The Florida Panthers are NHL champions after beating the Edmonton Oilers in a back-and-forth Stanley Cup Final — narrowly avoiding a historic collapse in the process.
Why it matters: Monday night's nail-biter 2-1 win secured the Panthers' first championship in franchise history.
Major League Baseball adding statistics from the Negro Leagues to MLB's historical record last month followed a decades-long fight that began with a plea from Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams, his biographer tells Axios.
The big picture: For years, Hall of Famer Williams hid his Mexican American heritage from the public amid MLB segregation but later became one of the first outspoken advocates for Negro League players whom he admired.
