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Bears agree to a $40 million, 3-year extension with DB Kyler Gordon, AP source says
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears have agreed to a $40 million, three-year contract extension with cornerback Kyler Gordon, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The person spoke to the AP on Sunday night on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced. ESPN was the first to report on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mixed weekend for Brady as third-tier champion Birmingham loses Football League Trophy final
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — NFL great Tom Brady was at Wembley Stadium on Sunday to watch Birmingham, the English soccer club where he’s a minority shareholder, lose the final of the Football League Trophy in a 2-0 upset to Peterborough. Teenager Harley Mills and Hector Kyprianou scored for Peterborough to win a competition for teams outside ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Justin Rose played a memorable round at the Masters. It wasn’t enough to deny Rory McIlroy the title
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Justin Rose kept hitting balls to stay loose at the tournament practice facility, all alone save for longtime caddie Mark Fulcher, everything eerily quiet around him while drama was unfolding elsewhere on Sunday at the Masters. Rose had generated roars of his own down the stretch at Augusta National, the biggest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rory McIlroy completes career Grand Slam with Masters playoff victory
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy turned another major collapse into his grandest moment of all, hitting a wedge into 3 feet for birdie in a sudden-death playoff Sunday to finally win the Masters and take his place in golf history as the sixth player to claim the career Grand Slam. What should have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woll makes 25 saves to help the Maple Leafs top the slumping Hurricanes 4-1
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Joseph Woll made 25 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs moved closer to clinching the Atlantic Division title by defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Sunday, reaching the 50-win mark. Pontus Holmberg, Auston Matthews, William Nylander and John Tavares scored for Toronto, which has won three straight and seven of its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former NASCAR star Tony Stewart wins the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals for his 1st career Top Fuel victory
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former NASCAR star Tony Stewart won the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals on Sunday for his first career Top Fuel victory. The 53-year-old Stewart had a winning run of 3.870 seconds at 317.42 mph at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He held off Antron Brown at the finish, and also beat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No repeat: Scheffler settles for 4th at Masters, but gains ‘something to build off of’
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler came to Augusta National this week looking to join Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win three Masters in a four-year span. He had to settle for a fourth-place finish. Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world and the pre-tournament favorite, shot a 3-under 69 on Sunday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Corey Conners ties for eighth at Masters, first major of men’s golf season
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
LISTOWEL — Even casual golf fans in Listowel, Ont., were invested in Corey Conners’s run at the Masters. Brian Hare and Brian Paulmert were sharing a beer at Crabby Joe’s on Main Street in Listowel as Conners teed off in the final round of the Masters on Sunday, four shots back of Northern Ireland’s Rory ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man United loses to Newcastle and can’t avoid a club low points tally in the Premier League
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
Andre Onana was left out of Sunday’s Premier League game against Newcastle following the goalkeeper’s latest high-profile errors for the club, but Manchester United still fell to a heavy loss. With back-up keeper Altay Bayindir in the starting lineup at St. James’ Park, United went on to lose 4-1 — ensuring it will set the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Palou finally loses as IndyCar champ’s 2-race winning streak snapped by Kirkwood in Long Beach
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Kirkwood showed that Alex Palou can be beat this IndyCar season and returned Andretti Global to the top of the podium with his second career victory at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Kirkwood has won the most prestigious street course race in the United States twice in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Key hole at the Masters: Rory McIlroy wins on his second try at the par-4 18th
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A look at the key hole Sunday in the final round of the Masters: HOLE: 18 YARDAGE: 465 PAR: 4 STROKE AVERAGE: 4.24 RANK: 3 NICKNAME: Holly KEY FACT: Rory McIlroy holed a 4-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Justin Rose to win the Masters ... Read More »
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