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Suns fire coach, Fleury's final regular season game, NHL awards, and more!

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Sportie Newsletter
April 17, 2025

🏀 Basketball

Suns part ways with coach Mike Budenholzer after 1 season

The Phoenix Suns will be searching for a new coach again in the offseason after firing coach Mike Budenholzer.

The team announced Monday it had relieved Budenholzer of his duties

“Competing at the highest level remains our goal, and we failed to meet expectations this season. Our fans deserve better. Change is needed.”"

Phoenix will now begin searching for a coach for the fourth time in the last four seasons. The Suns lost nine of their last 10 games, failing to qualify for the Play-In Tournament.

🏒 Hockey

Wild send Fleury out in OT during final regular-season NHL game 

The Wild put goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in during overtime against the Anaheim Ducks in the veteran’s final regular-season NHL game on Tuesday.

With the game tied 2-2 at the end of regulation, Fleury earned a loud ovation from fans at Xcel Energy center as he entered the game.

Fleury is retiring after 21 seasons in the NHL.

Stanley Cup Bracket Set for Playoffs

The 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs will begin Saturday with the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Winnipeg Jets and the Dallas Stars each hosting Game 1 of the Western Conference First Round.

Fans worldwide can share their predictions for the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs and face off against friends, family, colleagues, hockey experts and fellow hockey fans, in the free 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket Challenge. The eligible entrant that finishes atop the leaderboard will win the chance to attend a 2025-26 NHL event. Visit NHL.com/Bracket to register.

⚾️ Baseball

Rockies make franchise history for all the wrong reasons

Following a scoreless fourth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado extended its streak of consecutive innings without a run to 31, the longest in franchise history.

The Rockies (3-12) haven't scored since five runners crossed the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning of their 7-2 home win over the Brewers on April 10.

🏈 Football

GM's comments cast doubt on TE Mark Andrews' future with Ravens

Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta seemed noncommittal when asked about tight end Mark Andrews' future with the team on Tuesday. 

Andrews has become an impact player for Baltimore since it took him with pick No. 86 in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft, making three Pro Bowls.

However, he's entering the final year of a four-year, $56M contract in 2025 and coming off a turbulent season. In 17 regular-season games, he tallied 11 touchdown catches but averaged 39.6 receiving yards per game, his lowest figure since his rookie season.