National Sports
João Pedro doesn’t celebrate goals for Chelsea, saying former team `gave everything to me’
By Canadian Press on July 8th, 2025
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — João Pedro had just scored on a 20-yard curling shot in his first start for Chelsea, putting his team ahead in a Club World Cup semifinal less than a week after signing with the London power. He took two steps to start to celebrate and then he stopped. He clasped ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Keith homers, drives in 3 runs as Tigers win fifth straight, 4-2 over Rays
By Canadian Press on July 8th, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Colt Keith homered and drove in three runs as the Detroit Tigers won their fifth straight game, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Tuesday night. Detroit has outscored its opponents 19-6 in the winning streak, which started with a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Guardians over the weekend. Tigers starter Jack ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Atletico beats York United 4-3 to advance to Canadian Championship semifinals
By Canadian Press on July 8th, 2025
TORONTO — Samuel Salter and Aboubacar Sissoko scored late in the second half to give the visiting Atletico side a 4-3 victory over York United on Tuesday, winning the two-game aggregate score 6-4 in Canadian Championship quarterfinal action at York Lions Stadium. With the victory, the Ottawa-based squad advances to the semifinals, where they’ll face ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aces star A’ja Wilson injures her right wrist on a drive to the basket vs. the Liberty
By Canadian Press on July 8th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Las Vegas star A’ja Wilson injured her right wrist on a drive to the basket Tuesday night against the New York Liberty and left the game midway through the second quarter. The three-time MVP had a quiet first half before getting hurt with 4:13 left in the period. Wilson drove down ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kelly Olynyk on the move again, this time traded to San Antonio, AP source says
By Canadian Press on July 8th, 2025
Kelly Olynyk is getting traded for the third time in five months, this time going from Washington to San Antonio for two players and a second-round pick, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Tuesday night. The Wizards will receive Malaki Branham and Blake Wesley, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reds lefty Andrew Abbott named NL All-Star, replacing Dodgers’ Yamamoto
By Canadian Press on July 8th, 2025
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Reds left-hander Andrew Abbott is an All-Star after all. Abbott, who’s 7-1 with a 2.15 ERA in 15 starts, was named as a replacement Tuesday for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who’s ineligible to pitch since he’s scheduled to start Sunday. It’s the first All-Star nod for the 26-year-old Abbott, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCF’s Scott Frost tries to skip talk of failed Nebraska tenure, but falls a bit short
By Canadian Press on July 8th, 2025
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Scott Frost’s celebrated return as coach at UCF comes with the backdrop of a failed tenure at Nebraska, the alma mater he said he didn’t want to talk about at Big 12 football media days Tuesday. Even though he did. Frost said, “I really want to keep it about UCF,” just ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Big 12 making no official predictions, so no last-to-first narrative this year like Arizona State
By Canadian Press on July 8th, 2025
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — There are no official Big 12 predictions going into this season, so there will be no last-to-first narrative like what Arizona State had in its league debut. Going into its 30th football season, the Big 12 didn’t conduct a preseason media poll predicting the order of finish for the 16-team conference. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shohei Ohtani greets Brewers phenom Jacob Misiorowski with a 431-foot leadoff homer
By Canadian Press on July 8th, 2025
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Shohei Ohtani greeted Milwaukee Brewers rookie phenom Jacob Misiorowski with a 431-foot leadoff homer on Tuesday night. Misiorowski, whose fastball routinely tops 100 mph, threw an 88 mph curveball on an 0-2 count to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-way superstar, who crushed it for his 31st homer of the season. That’s the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Interim Nationals GM pledges a ‘fresh voice’ and manager Cairo says ‘it’s hard’ to replace Martinez
By Canadian Press on July 8th, 2025
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Washington Nationals interim general manager Mike DeBartolo and interim manager Miguel Cairo are ready to try to turn around an organization that’s had the second-worst record in the majors since 2020. The Nationals fired manager Dave Martinez and longtime president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo after Sunday’s 6-4 loss to Boston, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blue Jays’ Nick Sandlin sidelined again with elbow inflammation
By Canadian Press on July 8th, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Nick Sandlin was placed on the 15-day injured list Tuesday because of right elbow inflammation. The Blue Jays promoted left-hander Justin Bruihl from Triple-A Buffalo and activated him in time for the game against the Chicago White Sox. This is the second time this season Sandlin has dealt ... Read More »
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