Dawn Braid hired by Coyotes — NHL’s first woman coach
The Arizona Coyotes hired Dawn Braid as skating coach and say she is believed to be the NHL’s first full-time female coach.
Braid worked part-time for the Coyotes last season and has been a skating consultant for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres and Calgary Flames.
Last year, the Buffalo Bills made Kathryn Smith the NFL’s first full-time female assistant coach.
The NBA has had two female assistant coaches — Becky Hammon of the San Antonio Spurs and Nancy Lieberman of the Sacramento Kings.
With a combined 31 major titles, Federer and Nadal committed to the inaugural event, an attempt to create a tennis version of golf’s Ryder Cup.
Senior Perry Hills will be Maryland’s starting quarterback, first-year coach DJ Durkin announced.
Surprise English champion Leicester is in the pot of top seeds for the Champions League group-stage draw Thursday despite being ranked 31st of the 32 teams by UEFA.
Leicester joins defending champion Real Madrid and other winners of the seven highest-ranked national leagues (Barcelona, Spain; Bayern Munich, Germany; Juventus, Italy; Benfica, Portugal; Paris Saint-Germain, France; CSKA Moscow, Russia) as No. 1 seeds.
Manchester City and Borussia Moenchengladbach built on commanding first-leg advantages to gain entry into the Champions League group stage.