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Outfielder Lawrence Butler and Athletics finalize $65.5 million, 7-year contract
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Outfielder Lawrence Butler and the Athletics finalized a $65.5 million, seven-year contract on Monday, another major investment for a team preparing to spend three seasons playing in a temporary minor league home. The deal includes a team option for 2032 that could make the contract worth $81.5 million and escalators that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utah defenseman Juuso Valimaki out 8-9 months after surgery to repair a torn ACL
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Juuso Valimaki is expected to be out 8-9 months after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ACL, Utah Hockey Club general manager Bill Armstrong said Monday. The 26-year-old defenseman from Finland recently cleared waivers and was assigned to the Tucson Roadrunners of the American Hockey League. He played one game ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Rays get 120 hours to make the Yankees’ spring stadium their own. Here’s how they’ll do it
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
TAMPA. Fla. (AP) — “Extreme Makeover: Baseball Edition” is about to premiere. When Tampa Bay players leave Steinbrenner Field following the New York Yankees’ spring training home finale on March 23, their staff will launch a 120-hour transformation of the ballpark for the Rays’ season in exile from storm-damaged Tropicana Field. By the time the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tennis chair umpire in the Dominican Republic is suspended for 6 years for corruption
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — A national-level chair umpire in the Dominican Republic, Juan Gabriel Castro, was suspended for six years and fined $6,000 by the International Tennis Integrity Agency on Monday for manipulating scoring during matches to help someone who was placing bets. The ITIA said Castro was found to have committed 12 breaches of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medics who treated soccer legend Maradona before his death go on trial for homicide
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Seven members of the medical team that treated Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona before his death will go on trial for homicide starting Tuesday in Buenos Aires. The case revolves around allegations that negligence by the health care professionals contributed to the World Cup winner’s death in 2020 at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stephen Curry joins alma mater Davidson as assistant GM for basketball
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry will serve as an assistant general manager for Davidson College’s basketball teams. The four-time NBA champion and two-time league MVP will be the first active player in U.S. major professional sports to take an administrative job with a college team. He will continue to play ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada to host Argentina for pair of women’s soccer friendlies in B.C. in April
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
Canada will host Argentina in a pair of women’s international soccer friendlies in B.C. during the April FIFA international window. The seventh-ranked Canadians will play No. 33 Argentina at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver on April 4 and at Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C., on April 8. The games will be the first at home ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former NFL offensive lineman turned broadcaster Craig Wolfley dies at 66
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Craig Wolfley, a former NFL offensive lineman who spent most of his 12-year career playing for Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh and later became a fixture on the Steelers radio broadcast team, has died. He was 66. WDVE-FM in Pittsburgh, where Wolfley worked in various roles during Steeler broadcasts, including most recently as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inter Milan midfielder Piotr Zielinski could be out for weeks with calf injury
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan midfielder Piotr Zielinski could be out for a few weeks with a calf strain, the Italian club indicated Monday. Zielinski is set to miss Inter’s second-leg game against Feyenoord in the Champions League round of 16 after he was injured in a 3-2 win over Monza in Serie A on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberty bring Ionescu and Sabally back to Oregon to face Japanese league team in preseason game
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu and Nyara Sabally will get another chance to play on their college basketball homecourt when the New York Liberty face a Japanese league team in Oregon on May 12 in a preseason game. “I can’t wait to get back on the court in Eugene with the New York Liberty ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US to play friendlies against Turkey and Switzerland ahead of CONCACAF Gold Cup
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — The United States will play friendlies against Turkey and Switzerland ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The U.S. faces Turkey on June 7 at East Hartford, Connecticut, and Switzerland three days later at Nashville, Tennessee, the U.S. Soccer Federation said Monday. The CONCACAF Gold Cup, the championship of North and Central America ... Read More »
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