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The Mid-American Conference heads into the season with experienced quarterback at top teams
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
Quarterback Dequan Finn is returning to a very different Mid-American Conference than the one he left when he transferred to Baylor last year. His biggest challenge now comes from quarterback Parker Navarro, who led Ohio to the 2024 league crown. Finn’s backup at Toledo, Tucker Gleason, is now the incumbent starter for the preseason favorite. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa’s Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Routliffe advance to Cincinnati Open semi
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
CINCINNATI — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand are on to the semifinal of the Cincinnati Open. The duo beat Caty McNally of the United States and Linda Noskova of Czechia 6-2, 7-6 (3) in the quarterfinals of the women’s doubles tournament. Dabrowski and Routliffe will face Australia’s Ellen Perez and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Director of Soccer Corey Wray, CF Montreal part ways as club enters rebuild
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
MONTRÉAL — CF Montreal Director of Soccer Corey Wray has left the franchise, the club announced in a terse statement Thursday. Wray’s departure comes three weeks after CF Montreal pledged a rebuild in an open letter to fans. The club says managing directors Luca Saputo and Simone Saputo, and president and CEO Gabriel Gervais will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SEC tries to regain its championship form following 2 years without a national title
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
Southeastern Conference football is experiencing a championship drought. The powerhouse league hasn’t won or even played for a national title since the 2022 season. It’s a skid that just means more given the SEC’s nearly two decades of gridiron dominance, which included 13 championships over a 17-year span beginning in 2006. But the conference has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saints sign defensive end Jeremiah Martin and waive rookie QB Hunter Dekkers
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Saints signed free agent defensive end Jeremiah Martin and waived rookie quarterback Hunter Dekkers on Thursday, New Orleans general manager Mickey Loomis said. The 6-foot-4, 265-pound Martin is entering his third NFL season since being signed as an undrafted free agent by Cleveland after the 2023 draft. He spent last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From quirks to legends: The evolution of AP All-America college football teams over 100 years
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
A century of Associated Press All-America college football teams features plenty of great teams, great players and a host of of head-scratching quirks, reflecting how the game itself has evolved over 100 years. Let’s start with the most important position: quarterback. In 1925, when the first AP All-America team was named, the quarterback position did ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Caitlinhergrtness looking to become first Plate-E. P. Taylor Stakes champion
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
TORONTO — ​It’s a race Kevin Attard has won twice, but a third victory would be historic. Caitlinhergrtness, last year’s $1-million King’s Plate champion, will be among seven horses competing in Saturday’s $750,000 Grade 1 E.P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. A win would make the heralded filly the first to complete the Plate–E.P. Taylor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Owen Caissie makes big-league debut for Cubs against Blue Jays
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
TORONTO — After a frenzied travel day, Canadian outfielder Owen Caissie was set to make his big-league debut for the Chicago Cubs on Thursday afternoon at Rogers Centre. Caissie caught a morning flight from Des Moines, Iowa, and arrived at the downtown stadium shortly before the start of the mid-afternoon interleague series finale. The 23-year-old ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eagles’ Landon Dickerson serves beers at practice while recovering from knee surgery
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Landon Dickerson played bartender and served cold ones for the Super Bowl champion Eagles with the injured offensive lineman’s career temporarily on ice. The Eagles can’t wait for Dickerson to resume his day job. Dickerson passed around beers Thursday at the end of a joint practice with the Cleveland Browns — with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kaion Julien-Grant, Elks hoping for more consistency against Argonauts
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
EDMONTON — Like many elite athletes, Kaion Julien-Grant’s post-game self assessments begin with the negatives before even considering his positive impacts. The Edmonton Elks receiver rates himself first by missed assignments and what he could have done better to help the team. “The negatives always resonate more, whether you win or not,” he said as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aaron Rodgers, T.J. Watt, and most other Steelers stars will skip preseason meeting with Tampa Bay
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin is in no rush to see Aaron Rodgers in a game situation. The NFL’s oldest player is going to sit out Pittsburgh’s meeting with Tampa Bay, meaning the four-time MVP most likely won’t make his official debut with the Steelers until the season opener against the New York Jets on ... Read More »
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