A Jackson County judge denied requests from two men convicted of plotting to kidnap the governor who asked for a new trial and to be resentenced.

Fox is riding a three-game, multi-point streak (one goal, five assists), and he sits sixth in scoring from the blue line with 40 points, including 37 assists, in 48 games this season. Fox has been a big part of the Rangers recent resurgence -- they've now picked up at least a point in 10 games.

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes face the New York Rangers in Metropolitan Division play on Tuesday. New York has a 6-7-0 record in Metropolitan Division games and a 24-21-4 record overall. The Rangers have scored and allowed 148 goals this season for an even scoring differential.

Fox helped out on Artemi Panarin's empty-netter in the third period. The 26-year-old Fox has six points over his last six games, with three of those points coming on the power play. The star defenseman is up to 34 points,

On Sunday, the NHL revealed the New York Rangers’ quarter-century team. The first team features many stars from the team’s recent history. Forwards Chris Kreider, Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad – all on the active roster – are in front of defensemen Adam Fox and Ryan McDonagh and Hall of Fame goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.

Fox registered two assists, three blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Senators. This was Fox's second two-helper game in a row, and one of them came on the power play in this contest.

The Rangers followed up a successful road trip winning 1-0 in a shootout over the Blue Jackets. Vincent Trocheck tallied the lone goal in the shootout, Adam Fox had another solid game defensively and head coach Peter Laviolette was pleased with the team's strong second and third periods.

"You ask any team, when they're winning games it's just a lot better vibe and a lot better energy," defenseman Adam Fox said. "It was easy for us to kind of pack it in when things were going bad ...

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver seems to always be looking for ways to make the league more interesting. He cited MLB's recent success with new rules.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, furiously hit back at what he described as "grotesque mischaracterizations" from Democrats at his confirmation hearing.

Adam Levine shared more insight into his decision to return as a coach on The Voice season 27 after leaving in 2019 following 16 seasons during an exclusive interview with E! News.

Thursday, they play at Penn State. Sunday, Ohio State will go to No. 18 Illinois to complete a run of three games in seven days. Ohio State's coaches will wear shoes decorated by patients in the pediatric cancer unit at Nationwide Children's Hospital for all three games as part of Coaches vs Cancer week.