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San Jose Sharks Fire Coach Peter DeBoer
Peter DeBoer is the fifth NHL coach to lose a job this season after being let go by the San Jose Sharks.
The San Jose Sharks have parted ways with coach Peter DeBoer after over four seasons at the helm, the team announced Wednesday night.
Steve Spott, Dave Barr and Johan Hedberg were also relieved of their duties on the coaching staff.
Assistant coach Bob Boughner is taking over as interim head coach, while associate coach Roy Sommer, assistant coach Mike Ricci and goaltending coach Evgeni Nabokov have been promoted to the Sharks’s coaching staff.
The move is “purely a hockey decision” after the team’s 15-16-2 start to the season, according to TSN’s Pierre LeBrun. Entering Wednesday, the Sharks were in the midst of a five-game losing streak and stood at sixth place in the Pacific Division.
“When you have had a level of past success, change is never easy, but we feel this team is capable of much more than we have shown thus far and that a new voice is needed,” general manager Doug Wilson said in a release. “As a team and as individuals, our play has not met expectations this year and our level of consistency has not been where it needs to be. This group of individuals who will lead our team moving forward are very familiar with our players, and we think this change can provide our group with a fresh start.”
DeBoer led the Sharks to the playoffs in each of the past four seasons, including a Stanley Cup Final berth in 2016. Prior to his time in San Jose, he coached for the New Jersey Devils and Florida Panthers.
DeBoer is the fifth NHL coach to be let go this season, and the second in two days after Dallas dismissed Jim Montgomery on Tuesday due to “unprofessional conduct.” Meanwhile, New Jersey’s John Hynes and Toronto’s Mike Babcock were let go due to slow starts, and Calgary’s Bill Peters resigned following abuse allegations from earlier in his career.
The Sharks face the New York Rangers on Thursday night to kick off a seven-game homestand.
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Sources: MLB’s Sign-Stealing Investigation of Astros Expands to 2018 Season
The investigation into the Astros’ alleged sign-stealing has expanded to include the 2018 season, as the volume of material has slowed the process.
SAN DIEGO — The Major League Baseball investigation into the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal has expanded to include the 2018 season, while investigators comb through more than 70,000 e-mail correspondences and telephone records of Astros club personnel in addition to more than 70 interviews conducted in person.
Midway through the 2018 season, an American League manager telephoned the office of the commissioner in New York with his suspicion that the Astros were illegally stealing signs at Minute Maid Ballpark in Houston, according to a source with that opposing team. The source said the manager had the same suspicion in 2017 but made the complaint in 2018 because “he felt he finally had enough of it.”
It was not clear what MLB immediately did with that complaint, but after the 2018 season MLB issued stringent protocols to limit and monitor the use of cameras and other technology during games.
A source close to the investigation confirmed that MLB is “pulling on threads from 2018” in the Houston probe, and though no evidence of violations like those from 2017 have been found, the work is ongoing. “If there is anything there, it will be found,” the source said.
At least one person interviewed said he was asked to turn over his phone to investigators. Baseball requested and received all company e-mails from club front office and support personnel. The sheer volume of material has slowed the pace of the investigation. MLB intends to finish the investigation before the start of spring training, possibly next month, according to a baseball source.
The scope of the investigation suggests the focus has widened from an on-field, uniformed issue to one more akin to what the NCAA calls “institutional control.”
The investigation began after former Houston pitcher Mike Fiers told The Athletic last month the Astros stole signs in 2017 with a camera installed in centerfield. An employee read the catcher’s signs on a monitor behind the dugout and banged on a plastic trash can to alert the Houston hitter when an off-speed was thrown. The lack of noise indicated a fastball. Based on Fiers’ account, video evidence and sources familiar with the investigation, the Astros deployed the illegal system for about three months in the 2017 regular season.
One of those sources said there is no evidence yet the trash can system was used in the postseason or in 2018. The “threads” being investigated from 2018 involve more nuanced methods, such as the possible use of video rooms to decode the sequence of signs used by opposing catchers. Armed with that information, for instance, a runner at second base could then relay the signs to the batter. Teams since then have adopted more sophisticated sets of signs, even with no runners on base, to guard against such subterfuge.
Confirmed by Selena Gomez: This Affordable Brand Makes the Best Coats
Selena Gomez is currently in London promoting her forthcoming album, which means that we’ve been blessed with a slew of outfits to discuss, think about, and shop. And the point of this particular discussion is Gomez’s zebra-print faux-fur coat that she paired with a black turtleneck, jeans, and ankle boots. It’s the type of outfit you could wear every day this time of year, and the statement coat she wore only further proves what we already knew: Mango makes the best affordable coats on the market.
Gomez’s particular coat is on the higher end as far as Mango coats go (it’s $300), but the black-and-white number is quite versatile, and you’re likely to wear it for seasons to come. Plus, it could easily be mistaken for a much pricier one. We wish we had a dollar for every time a celeb or influencer is photographed wearing a Mango coat because we’d be able to buy a whole bunch of them ourselves. The brand’s outerwear selection is chock-full of both classic and trend-forward options that will have everyone asking you where yours is from, and we shopped out the very best ones (in addition to Gomez’s).
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Next up, how Katie Holmes made a T-shirt and Mango jacket look incredibly expensive.
Nude, Pin-Up-Style Portrait Of Emiliano Zapata Sparks Protests In Mexico City
The controversial painting depicts the Mexican revolutionary hero naked, flirtatiously glancing over his left shoulder as he rides an aroused white stallion. His only wardrobe: a pink hat and heels.
(Image credit: Marco Ugarte/AP)
