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Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone will be out indefinitely after having back surgery, the team said Wednesday.

The left winger is expected to make a full recovery.

Stone was injured Jan. 12, after playing less than four minutes of the Golden Knights’ 4-2 win over the visiting Florida Panthers. He began his rehab shortly afterward, but a setback resulted in the determination that surgery was needed.

It marks the second time in the past 12 months that Stone has needed back surgery. He went through the 2021-22 season with back issues before having a lumbar discectomy in May.

Figuring out how Stone would fare following surgery coupled with missing the playoffs for the first time were among the talking points facing the Golden Knights entering this season.

Still, they opened the season 17-7-1, a record largely powered by a nine-game winning streak in November. Between their overall scoring depth (seven players have scored more than 10 goals), the emergence of rookie goaltender and All-Star Logan Thompson and new coach Bruce Cassidy’s tactics, Vegas was able to establish itself as a Western Conference favorite that could challenge for the Stanley Cup.

But the Golden Knights have gone 2-6-2 over their past 10 games, and they entered Wednesday third in the Pacific Division and just two points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers for the first of two Western Conference wild-card spots. (They’ve also played more games than the two teams ahead of them in the standings, the Los Angeles Kings and the Seattle Kraken.)

Losing Stone now creates more questions amid the difficult stretch, as his 17 goals and 38 points are both tied for second on the team. It leaves the Golden Knights potentially looking for a top-six option to supplement what they already have beyond Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith and Chandler Stephenson, among others, ahead of the March 3 trade deadline.

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Sources: ASU’s top WR Tyson expected back

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Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State‘s leading receiver, is expected to return from a hamstring injury and play Saturday when the Sun Devils visit the Colorado Buffaloes, sources tell ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

Tyson is expected to participate in pregame warmups, and barring any setbacks, he’ll be cleared to play against his former team.

Tyson suffered the injury Oct. 18 in Arizona State’s upset win over then-undefeated Texas Tech. He finished that game with 10 catches for 105 yards and a touchdown but has not played since.

Despite missing the past three games, Tyson leads the Sun Devils in catches (57) and yards receiving (628), and he is the team leader with eight touchdowns.

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UAB: Player arrested after stabbing 2 teammates

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A UAB football player stabbed two of his teammates Saturday morning at the football facility ahead of the Blazers’ home game against USF, a university spokesperson told ESPN.

The suspect has been arrested, and both injured players are in stable condition after being taken to UAB hospital. The school has not released the names of any of the players involved.

UAB’s game against USF began as scheduled at 3 p.m. ET.

A UAB official said an investigation is ongoing.

“UAB’s top priority remains the safety and well-being of all of our students,” the school said in a statement.

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Sources: Ohio St. to be without WRs Tate, Smith

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Ohio State wide receivers Carnell Tate and Jeremiah Smith are not expected to play against Rutgers on Saturday due to lower-body injuries, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

Tate will miss his third straight game. Smith played in last week’s win over UCLA but missed the second half after being seen limping before halftime. Both are considered day-to-day, sources said, ahead of a potential return next week against rival Michigan.

On Tuesday, coach Ryan Day would not rule out either wide receiver but also did not want to go into specifics on their availability.

“Our policy is we don’t discuss specifics on injuries, and once you start going down a little bit here, a little bit there, you can create a problem,” Day said. “So for a number of reasons, we don’t discuss those things.”

Smith leads the Big Ten and ranks third in the nation with 10 touchdown catches while ranking third in the conference in receiving yards per game (90.2) and second in catches per game (6.9). Tate is fifth in the Big Ten with 88.9 receiving yards per game.

Brandon Inniss started in place of Tate against UCLA and led No. 1 Ohio State with six catches for 30 yards during a 48-10 win.

The 5-5 Scarlet Knights are looking to beat Ohio State for the first time in their 11th try since joining the Big Ten in 2014.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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