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Staging a La Liga game in Miami tests European soccer traditions and alliances
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
MONACO (AP) — At the Champions League draw in Monaco this week, UEFA hosted European soccer officials and marketing executives from the United States with a radical plan on their minds. A Spanish proposal for Barcelona and Villarreal to play an official La Liga game in Miami on Dec. 20 is moving toward a decision ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dolphins place outside linebackers coach Ryan Crow on leave after domestic battery arrest
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins placed outside linebackers coach Ryan Crow on leave after, according to Broward County Jail records, he was arrested Friday morning and charged with domestic battery. According to the probable cause statement by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Crow got into an argument with someone he lives with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan reprimanded for profanity-laced tirade at NCAA baseball regional
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The NCAA Division I Baseball Committee issued a public reprimand to Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan on Friday for aggressive behavior and profanity-laced language directed at site administrators for the regional in Conway, South Carolina. The committee said O’Sullivan’s actions violated an NCAA bylaw that says misconduct in a championship event is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carlos Alcaraz’s brief knee problem at the US Open doesn’t slow him down in a win
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz was cruising along in the U.S. Open’s third round, leading by a set and a break after taking 10 of the first 14 games in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday, when an awkward step while striking a forehand caused an issue with his right knee. The No. 2-seeded Alcaraz, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pro Picks: Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs will beat the Eagles in a Super Bowl rematch
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
The Eagles are going for a repeat. The Chiefs aren’t ready for the end of their dynasty. Will they meet again in the Super Bowl for the third time in four years? The Lions, Bills and Ravens feel they have unfinished business. The Commanders came close last season. The Packers just got Micah Parsons. Don’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tani Oluwaseyi joins fellow Canadian attacker Tajon Buchanan at Spain’s Villarreal
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
VILLARREAL — Forward Tani Oluwaseyi has joined fellow Canadian international Tajon Buchanan at Spain’s Villarreal CF. Oluwaseyi’s transfer from Minnesota United was confirmed Friday with the 25-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., signing a five-year contract with the team known as the Yellow Submarine for its distinctive yellow kit. The Nigerian-born Oluwaseyi, who moved to Canada when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Randy Moffitt, major league reliever and brother of Billie Jean King, dies at 76
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Randy Moffitt, a reliever who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball and was the younger brother of tennis great and equality advocate Billie Jean King, has died after an extended illness. He was 76. Moffitt died on Thursday in Long Beach, California, according to a representative of the family. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liverpool 18-year-old Leoni called up by Italy for World Cup qualifiers
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
ROME (AP) — The 18-year-old Liverpool center back Giovanni Leoni was one of three players given their first national team call-up by new Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso on Friday. Also named to the Azzurri squad for the first time were Inter Milan forward Francesco Pio Esposito and Bologna midfielder Giovanni Fabbian. It’s the first time ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Micah Parsons set to arrive in Green Bay today after joining Packers with record-setting deal
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Micah Parsons is embracing the expectations that come from joining the Green Bay Packers with a record-setting contract. “I just want to do whatever I can to help the Packers win a championship,” Parsons told The Associated Press on Friday, a day after the edge rusher was traded from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter sentenced to just over a year
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to just over a year in prison Friday. Mathew Bowyer, now 50, had pleaded guilty a year ago to running an illegal gambling business, money laundering and filing a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miami LB Adarius Hayes charged with 3 counts of vehicular homicide following May crash
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
LARGO, Fla. (AP) — Miami linebacker Adarius Hayes has been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and one count of reckless driving with serious bodily injury, all of which followed the investigation into a May crash that killed three people. Hayes surrendered to police Friday morning in his hometown of Largo, Florida, officials said, ... Read More »
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