Fans at Canadian Tire Centre for Saturday’s Wild-Senators game "booed as Ottawa musician Mandia sang 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'" The reaction comes after Saturday’s announcement from President Donald Trump that he would "go through with plans to have the United States levy 25% and 10% tariffs on Canadian goods and energy" (MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE, 2/2).
More than 70,000 fans descended on Lucas Oil Stadium for WWE's Royal Rumble on Saturday. The number of fans “shattered the Royal Rumble’s all-time record." It was the “largest attendance for any non-WresteMania pro wrestling event in history” (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 2/1).
A sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden for Saturday night's Lakers-Knicks game "chanted, 'We want Bronny' throughout the fourth quarter," as the Lakers put the game away, winning 128-112 (N.Y. POST, 2/2).
Amid the Birdland Caravan, the BALTIMORE SUN looks at the Orioles' offseason under the header, "Orioles fans mixed on David Rubenstein’s first offseason as owner: ‘I was expecting more’" (2/2).
Former NHLer Rob Ray was inducted into the Sabres HOF on Friday. It took the "mere sight of his parents sitting to his left, and a standing ovation from the thousands of Sabres fans on hand for Ray to nearly give in to his emotions before even beginning his acceptance speech." Ray spent 14 of his 16 NHL seasons in Buffalo (AP, 1/31).
John Calipari received a mixed reception at Rupp Arena on Saturday night then watched his Arkansas team upset No. 12 Kentucky 89-79 (SBJ).
Coach Cal is booed by the Kentucky crowd in his return to Rupp Arena 😳
— ESPN (@espn) February 2, 2025
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