As the cost to run a professional sports team inflates with each passing year, it seems like franchises are starting to warm up to the idea of making decisions based on logic rather than wild leaps of ...

There were high hopes for Nikita Filatov when he was drafted sixth overall in 2008, but Filatov flamed out and headed for Russia. In an interview, Filatov said financial troubles played a part in his ...

Columbus Blue Jackets’ Nikita Filatov, left, of Russia, and Detroit Red Wings’ Brett Lebda chase a loose puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, in Columbus, Ohio ...

The $4,700 (318,00 Russian Rubles) buy-in Main Event concluded after five days of play. Needless to say that the event had attracted a huge pool of approximately one thousand entrants crushing the GTD ...

OTTAWA–Out on the ice, it was hockey skills and smiles. Nikita Filitov tore it up yesterday, racking up a hat trick and generating a scoring chance on practically every shift in Russia’s 8-1 ...