PHOENIX (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman sat next to the former Arizona Coyotes owner in a downtown Phoenix hotel meeting room, trying to put a positive spin on the funeral for a franchise.
Late Friday afternoon, Bettman will sit next to the new Coyotes owner in Salt Lake City to bask in the excitement of the league’s newest city and a fan base that had been itching for another team to join the NBA’s Utah Jazz.
One day, two drastically different news conferences for the same hockey team.
“If you look back from the perspective over the last three decades, the NHL support for hockey in Arizona has been unwavering, to say the least,” Bettman said Friday in Phoenix. “And for anybody who’s been on that journey with us, there have been countless times when we could have made another decision and we didn’t. And so I hope everybody understands that this is a place that we believe hockey works.”
Tulsa athletic director Rick Dickson announces retirement
Columbia University president to testify in Congress on college conflicts over Israel
China's industrial output up 6.1 pct in Q1
Pirates stay careful with prized rookie Jared Jones despite overpowering performance vs Mets
The chemicals in your garage that may raise risk of incurable muscle
Gilbert dominant on mound and gets help from Rodríguez in the field as Mariners top Reds 3
California game store thief is wrestled to ground during robbery
Erling Haaland is a doubt for Man City's FA Cup semifinal against Chelsea
Dozens of Russian athletes are likely to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Will Moscow let them go?
Meghan Markle models 'love like a mother' t
Columbia University president to testify in Congress on college conflicts over Israel