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Slide continues for Guardiola and Man City in Champions League exit
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2025
MADRID (AP) — The search for answers will continue for Pep Guardiola and Manchester City. Guardiola couldn’t find a way to keep City alive in the Champions League on Wednesday, when another poor performance led to a 3-1 loss to Real Madrid and a 6-3 aggregate defeat to the Spanish powerhouse in the playoffs. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eagles promote Kevin Patullo to offensive coordinator following Kellen Moore’s departure for Saints
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles have promoted Kevin Patullo to offensive coordinator following the departure of Kellen Moore, the team announced Wednesday. Patullo joined the Eagles’ staff as passing game coordinator in 2021 when coach Nick Sirianni was hired, and he became associate head coach in 2023. Patullo takes over an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mbappé hat trick for Real Madrid dumps Man City out of Champions League. PSG, Dortmund advance
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2025
DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Kylian Mbappé scored a hat trick, Erling Haaland stayed on the bench injured and Real Madrid dumped Manchester City out of the Champions League on Wednesday. Mbappé’s stellar trio of goals in the fourth, 33rd and 61st minutes in a 3-1 win padded Madrid’s lead to 6-3 on aggregate score over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SEC and Big 10 are prepared to push for changes to CFP seeding in 2025
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference will push for changes in the way College Football Playoff teams are seeded next season to coincide more with how teams are ranked by the CFP selection committee, commissioners for both leagues said on Wednesday. “I’m prepared to vote for seeding change,” SEC Commissioner Greg ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Salah scores, sets up equalizer as Liverpool draws 2-2 at Villa to lead Premier League by 8 points
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2025
Mohamed Salah scored one goal and set up the equalizer by Trent Alexander-Arnold in Liverpool’s 2-2 draw at Aston Villa that stretched its lead in the Premier League to eight points on Wednesday. Salah tucked away with his league-leading 24th goal of the campaign to put Liverpool ahead at Villa Park in the 29th minute, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yankees pitching prospect Chase Hampton has flexor strain and goes to New York for exam
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees pitching prospect Chase Hampton has a flexor injury in his right elbow for the second straight year, raising the possibility he may need Tommy John surgery. Manager Aaron Boone said the problem arose Friday, when the 23-year-old right-hander threw a bullpen session. Hampton was in New York on Wednesday to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With the Dodgers’ organization watching, Roki Sasaki has some success throwing live batting practice
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2025
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Even in practice, Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki draws a crowd. The 23-year-old threw 27 pitches over two innings of live batting practice on Wednesday in front of hundreds of fans and several teammates. It also seemed like the entire Los Angeles Dodgers organization was watching behind home plate at Camelback Ranch. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Springer likely to share leadoff spot for Blue Jays, will see some time in left field this season
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2025
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — His spot at the top of the batting order no longer secure and his statistics trending downward, George Springer has plenty to prove as he enters the penultimate season of his six-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays. Manager John Schneider plans to give the veteran right fielder some reps in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seven Chilean men are charged with burglarizing the homes of Mahomes, Burrow and other star athletes
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2025
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Seven men from Chile have been charged in Florida federal court with orchestrating burglaries at the homes of prominent professional athletes around the country, according to a criminal complaint. The FBI complaint doesn’t name the athletes, but lists burglaries already made public involving the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City defender John Stones leaves Champions League game because of injury
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2025
MADRID (AP) — It was a tough start for Manchester City in the Champions League playoffs against Real Madrid on Wednesday. Shortly after Kylian Mbappé gave the hosts a 1-0 lead in the fourth minute, City central defender John Stones had to be substituted because of an apparent knee injury. Stones went down to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!USA Swimming turns to Delaware AD Chrissi Rawak as new CEO
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2025
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — USA Swimming named University of Delaware athletic director Chrissi Rawak as its new CEO and president on Wednesday. Rawak fills a role previously held by Tim Hinchey, who left the governing body of one of the biggest Olympic sports shortly after last year’s Paris Games. Rawak was named Athletic Director ... Read More »
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