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Panthers return from bye week rested, motivated after moving into first place tie with Tampa Bay
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers returned to practice at Bank of America Stadium on Monday rested and plenty motivated following the bye week. A few days off and suddenly being in a first-place tie in the NFC South will do that for a team. The Panthers were beneficiaries of the New Orleans Saints’ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Neal Brown hopes to retain players after No. 23 North Texas made CFP push
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
DENTON, Texas (AP) — The most important recruiting for new North Texas coach Neal Brown is trying to retain the players that have been part of the school’s first 11-win season, and still have a bowl game to play after just missing out on the College Football Playoff. Brown met with the team before being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another lopsided loss to an NFC West foe shows just how far the Arizona Cardinals have fallen
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The NFC West has turned into a three-headed monster this season with the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers winning boatloads of games and fighting for first place. Then there’s the sorry state of the Arizona Cardinals. In another sign that the Cardinals are nowhere near a good ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jets find familiar themes as their playoff drought hits 15 seasons and QB uncertainty continues
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
The New York Jets will be sitting home for the playoffs — again — and trying to figure out their future at quarterback — again. They’re both recurring, frustrating themes for the struggling franchise, which extended the NFL’s longest active postseason drought to 15 seasons with a 34-10 loss to Miami on Sunday. “It’s a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liverpool coach Arne Slot’s only response to Mohamed Salah was to say, ‘You’re not traveling’
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
MILAN (AP) — Arne Slot has not spoken to Mohamed Salah since the Liverpool star’s stinging public criticism of the club, apart from telling him he was out of the squad for the Champions League game against Inter Milan Salah was omitted from the 19-player squad that traveled to Italy for Tuesday’s match, despite seeming ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Broncos facing brutal stretch run as they seek first AFC West title and top playoff seed in a decade
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos have finally knocked the Kansas City Chiefs from their throne in the AFC West. Now comes the hard part. After falling behind in every game this season, the Broncos (11-2) never trailed in cruising past the Las Vegas Raiders 24-17 on Sunday for their 10th consecutive victory. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Matt Campbell introduced as Penn State’s 17th football coach
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — As he steadily built up Iowa State’s football program, Matt Campbell regularly turned down other head coaching gigs until his dream job came open. After a decade in Ames, the 46-year-old from Massillon, Ohio, couldn’t say no to the chance to take over one of college football’s storied programs in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Josh Allen reminds NFL why he’s among elite in rallying the Bills to beat the Bengals
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills are a flawed team with an elite quarterback. And that should be enough to include them in the late-season Super Bowl-contending conversation. For all their injuries on defense, middling group of receivers, and draft picks who have yet to pan out, the Bills are a greater sum ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bengals’ playoff hopes need a miracle after uncharacteristic error by Burrow and porous defense
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
Expecting Joe Burrow to play perfect football for six weeks after returning from a turf toe injury and lead the Bengals to the playoffs was always a tall order, even though they nearly managed it last year by winning their last five games. The harsh reality is that unless Burrow plays error-free football, Cincinnati’s chances ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trey Simpson, Simeon Cottle help Kennesaw State roll past D-II’s Southern Wesleyan 121-66
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Freshman reserve Trey Simpson had 26 points, Simeon Cottle scored 22 and Kennesaw State rolled to a 121-66 victory over Division II’s Southern Wesleyan on Monday. Simpson made 10 of 16 shots with four 3-pointers, adding a team-high eight rebounds and four steals for the Owls (8-2), who improve to 5-1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McKenna headlines Canada’s team-first roster for world junior hockey championship
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
TORONTO — Hockey Canada is building a world junior team designed to win, not necessarily dazzle. Gavin McKenna headlined the 27 players Hockey Canada invited to its world junior training camp on Monday ahead of the 2026 international tournament in Minnesota. The Penn State freshman is one of six returnees from last year’s fifth-place roster, ... Read More »
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