Adam Sandler’s popularity has spanned over 60 films and more than three decades. In July 2025, he’ll reprise his role as a wannabe hockey player turned reluctant golfer in Happy Gilmore 2. The character helped to make Sandler a household name,

Comedian and actor Adam Sandler is a known pickup basketball fan, and was recently spotted playing a pickup game at a court in Montclair.

But it wasn’t NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, Bruins team president Cam Neely, or general manager Don Sweeney making the live-changing announcement. New Hampshire native and Bruins fan Adam Sandler appeared on the video board in Los Angeles, wearing a black No. 16 Bruins sweater.