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NEW YORK – Nashville defenseman Anton Volchenkov has been suspended for four games for an illegal check to the head of Calgary forward Michael Ferland. The NHL announced the punishment on Sunday. Volchenkov also loses $21,505.36 in salary, which goes to the players’ emergency assistance fund. The play occurred at …

(SportsNetwork.com) – The Portland Trail Blazers were one of the league’s bigger surprises last season, but they’ll have to improve through free agency because they don’t own a pick in this draft. Portland is loaded with young talent like All-Stars LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard. What the Blazers need, and …

MINNEAPOLIS – Late in the second quarter of Arizona’s second preseason game, backup quarterback Drew Stanton lofted a pass down the sideline and second-year receiver Jaron Brown out-jumped cornerback Xavier Rhodes to haul in the 35-yard completion. The highlight-reel catch stunned Rhodes and many of the Minnesota Vikings fans in …