Rookie from New Jersey wins World Series of Poker, $8.1M

A New Jersey man with a degree in accounting is this year's World Series of Poker champion. Scott Blumstein won the series' marquee no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event early Sunday in Las Vegas surrounded by dozens of supporters including relatives and college friends. He is now more than $8.1 million richer after eliminating Pennsylvania's Daniel Ott on the 246th hand of the final table, more than 60 hands with just the two of them with bricks of bills and a gold bracelet separating them. "I'm really happy about how I played tonight," said Blumstein, who's 25. "... This is just one poker tournament. It takes variance and luck and playing your best, and all those things came together, and I'm

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  Scott Blumstein caps dominant run to 2017 WSOP main event title

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  Legal New Jersey online poker pushes World Series champion

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Rangers are ‘right on the cusp,’ says Shattenkirk

Since missing the playoffs in 2010, the New York Rangers have made it to the Eastern Conference Final three times, and to the Stanley Cup Final once. Instead, they’ve lost to the L.A. Kings in the final and watched their division rivals from Pittsburgh win it twice in a row, even losing to the Penguins in the first round in 2016. The Rangers went after prized free agent defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk with a four-year contract worth $26.6 million.

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  Sens ink veteran defenseman Johnny Oduya to one-year deal

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  Dumoulin, Pens agree to 6-year, $24.6M deal

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Sources: Former MVP Derrick Rose to join Cavaliers

Rose met with the Cavaliers on Monday and committed to a one-year, veteran’s minimum deal.