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MacKinnon finished Colorado's third win in four games when he beat Igor Shesterkin for his NHL-best 24th goal. He also batted the puck past Shesterkin at 15:26 of the third, lifting the Avalanche to a 2-1 lead.

MacKinnon has 10 goals and five assists in his last nine games.

Parker Kelly also scored for Colorado, and Martin Necas had three assists. The NHL-leading Avalanche bounced back nicely after losing6-3at the New York Islanders on Thursday night.

Panarin and Conor Sheary scored for New York, which had won five of six. Shesterkin made 39 saves.

The Rangers trailed 2-1 before Panarin scored his 10th goal at 19:18 with Shesterkin pulled for an extra skater.

The Avalanche jumped in front when Kelly tipped a shot by defenseman Sam Malinsky past Shesterkin at 7:06 of the second.

Sheary tied it at 1 with his first goal as a Ranger at 4:23 of the third. Sheary beat Blackwood with high shot after outskating Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 24 saves for Colorado.

Rangers: Host the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday.

Avalanche: Visit the Philadelpha Flyers on Sunday.

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Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Cam Heyward was fined $11,593 for taunting Josh Allen after a Buffalo Bills touchdown last week,according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero.

Heyward, who was also penalized following the third-quarter score,told reporterspostgame thatAllen purposefully kneed him in the stomach in the first half of the Steelers' 26-7 defeat, their third loss in their past four games.

The five-time All-Pro defensive tackle was seen jawing with the reigning NFL MVP throughout the game. Heyward came up to Allen and banged into the quarterback's face mask with more words in the aftermath of Allen's 1-yard touchdown pass to receiver Keon Coleman that put the Bills up two scores.

The NFL fined Steelers DL Cam Heyward $11,593 for taunting Josh Allen after a Bills touchdown last week. Heyward was also penalized.pic.twitter.com/CwPhukRiYx

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero)December 6, 2025

"Being kneed in my stomach?"Heyward responded, when asked in the locker room about his frustration toward Allen during the AFC tilt. "And then just jawing back and forth. I'm ticked off the entire game because, as a quarterback, they're protected, but I'm not. It just pisses me off."

A reporter then asked to clarify that it was Allen who kneed Heyward.

"Yes," Heyward said. "That's exactly what I'm saying."

Asked if Allen did it on purpose, Heyward said "yes" again.

"He even said after, 'I had to do something to get you off of me,'" Heyward added.

The incident appeared to occur late in the second quarter, when Heyward tried to get up after tackling Allen on a short run.

While the CBS broadcast didn't seem to capture the alleged kneeing, Heyward was visibly upset after the play.

Really tough to tell and CBS never showed a better angle. I don't see much.https://t.co/jxaSpzn3Gapic.twitter.com/S0HNSeOuP5

— Sneaky Joe (@SneakyJoeSports)December 1, 2025

Heyward's postgame comments took place after Allen had already talked to the media. That said, Allen was asked about the tension during the game, including with Heyward.

"Maybe [got me going] a little bit," Allen said,via ESPN. "We love the competitiveness out of this game. He's such a great player. Sometimes, you need fire like that to get you going."

The Wolverines scored more than 100 points for the third consecutive game, a feat last accomplished during their 1989 national championship season.

Yaxel Lendenborg had 14 points and eight rebounds for the Wolverines (8-0, 1-0) in their Big Ten opener. Trey McKenney added 13 points, and Elliot Cadeau had 11 points and nine assists.

Michigan shot 60% from the field while making its case for the No. 1 spot in the AP poll afterNo. 1 Purduelost earlier in the day. The Maize Rage student section did its lobbying with several "No. 1" chants late in the game.

Freshmen Harun Zrno and Kaden Powers led Rutgers (5-5, 0-2) with 13 points apiece. Zrno, a 21-year-old from Bosnia and Herzegovina, made his first career start.

Michigan struggled from the outside early, but more than made up for an 0-for-6 start from 3-point range by controlling the interior. The Wolverines scored 22 of their first 24 points in the paint before a Nimari Burnett long-distance jumper sparked a 15-2 run — which included 3-pointers from Johnson and Lendenborg — that made it 39-19 with 4:51 remaining in the first half.

That advantage grew to 50-25 by halftime, and the Wolverines continued their hot shooting early in the second half, making 7 of 10 (70%) 3-pointers over the first eight minutes.

