore County to one of the NCAA men’s tournament’s greatest upsets, as its new basketball coach, the school announced Saturday.

Odom spent the last two seasons at Virginia Commonwealth University, posting a 52-21 record and a berth in the NCAA Tournament this year. The Rams lost to Brigham Young 80-71 in the first round on Thursday.

The 50-year-old Odom replaces Tony Bennett, who retired in October, just weeks before the season. Ron Sanchez was named the interim coach and led the Cavaliers to a 15-17 record, missing the postseason, and it was announced he would not be retained as the next coach.

Odom, whose father Dave was a head coach at South Carolina, Wake Forest, and East Carolina and was an assistant at Virginia in the 1980s, has also coached at Charlotte and Utah State.

His highest-profile success was with UMBC, when the 16-seeded Retrievers upset No. 1-seed Virginia in the first round of the 2018 tournament, the first that had occurred since tournament expansion in 1985.

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Grand Canyon women’s head basketball coach Molly Miller has agreed to lead Arizona State for the 2025 season. Contract details are yet to be disclosed but the two sides have agreed in principle on the hire, according to multiple reports.

Miller replaces Natasha Adair, who was fired after leading the Sun Devils to a 10-22 record this season and a 29-62 record in three seasons.

Miller has led the Antelopes to a 32-2 regular season record and the program’s first Western Athletic Conference title and NCAA Tournament berth. The team began the year splitting the first four games but then found form in the nation’s longest winning streak with 30 consecutive victories.

Miller gained viral attention for her celebrations after Grand Canyon’s 66-63 championship win over Texas-Arlington. The coach marked the victory by making Gatorade angels on the locker room floor and being hoisted onto her players’ shoulders.

Grand Canyon lost to Baylor, 73-60, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.

Miller, who draws look-alike comparisons to LSU gymnastics star Livvy Dunne, was a standout athlete in her own right at Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri, winning two state championships before joining Drury University in 2004.

During her stellar four-year collegiate career, she became the program’s second all-time leading scorer with 1,570 points. She returned to her alma mater as an assistant coach in 2012 and was promoted to head coach in 2014. Six seasons and two WBCA Div. II Coach of the Year honors, Miller was hired to lead Grand Canyon in 2020.

Over five years, she guided the team to a 99-30 record and will now take over an Arizona State program that hasn’t had a winning season since Hall of Fame coach Charli Turner Thorne led them to a 20-11 record and an NCAA Tournament first-round appearance in 2019.