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New York Islanders (31-26-15, fifth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (40-25-7, fourth in the Atlantic Division) Tampa, Florida; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning, on a three-game home winning streak, host the New York Islanders. Tampa Bay is 40-25-7 overall and 22-9-4 in home games. The Lightning have allowed 236 goals while scoring …

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn has struggled this season when playing against some of the nation’s best guards. Big games from players such as North Carolina State’s Saniya …

NEW YORK (AP) — James Monroe Iglehart’s mom took him to see the animated Disney movie “Aladdin” as a high-school graduation gift in 1992. He fell in love with the Genie, naturally. Fast-forward more than two decades and Iglehart found himself playing the first Genie on Broadway, killing it, and on his way to a Tony Award. “To play the …

NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors on Thursday urged a judge to start Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial on April 15, saying the defense’s calls for further delays or dismissal of the former president’s case because of a last-minute evidence dump were a “red herring.” The vast majority of records that Trump’s lawyers received in recent weeks — …

NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s orchestration of one of history’s largest financial frauds in his quest to dominate the cryptocurrency world deserves a prison sentence of 40 to 50 years, federal prosecutors on Friday told a federal judge. Prosecutors made the recommendation in papers filed in Manhattan federal court in advance of a March 28 sentencing, where …

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Someone evidently forgot to inform Dylan Cozens and the Buffalo Sabres they were considered counted out of playoff contention when falling 12 points out of the race a month ago. Then again, Cozens wouldn’t have accepted the notion even if someone had. “Our belief is higher than ever right now,” Cozens said after scoring in a …

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The 12 finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame this year draw from four decades of gaming, from Atari Asteroids, played on coin-fed consoles in arcades, to Guitar Hero, for living-room rockers who compete on a plastic guitar. Asteroids, which debuted in 1979 and Guitar Hero, which arrived in 2005, are nominated alongside 1980s …

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Associated Press Sports Writers Eddie Pells and Pat Graham won Story of the Year honors in the annual contest for AP staffers judged by the Associated Press Editors for their coverage of Olympic champion Torie Bowie’s mental health struggles. The AP contest – voted recently on by a panel of APSE judges– recognized works …