NHL Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Morgan Rielly is helping Tessa Virtue work on her hockey skills.

Who was the best athlete in the various sports during the past year? What was the best play and top record-breaking performance? Who made the biggest breakthrough? ESPN today revealed the nominees for its 2023 ESPYs, which will name winners in those categories and more.

It’s a tough time for live sports. Both the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Finals ended this week with historically low viewership across each five-game series.

Snoop Dogg will not be the next owner of the Ottawa Senators, TMZ reports. The rapper was part of a group put together by Neko Sparks, an entrepreneur based in L.A., to acquire the NHL franchise.

Snoop Dogg won’t be the next new NHL team owner.

reported the news for The New York Times.. “At the end of this process, we will have more than 100 beat reporters on teams.”Coverage of the NFL and English Premier League will remain similar because those stories attract a lot or interest from readers.

As the shockwaves continue to reverberate from Tuesday’s news of the planned merger of Saudi-backed LIV Golf and the PGA Tour, it appears likely that a lot more foreign money will soon start to flow into U.S. sports.

Get that woman some skates.

Given the anxious vibes in the entertainment business of late, the NBA and NHL playoffs have been a welcome throwback to happier times.

Tatiana Siegel “The Flash” is almost here, and the rollout has been anything but typical.  With just 13 days to go before the film’s June 16 release, titular star Ezra Miller has done no press and will make a low-profile appearance at the Los Angeles premiere on June 12, only posing for photos rather than doing interviews. The film’s director, Andy Muschietti, and cast members Ben Affleck, Sasha Calle and Michael Shannon, as well as fellow DC Universe superhero Jason Momoa, will also hit the red carpet that will be missing the standard press gauntlet. Typically, the star of a $190 million tentpole will promote the film in interviews across print, TV and oftentimes podcasts spanning multiple continents. (Harrison Ford has been ubiquitous in the run-up to the June 30 bow of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” including a high-profile showing at the Cannes Film Festival.)

Carrie Underwood is one of the highest-earning country singers today –  but her jaw-dropping net worth is very different from that of her hockey star husband Mike Fisher. The singer met husband Mike back in 2008 backstage at one of her concerts and they wed two years later.

After waving their sports flags proudly last week at their upfronts pitches to ad buyers, Disney and Warner Bros Discovery are confronting a head-scratching situation with the NBA and NHL playoffs.

Sophia Scorziello editor AMC Theaters has partnered with Grindstone Entertainment and Roadside Attractions for an exclusive U.S. release of Uninterrupted’s documentary “Black Ice.” The film reveals a long history of racism in the hockey world as told by both past and Black hockey players. In a sport where only around 5% of professional players are Black, the documentary will give insight into the relationship between the NHL and athletes of color. “Black Ice” is directed by Hubert Davis and is executive produced by LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Drake and Future. The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival where it was the People’s Choice documentary winner. “Black Ice” will make its U.S. debut in AMC theaters starting July 14.

A coalition of eight professional sports unions representing thousands of baseball, football, soccer and hockey players has issued a statement in support of the ongoing Writers Guild strike, which is now in its third week.

Seth Rogen isn’t jumping on the celebrity sports team trend.

As the deadline to purchase the Ottawa Senators approaches, Snoop Dogg is calling on the Canadian NHL team to make the right decision.

Ryan Reynolds’ efforts to become owner of his own NHL team have apparently come to an end.

With the NBA and NHL playoffs in full swing, the NFL is grabbing some headlines today as the league reveals its 2023 schedule. It teased a few games ahead of the 5 p.m. release of the full schedule, and here’s a look at what we know so far (all times Pacific for brevity).

In poor taste. P.K. Subban is facing backlash after making a tasteless joke about Lizzo during a broadcast for the NHL playoffs.

Snoop Dogg could be the next celebrity NHL team owner.

NHL superstar Connor McDavid and the iconic “Degrassi” TV franchise are among this year’s inductees to Canada’s Walk of Fame.

Actor Ryan Reynolds is reported to be among those prepared to bid more than $1 billion US to buy the NHL’s Ottawa Senators and the team’s home arena, Canadian Tire Centre.

Will Ferrell is showing off his team spirit!

One skater who filled the net more than anyone else this hockey season and two goalies who backstopped their team to a historic campaign will be featured in this year’s awards special on NHL Network.

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 44th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. Leading the list are NFL Network’s NFL: 360 and NBC’s coverage of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games with ten nominations each. The ceremony will take place live and in-person at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall on Monday, May 22.

th Annual Sports Emmy Awards, which recognizes all that is outstanding in the world of competitive athletics.“NFL 360” (on the NFL Network) and the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (on NBC) tied for the most nominations with 10 each, with 2022 NCAA March Madness (several networks) next in line with eight nods. ESPN received 59 nominations, the most of all network groups, followed by NBC Sports (38) and Fox Sports (33).

Ryan Reynolds has reportedly bought a home in a small village not far from Wrexham in Wales, where he owns the city’s soccer club.

Some winners are going to Disney World. Some can’t wait to find their family.

Morena Baccarin’s performance as Vanessa Carlysle may not appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of “Deadpool”.

Ryan Reynolds turned up to support the Ottawa Senators during their winning game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.