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NHL teams instituted the largest ticket percentage increase among the four major sports for the second consecutive season, according to an annual study by Chicago-based sports marketing research firm, Team Marketing Report.

Gary Bettman's 20 years as commissioner of the NHL have been full of ups and downs, writes Scott Burnside, but he's still leading the league to unprecedented heights.

The NHL and NHLPA remained at an impasse in the latest round of collective bargaining talks as the deadline for a lockout looms.

The Miami Heat took the lead, the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies made history and the Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers in a score that looked more like a football game. (Sort of.) Here's what else happened in sports this weekend.