Patrik Laine and his agency criticized an insensitive comment about suicide made on a podcast Monday in reference to the Columbus Blue Jackets forward, who is currently receiving care from the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program. Octagon Hockey, in a statement posted to social media Tuesday, said it was disappointed in the “reprehensible remark” about Laine being away from the team …

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is adding about 350,000 miles (563,000 kilometers) of roadways in the U.S and Canada to the area where drivers can use the company’s “Super Cruise” partially automated driving system. The expansion nearly doubles the road miles where the system can run. It includes both limited-access divided highways as well as some two-lane roads connecting cities …

The new-look Washington Commanders football operations staff led by recently hired general manager Adam Peters and coach Dan Quinn is starting to come together. The team on Wednesday named Lance Newmark as assistant GM, reporting directly to Peters. Newmark joins Washington after spending the past 26 years with the Detroit Lions, the previous two serving as senior director of player …