The Wolverines, returning to action after a 10-day break, picked up right where they left off after demolishing the field at the Players Era Championship. Their three-game run in that event included routs of No. 20 Auburn (102-72) and No. 11 Gonzaga (101-61).

Dylan Grant had 11 points and seven rebounds for the Scarlet Knights, who dropped their fifth game in six outings after opening the season 4-0.

Rutgers makes the short trip to Seton Hall for Saturday's Garden State Hardwood Classic. Michigan hosts Villanova on Tuesday night.

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CHICAGO — Around 20 million people across the West and Midwest are under winter alerts Saturday as a fast-moving storm delivers heavy snow, strong winds and blasts of cold that is blanketing cities like Chicago.

On Saturday morning, snow showers were scattered over parts of the northern Plains and Rockies, from Montana to the Dakotas. This precipitation is expected to persist through the day, with snow gradually shifting into Iowa and Minnesota by the afternoon. The risk area includes Des Moines, Iowa; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Aspen, Colorado; and Jackson, Wyoming.

By nighttime, a burst of snow and wintry mix will shift into Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin. This quick blast of winter weather will affect the area, including Chicago, through the overnight hours.

People braving the cold in Chicago on Saturday morning were bundled up in multiple layers of clothing as they walked the snowy streets.

"This is early for us to have this much snow and these temperatures, so we're kind of bracing ourselves for a rough one this year," resident Catherine Karwowski told NBC News.

Katie Jones said she recently moved to Illinois from Texas and she's bracing for her first winter there.

"Just got the big coat, arrived today," Jones said.

Brielle Trostley, visiting Chicago from Florida, said she is struggling to adapt to the cold, but is savoring the novelty of the snow.

"Just to see everything covered in white all the time, that's pretty new for me, because I've never seen snow before," Trostley said.

The snow will extend into parts of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio while lingering over Illinois on Sunday morning. This system will move relatively quickly, reaching the interior Northeast by Sunday night.

Snow showers will linger over the region through Sunday night before tapering off Monday morning.

The highest snow totals will target the mountains, where parts of Wyoming, Utah, Montana and Colorado could see an additional 5 to 12 inches, with up to 20 inches possible in some areas. The snow combined with 60 mph wind gusts will make mountain travel very difficult through the weekend.

As of 2 p.m., snowfall totals reached 10 inches in Mount Crested Butte, Colorado; 5.4 inches in Orogrande, Idaho; and 3.4 in West Valley, Montana.

Video from Utah's Department of Transportation showed snow-covered roads in the north-central region of the state Friday evening.

Forecasters expect 2 to 5 inches of snow across a swath of the Midwest from the Dakotas through Lake Michigan, including Chicago. Around 6 to 8 inches of snow will be possible over Iowa.

Freshly powdered landscapes could be seen across Iowa in Iowa City, Dakota City and Sioux City on Saturday morning.

Totals across the interior Northeast will be minor, with most seeing a dusting of up to 1 inch. Forecasters expect 2 to 4 inches over western New York.

Cold air mass takes hold

Temperatures will remain on the cooler side for the Rockies, the Plains, the Northeast and parts of the Southeast on Saturday afternoon, with highs 5 to 20 degrees below average. Daytime highs will range from the single digits in the northern Plains, to the 20s to 50s across the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast.

Overnight lows will dip below zero across the northern Plains, and as low as the 10s to 20s across the Midwest, Rockies, Appalachians and Northeast. Despite the chill, no record lows are forecast for Saturday.

On Sunday, the bulk of cold air will sit over the Plains, with daytime highs 10 to 25 degrees below average. This will especially affect Minnesota, the Dakotas and Iowa, where highs will stay in the single digits and teens.

Active week in the Northwest

A series of strong Pacific storms fueled by an atmospheric river will bring a risk of widespread flooding to parts of Washington and Oregon through the week.

Flood alerts will go into effect for the western half of these states, including Seattle and the Oregon cities of Portland and Eugene starting Sunday night and lasting through Friday. Rounds of heavy rain will affect the region over the next week, bringing 2 to 6 inches of rain, with up to 10 inches possible in some areas.

Snow levels in this region will climb above 6,000 to 7,500 feet. Prolonged threats include landslides, burn scar flash flooding and coastal flooding.

