March 23rd, 2026
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Rockies begin franchise makeover under the front office leadership of Paul DePodesta and Josh Byrnes

By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026

DENVER (AP) — Two months ago, the Colorado Rockies assembled more than 300 of their scouts, coaches, business personnel and new baseball minds for a meeting at Coors Field. First order of business: An introduction. The main item: Getting everyone on the same page. Because turning around a franchise that has lost 100 or more ... Read More »

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Braves starter Spencer Strider will begin season on injured list because of strained oblique

By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026

NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — Atlanta Braves right-hander Spencer Strider will start the season on the injured list because of a strained oblique, the team announced Monday. Strider had been scheduled to start in Monday’s spring training finale against Pittsburgh before being scratched. Braves manager Walt Weiss told reporters the team is hopeful Strider will ... Read More »

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Panthers coach Paul Maurice set to join 2,000-game club with Scotty Bowman, the only other member

By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Paul Maurice will see the video tributes, whether he thinks they’re warranted or not. He’ll hear the ovation from fans, see players tapping their sticks on the ice in the hockey version of applause and give a wave in what will probably be a futile effort to make it all ... Read More »

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Trophy turns up in German team’s own basement after being reported stolen

By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026

BERLIN (AP) — One of Germany’s most storied sports trophies was believed to have been stolen and melted down. Now it’s turned up in the champion team’s own basement. A four-month saga took an unusual turn Monday when Germany’s champion men’s handball team Fuechse Berlin reported that the large silver dish which went missing from ... Read More »

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Toronto Blue Jays extend manager John Schneider and general manager Ross Atkins

By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays locked in their leadership group Monday by extending manager John Schneider and general manager Ross Atkins. Schneider’s new deal runs through 2028, while Atkins’ covers 2031. The moves follow Toronto’s 94-win season, American League East title and a seven-game World Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers last ... Read More »

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Two pilots flying Air Canada jet killed in collision with fire truck at NY airport

By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026

NEW YORK — Two pilots were killed and 41 people taken to hospital after an Air Canada jet carrying 72 passengers and four crew collided with a fire truck on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night. Of the 41 people transported to two hospitals in Queens, nine were still in care, ... Read More »

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 29-April 4 includes Mark Consuelos and Natasha Lyonne

By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 29-April 4: March 29: Comedian Eric Idle is 83. Singer Bobby Kimball of Toto is 79. Actor Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Harry Potter”) is 71. Actor Marina Sirtis (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”) is 71. Actor Christopher Lambert (“Highlander”) is 69. Singer Perry Farrell of Porno ... Read More »

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Here’s the latest on Air Canada jet crash at New York LaGuardia Airport

By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026

An Air Canada jet carrying 76 people touched down and slammed into a fire truck on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, killing its two pilots and injuring many more. Here are the latest developments. All times Eastern. 9:33 a.m. The president of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l says the ... Read More »

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Shoulder injury rules Leipzig’s Yan Diomande out of Ivory Coast games

By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Sought-after young winger Yan Diomande has been sidelined with a shoulder injury which rules him out of the Ivory Coast squad for upcoming friendlies ahead of the World Cup, his club Leipzig said Monday. The 19-year-old Diomande has shot to prominence this season with 10 goals and seven assists in 26 ... Read More »

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Music Review: Robyn’s ‘Sexistential’ is in a pop class all its own

By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — She first performed the title track, “Sexistential,” on Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ — alone, in leather and heels — a rap atop minimal house production about having one-night stands in your 40s, 10 weeks into in vitro fertilization-aided pregnancy. It was sexy, and funny, and kitschy, and polarizing. It was everything ... Read More »

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Women’s Champions League quarterfinals kick off with Madrid-Barcelona and an all-London derby

By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026

MADRID (AP) — The quarterfinals of the Women’s Champions League kick off this week featuring the Real Madrid-Barcelona Spanish rivalry and the all-London encounter between defending champion Arsenal and Chelsea. The last-eight will also include the latest chapter in the historic rivalry between Lyon and Wolfsburg, two of the powerhouses in women’s soccer. Manchester United, ... Read More »

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