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NASCAR chairman Jim France accused of stonewalling teams in antitrust case
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The attorney for the two teams suing NASCAR portrayed series chairman Jim France as “a brick wall” in negotiations over the new revenue-sharing model that has triggered the Michael Jordan-backed federal antitrust case against the top form of motorsports in the United States. 23XI Racing, owned by Basketball Hall of Famer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Commanders and Vikings have both fallen hard after last season’s success
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings won 14 games last season, the second most in franchise history. The Washington Commanders rode the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award winner, Jayden Daniels, all the way to the NFC championship game. Both teams aggressively added to their roster during the offseason, too, seemingly setting themselves ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown active for Thursday night game and Cowboys’ Jadeveon Clowney held out
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Amon-Ra St. Brown was active for the Detroit Lions against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday night. The two-time All-Pro receiver left last week’s loss to Green Bay with an ankle injury and had been listed as questionable on the injury report. Lions offensive linemen Penei Sewell, Taylor Decker and Graham Glasgow were in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Browns’ Myles Garrett needs 4 sacks for the NFL single-season record. Could it happen vs. Titans?
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
Myles Garrett needs four sacks in the Cleveland Browns’ final five games to set the NFL’s single-season record. Given the All-Pro pass rusher’s recent performance and this week’s opponent, there is a possibility it could happen on Sunday when the Browns host the Tennessee Titans. “Hopefully, he gets it. But I just pray he don’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police recover a James Bond-inspired Fabergé pendant from the bowels of a man accused of eating it
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s police, who have spent six days monitoring every bowel movement of a man accused of swallowing a James Bond-inspired pendant in a jewelry store, said Friday that they had recovered the allegedly stolen loot. A spokesperson said the 33,000 New Zealand dollar ($19,000) Fabergé pendant was recovered from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!American ski racer Lauren Macuga’s Olympic dreams on hold after tearing ACL in right knee
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — The plan was for American ski racer Lauren Macuga to be in Switzerland this week getting ready for some speed races. Instead, she was hobbling around on crutches Thursday in the finish area at Beaver Creek as she awaits surgery to fix her torn right ACL. The ever-positive Macuga found ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Arkansas coach Ryan Silverfield says it won’t take long to rebuild the program
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Ryan Silverfield had a second stop to make Thursday after his first press conference since being hired as Arkansas football coach. He had to face the people he needs to win over, the ones the Razorbacks need to increase their spending so they can compete with the SEC’s power programs. Silverfield ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Amorim ‘angry’ after Man United allows late goal in 1-1 draw with West Ham
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — An “angry” Ruben Amorim watched Manchester United blow a chance to rise to fifth in the Premier League when West Ham salvaged a late 1-1 draw at Old Trafford on Thursday. Soungoutou Magassa’s 83rd-minute equalizer canceled out Diogo Dalot’s opening goal that had put United on course to move level on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLB players union gathers to prepare for potentially contentious labor negotiations in 2026
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Roughly a month after the Los Angeles Dodgers finished a scintillating seven-game World Series triumph over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Major League Baseball Players’ Association gathered in Arizona this week to discuss the future of the game and look ahead to a possible lockout next December. Japanese stars headed by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s what people are saying about John Rustad’s exit as B.C. Conservative leader
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
Here’s what people are saying about John Rustad and his resignation on Thursday as leader of the Conservative Party of B.C., which he took to the brink of power in last year’s provincial election. “‘I’ve made a huge change and difference in terms of politics in British Columbia. But I have to make sure that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bergeron, Campbell-Pascall to be inducted into IIHF Hall of Fame
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
ZURICH — Canada’s Patrice Bergeron and Cassie Campbell-Pascall will be inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2026. They will join Sweden’s Niklas Kronwall, Switzerland’s Florence Schelling and Andrew Ambuhl and Austria’s Thomas Vanek entering the Hall as players. Winnipeg’s Ralph Krueger, who coached the Swiss men’s team for over a decade, ... Read More »
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