Rain in the Southwest

Meanwhile in the Southeast, a line of moderate to heavy rainfall continues to linger from the Gulf Coast through the Carolinas.

No severe weather is anticipated, but periods of heavy rain could lead to localized flash flooding. This pattern will persist through the weekend, with rainfall totals ranging from 0.5 to 2 inches.

As a part of a sprawling effort to prevent riders from skipping out on fares, theMetropolitan Transportation Authorityhas tried installing somenew emergency exitsthat sound an alarm but don't allow people to exit for up to 15 seconds.

In an emergency, officials said transit staff can release the gates, which have a yellow sign explaining they are designed to prevent fare evasion and will open after an alarm sounds.

But some riders have found the new doors troubling.

"It just doesn't seem like a good solution just to prevent people going through the doors at the risk of actually putting, potentially, our lives at risk," said Jeff Klein, founder of the New York Lab, a coalition of researchers and community advocates who originally focused on extreme heat in the city's subway.

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Matthieu Blazypresented his first Chanel Métiers d'Art collection in New York City, Dec. 2, 2025. The 2026 collection show, held in a vacant Lower Manhattan subway station, featured several new faces on the runway as stars like Linda Evangelista, Tilda Swinton, Ayo Edebiri, A$AP Rocky and Teyana Taylor graced the audience. Scroll on for more shots from the show.

On Thanksgiving, Klein filmed himself at a Lower Manhattan subway station waiting to open the emergency exit, garneringover 3 million views on TikTok.

New emergency exits are part of fare evasion crackdown

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, fare evasion has increased as ridership dipped, fueling a funding crisis for thenation's largest transit system.

The MTA has taken measures to address fare evasion, including higher sleeves on turnstiles (to prevent jumping) and limiting turnstiles' range of motion, according to theNew York Times.

But emergency exits are a frequent route to evade the fare, according to anMTA report.

In response, officials have deployed private security guards across stations to stand at emergency exits.

And officials have spent around $11,000 per gate to install delayed emergency doors at 190 stations, for a total cost of about $2 million.

Laura Cala-Rauch, an MTA spokesperson, said the pilot program has been successful. Fare evasion is down 30%. On Dec. 5, Gov. Kathy Hochulannounced ridership increasingafter the onset of the pandemic.

Cala-Rauch said the program was evaluated as safe understate building and fire codes. In a statement, the New York State Department of State, which approved the new emergency exit system, said it reviewed MTA's proposals and worked to ensure that the emergency egresses provided health, safety and security.

Eventually, the MTA has said it plans to move from outdated turnstiles to modern entrances that are harder to evade and more accessible, such as motorized swinging doors that open with a fare purchase.

Critics cite safety, accessibility worries

But people with disabilities have expressed concern. Already, the city's subway has faced several lawsuits to comply with thefederal Americans with Disabilities Act.

An emergency, like theSept. 11 terrorist attacksnearly a quarter-century ago or the2022 mass shooting aboard a Brooklyn train, can send people scrambling to leave stations. Deactivating the delay appears to be another thing that could go wrong.

"I don't know if anybody is going to be holding the exit for everybody, because it's every man and woman for themselves in the case of emergency," said Sharon McLennon Wier, a psychologist who is executive director of the nonprofit Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York. "If that gate closes, and then you have to wait a few seconds, those few seconds could be death," said Wier, who is also blind.

On a chilly Dec. 6, Betsy Shortt, a 39-year-old preschool teacher, and her daughter sat on a wooden bench on a northern Manhattan subway platform. The two, waiting for an A train, were about 15 feet from a set of delayed emergency exit doors. They planned to go ice skating.

"People will find ways to get through," Shortt said. Subway fares, she said, add up, especially as fares will increase10 cents in a month, from $2.90 to $3. The subway is a utility, as needed as the water or gas company, she said. "I can understand why people try to evade the fare."

That afternoon, one of the newly installed delayed emergency exits wasn't fully closed, so dozens of people − some towing strollers and bikes, others with just backpacks − walked through it to enter the subway.

Most headed downtown, all appeared to skip the fare.

Eduardo Cuevas is based in New York City. Reach him by email atemcuevas1@usatoday.comor on Signal at emcuevas.01.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Controversial NYC subway emergency exits don't open right away