KREIDER SURGERY

After being diagnosed with a blood clot, Rangers left wing Chris Kreider underwent successful rib resection surgery, the team announced. Kreider, who hasn’t played since Dec. 27 against the Capitals, will be reevaluated in six weeks. He remains out indefinitely. Kreider has 11 goals and 11 assists in 37 games. guard Richie Incognito “weak racist slurs.”

Beane said the Bills have spoken to Incognito and understand their player’s side of the story of the alleged exchange that occurred during Buffalo’s 10-3 loss to the Jaguars in an AFC wild-card playoff game on Sunday. Beane confirmed some type of exchange happened but declined to get into details.

He added during the team’s endof-season news conference that the Bills take the allegation “very seriously,” and are cooperating with the league’s investigation. “There was definitely an exchange. I think there’s a misunderstanding of what was said,” Beane said.

l Panthers coach Ron Rivera fired longtime offensive coordinator Mike Shula, saying the team’s offense needs a “different perspective.” Along with Shula, the Panthers also cut ties with quarterbacks coach Ken Dorsey two days after a playoff loss to the Saints. Among some of the potential candidates that make sense are Norv Turner, whose son Ron was hired as an offensive consultant by the Panthers last June, and Rob Chudzinski, who worked as the team’s offensive coordinator in 2011 and 2012. of using