NHL teams head into this offseason with an understanding of where the salary cap is climbing over the next three seasons.

Expert NFL playoff picks: Unique data and betting insights only at USA TODAY The top seed in each conference gets a bye in the wild card round of the NFL postseason and the other division winners ...

The NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs are underway, bringing a major change to the overtime format. No more three-on-three play, no more shootouts after five minutes of scoreless play, as happens during ...

The NFL playoff format belongs in "Saturday Night Live's" Washington's Dream sketch because there's no way a league that made ...

Despite the team finishing with winning records in 2023 ... playoffs with a 9-8 record. "The Bengals finished 9-8 for the second straight season, but made the playoffs as the final Wild Card ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Significant changes could be coming to the NFL’s playoff format ... are guaranteed to host their first playoff game, even if a wild-card team finished with a better record.

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Section III flag football sectional seedings were announced on Sunday, with Syracuse East taking the top seed in A and Oneida earning that slot in C. Play begins with a pair ...

Following a Week 18 slate loaded with divisional rivalry games, brackets ... about the NFL postseason schedule: This year's playoffs will start with a three-day slate of wild-card round games ...

You have to go back to the 2015 NFL season to find ... The Panthers were a wild card team in 2017, but fell to the Saints in the first round of the playoffs. Via Henry McKenna of Fox Sports, ...

which means road playoff games. With Tampa Bay losing to the Detroit Lions in 2023 and then at home to the Washington Commanders last year, the franchise knows it has another chance to stake a ...