The Stanley Cup playoff beard has been an NHL tradition since the early 1980s, when the shaggy New York Islanders won four straight championships. It represents the players’ singular focus ...

New York Yankees legend Bernie Williams spent his entire playing career clean-shaven, and not by choice. Williams followed the organization’s decades-old facial hair policy like every other teammate ...

Athletes are known for having superstitions regarding facial hair — Playoff beards in football, basketball, hockey, and baseball are huge, but not so much for Scheffler. Most fans were horrified ...

Believe it or not, the origin of the NHL playoff beard can be traced to Nassau Veterans' Memorial Coliseum, even before the New York won their first Stanley Cup. Have you ever wondered where the ...

Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur doesn’t mind playoff beards, but he’s not a big fan of the “long beards” a couple of Sharks stars are wearing. Lafleur said he hates that look ...

So he knows a thing or two about big beards. Cole, now in his second season with the Avalanche, begins growing his playoff beard at the start of the season in October — if he believes he’s on ...

The Cavs are officially playoff-bound, Payton Pritchard & Derrick White combine for 19 3s and Harden goes for 50.

Hockey players grow playoff beards each spring. Maybe the Yankees need their own playoff beards to win their first World Series title since 2009.