Sharks’ projected Opening Night roster has good, bad problems originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea What will the Sharks’ Opening Night lineup look like? Here’s a way-too-early guess – considering that we’re still two months away from the Sharks’ season opener against the Nashville Predators on Oct. 7 in Prague, Czech Republic. Trades and free agent signings still are possible for San Jose. But right now, the Sharks have a couple of good problems: Too many NHL-caliber forwards and… Source link
Read More »Sharks set to hire Mike Grier as NHL’s first ever Black GM
The San Jose Sharks and former NHL forward Mike Grier made league history on Tuesday afternoon. (Getty) The San Jose Sharks have named former NHL forward Mike Grier as the team’s next general manager. Grier becomes the first Black general manager in NHL history after San Jose made it official on Tuesday afternoon with a special video message from the man himself. Grier, 47, played over 1000 games across 14 seasons in the NHL, with stints in Edmonton, Washington, Buffalo, and San Jose, scoring… Source link
Read More »90-year-old William Shatner conquers his fear of sharks by swimming with them
As Discovery’s Shark Week swims on, Monday’s special called Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek, featured Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, trying to conquer his fear of sharks by boldly going and jumping into the water with them. “I am deathly afraid of sharks,” Shatner told the show’s host, Josh Gates. “I really am.” So to ease the Star Trek actor into things, Gates started by taking Shatner through a couple of relatively safe visits with hammerhead and reef sharks, neither of… Source link
Read More »Sharks president explains why it will be first NHL team to accept crypto
The San Jose Sharks will become the first National Hockey League team to accept cryptocurrency next season — but it’s not an elaborate play to gain value from the assets. Instead, Sharks President Jonathan Becher told Yahoo Finance this week that he believes blockchain technology will make ticket exchanges more secure. “It’s good for consumers because it reduces fraud,” Becher told Yahoo Finance Live. “Crypto is nearly impossible to counterfeit … and fraudulent tickets and… Source link
Read More »San Jose Sharks settle over Google mega campus in downtown
In a sudden about-face, the San Jose Sharks — the most vocal opponent of Google’s plans to build an 80-acre urban village and tech campus on the western edge of downtown — have backed down. In a settlement deal announced just moments before the San Jose City Council was expected to grant Google final approval for its monumental development plan on Tuesday night, Sharks Sports & Entertainment has agreed not to sue Google or the city to stop development plans surrounding the arena…. Source link
Read More »San Jose Sharks oppose Google development agreement
The San Jose Sharks are taking a bite out of Google’s plan to build a massive downtown campus. The NHL team voiced deep concern with the city’s development agreement with Google for its proposed campus, saying efforts to preserve parking near SAP Center are inadequate. “The city and Google are heading down a path that would be devastating for the arena,” said Jon Gustafson, vice president and general manager of Sharks Sports and Entertainment. “This development cannot be allowed to… Source link
Read More »Sharks arrive at the GameStop party: Morning Brief
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 A version of this article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Retail traders have had a great year. Investing pros are having their say, too. On Tuesday, we highlighted the performance of stocks favored by retail traders over the last year. These returns suggest the current rally from the March 2020 lows has been a golden age of retail traders sticking it to hedge… Source link
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