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A Las Vegas exhibition that originally featured Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz has been postponed
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — With Jannik Sinner serving a doping suspension, and Taylor Fritz’s status uncertain because of an injured abdominal muscle, the men’s tennis exhibition event scheduled for Sunday in Las Vegas has been postponed. No new date was announced Wednesday. The exhibition match between current No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and former No. 1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sooners hire Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy as football program’s general manager
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy has been hired as Oklahoma’s general manager for football, the school announced Wednesday. Nagy will lead the Sooners’ roster management and talent acquisition, including player recruitment, evaluation, retention and compensation. He also will oversee name, image, and likeness, the transfer portal process, revenue-share allocation, scholarships ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!49ers have started contract talks with QB Brock Purdy
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch said the team has begun negotiations with quarterback Brock Purdy about a long-term contract and believes both sides want to get a deal done. Purdy’s contract extension is one of the main items on the offseason to-do list for San Francisco. He is nearing the end of one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada coach tells Trump to lay off ‘ridiculous rhetoric’ of Canada as a 51st state
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
Canada soccer coach Jesse Marsch waded into politics Wednesday, telling United States President Donald Trump to “lay off the ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being a 51st state.” The 51-year-old Marsch, a former U.S. international who was born in Racine, Wisc., made his comments at a CONCACAF news conference at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Super Bowl reporter found dead in hotel room had sedative drug in his system, police say
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The television reporter who died in New Orleans while on assignment to cover the Super Bowl had a sedative drug in his system, a police detective testified in court this week. Adan Manzano, a 27-year-old anchor and reporter for Telemundo in Kansas City, Missouri, was found dead in his hotel room ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oilers reclaim defenceman Travis Dermott off waivers from Wild
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
EDMONTON — Travis Dermott is back with the Edmonton Oilers. The club plucked the defenceman off waivers from the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday after having him claimed earlier this season. The 28-year-old attended Edmonton’s training camp on a professional tryout contract before inking a deal for the 2024-25 campaign at US$775,000 in October. Dermott had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gary Woodland receives PGA Tour Courage Award as he returns from brain surgery
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland was honored Wednesday with the PGA Tour Courage Award as he comes back from brain surgery to remove a lesion that was causing him to have unfounded thoughts that he was dying. Woodland, who won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach to go ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shohei Ohtani to make spring training debut against Angels on Friday night, Roberts says
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani will make his first spring training appearance of the year on Friday night against his old team, the Los Angeles Angels. Ohtani, 30, will be the designated hitter. Roberts has not given a timetable for Ohtani’s return to the pitching mound other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cardinals to invest $100 million into new practice facility after low marks on NFLPA survey
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals say they are planning to invest roughly $100 million to build a new training facility at the team’s current location, following low marks for facilities in the yearly NFL Players Association survey that was released on Wednesday. The Cardinals finished 32nd overall out of 32 teams in this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mike Green tells reporters at NFL combine he left Virginia after being accused of sexual assault
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NFL draft prospect Mike Green, a second-team All-America edge rusher, says he transferred from Virginia to Marshall after being accused of sexual assault for the second time. Green told reporters Wednesday at the NFL scouting combine that he also was accused of sexual assault in high school, adding he was never charged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forward Valeri Nichushkin will return to the Avalanche lineup for the 1st time in nearly 2 months
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin returns to the Colorado Avalanche lineup Wednesday night for the first time in nearly two months after recovering from a lower-body injury. The Russian forward will try to spark a sputtering Avalanche offense that’s scored two goals in back-to-back losses since coming back from the break for the 4 Nations ... Read More »
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