March 16th, 2025

National Sports

Grambling cruises past Alabama A&M 73-56 in 1st round of SWAC Tournament

By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Mikale Stevenson scored 17 points off the bench to lead Grambling to a 73-56 victory over Alabama A&M on Tuesday in the first round of the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament. The eighth-seeded Tigers (12-21) will play top seed Southern in a Wednesday quarterfinal. Stevenson shot 7 for 9, including 3 ... Read More »

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Notre Dame escapes with 55-54 victory over Pittsburgh in 1st round of ACC Tournament

By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nikita Konstantynovskyi scored with a tip-in in the final minute and Tae Davis hit 1 of 2 free throws with 0.5 seconds left after a controversial foul to help Notre Dame rally for a 55-54 victory over Pittsburgh on Tuesday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. Tied ... Read More »

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Rams WR Puka Nacua changing his jersey number from 17 to 12 with Davante Adams’ arrival

By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Receiver Puka Nacua is giving the Los Angeles Rams’ No. 17 jersey to new teammate Davante Adams and switching to No. 12. The Rams announced Nacua’s decision Tuesday to go back to the number he wore in high school and again in college at both Washington and BYU. Nacua wore No. ... Read More »

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Injured Brad Marchand returns to the Boston ice with the Panthers — but just in practice, for now

By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand stepped back onto the ice at the TD Garden on Tuesday — this time in a Panthers practice jersey as the longtime Bruin returned to Boston for the first time since he was traded to Florida. Although Marchand is injured and inactive for the game against his former team, the ... Read More »

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Purdue’s Braden Smith, Spartans’ Tom Izzo win top awards in Big Ten’s voting for conference honors

By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Purdue’s Braden Smith was named the Big Ten player of the year and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo coach of the year by coaches and the media in voting coordinated by the conference. Smith and Izzo won the same honors from The Associated Press on Tuesday. The coaches voted Penn State’s Ace ... Read More »

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Tiger Woods says he ruptured his Achilles tendon, an injury likely to keep him out of the Masters

By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods announced he had a less invasive surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon on Tuesday, yet another injury that would seem likely to keep him out of the Masters and perhaps other major championships this year. Woods posted the development on his social media accounts without detailing how ... Read More »

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Big 12 commissioner believes NCAA Tournament expansion is due. He says 76 teams is the right number

By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark is in favor of expanding the men’s NCAA Tournament to 76 teams, and he believes a decision could come in the next few months, opening the possibility of proposed changes being implemented as soon as next year. Yormark spoke before the start of the Big ... Read More »

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Blue Jays win fourth straight with 3-2 victory over Twins in spring training

By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025

DUNEDIN — Josh Rivera hit the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-2 in spring training action on Tuesday. Rivera’s RBI capped three unanswered runs by Toronto, which has won four straight in Grapefruit League play. Bo Bichette put the Jays on ... Read More »

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U Sports changes rule, removing one-year wait for former pro hockey players

By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — U Sports will allow incoming student-athletes who have played professional hockey to participate immediately in men’s hockey without a waiting period. The change starts with the 2025-26 season, U Sports announced Tuesday. The previous rule required former pro players to wait 365 days before becoming eligible to play university men’s hockey. ... Read More »

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Responsibility for safe sport flips to Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport

By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025

The shifting of safe sport onto the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport and the shuttering of the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner is underway. The CCES is the country’s doping watchdog and monitor of manipulation around sports betting. As of April 1, the centre will also be in charge of managing and investigating ... Read More »

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Vancouver Whitecaps face another tough test against CF Monterrey in Mexico

By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps know they’re headed for hostile territory this week. CF Monterrey isn’t hosting the ‘Caps in their home stadium when the two sides face off on Wednesday, but the volume and intensity of the crowd at Estadio Corona in Torreon, Mexico, will still favour the LIGA MX side. That’s just fine ... Read More »

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