A Jackson County judge denied requests from two men convicted of plotting to kidnap the governor who asked for a new trial and to be resentenced.

The NBA could be reducing the game length from 48 to 40 minutes if Commissioner Adam Silver gets his way.

Fox is riding a three-game, multi-point streak (one goal, five assists), and he sits sixth in scoring from the blue line with 40 points, including 37 assists, in 48 games this season. Fox has been a big part of the Rangers recent resurgence -- they've now picked up at least a point in 10 games.

Fox helped out on Artemi Panarin's empty-netter in the third period. The 26-year-old Fox has six points over his last six games, with three of those points coming on the power play. The star defenseman is up to 34 points,

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes face the New York Rangers in Metropolitan Division play on Tuesday. New York has a 6-7-0 record in Metropolitan Division games and a 24-21-4 record overall. The Rangers have scored and allowed 148 goals this season for an even scoring differential.

On Sunday, the NHL revealed the New York Rangers’ quarter-century team. The first team features many stars from the team’s recent history. Forwards Chris Kreider, Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad – all on the active roster – are in front of defensemen Adam Fox and Ryan McDonagh and Hall of Fame goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver seems to always be looking for ways to make the league more interesting. He cited MLB's recent success with new rules.

FS1's Nick Wright has some beef with ESPN's Adam Schefter. It started when Schefter tweeted a story about the Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes since fans weren't happy that Mahomes gets calls from the refs.

Steven Witkoff, who played an important role in brokering the truce between Israel and Hamas, also met with Israel’s prime minister and visited Saudi Arabia.

After commissioner Adam Silver talked about the possibility of an NBA Europe league on Thursday, Wemby shined with 30 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and five blocks in a Spurs rout. More than a dozen people were killed after police said a man drove a truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street on New Year's Day.

Washington Commanders' general manager, Adam Peters, has revealed why the franchise's turnaround has been so quick.

This week began with a tech selloff in the markets after investors were spooked by Chinese AI startup DeepSeek. Experts are calling it “AI’s Sputnik moment,” as this China-based company produced a vastly less expensive product that knocked ChatGPT off the number one spot in the Apple App Store.