Atlanta Thrashers
Hawks Owner Had His Struggles With Two Atlanta Sports Franchises
Bruce Levenson, who said Sunday he would sell his controlling interest in the basketball team as a result of a racially charged email he wrote in 2012, also owned the N.H.L.’s Thrashers.
ByBilly Witz
Jets’ Team Records Go All the Way Back, to Atlanta
The new Winnipeg Jets inherit their records from the Thrashers, a franchise born in 1999. The old Jets’ records do live on — in Arizona, with the Coyotes.
ByJeff Z. Klein
- Slap Shot
Back in Winnipeg, Bettman Strikes Different Chord
The contrast between what Gary Bettman said in 1995 and ’96, as the Winnipeg Jets prepared to leave Manitoba, and what he has said in the last few weeks, as the N.H.L. prepared to return there, shows how much he has learned about the sensitivities of hockey fans in the intervening years.
ByJeff Z. Kleinand Stu Hackel
Atlanta Loses Thrashers as N.H.L. Returns to Winnipeg
The sale of the franchise to True North Sports and Entertainment was announced Tuesday at a news conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
ByJeff Z. Klein
- Leading Off
Crises at FIFA and Ohio State
FIFA’s president pushed aside allegations of vote-buying, while a tattoo parlor scandal led Ohio State’s football coach to resign.
ByLynn Zinser
- Roundup
Looking Revived, Sharks Bounce Back in Game 3
San Jose rebounded after losing the first two games of the Western Conference final with a 4-3 victory over Vancouver in Game 3.
The Associated Press
Thrashers Appear Poised to Relocate to Winnipeg
The last hope for keeping the team in Atlanta hinges on negotiations with one remaining potential buyer, according to the team’s president.
ByJeff Z. Klein
- Slap Shot
Struggling Franchises Plot Their Next Moves in an Uncertain Climate
In the middle of an exciting Stanley Cup tournament, attention has shifted to the fate of three struggling franchises — the Islanders, Coyotes and Thrashers.
ByJeff Z. Kleinand Stu Hackel
- Hockey Roundup
Blackhawks Rout Canucks to Stave Off Elimination
Defenseman Duncan Keith had two goals and two assists and Chicago stayed alive in its Stanley Cup title defense, routing Vancouver, 5-0, to cut the Canucks’ series lead to 3-2.
ByThe Associated Press
- Slap Shot
Rangers Hope Thrashers Again Play Spoiler
The Thrashers played spoiler to the Rangers on Thursday night. Now the Rangers are counting on Atlanta on Friday.
ByChristopher Botta
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