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Saskatchewan Roughriders hold off Ottawa Redblacks 31-26 to kick off 2025 CFL season
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders won the CFL’s first game of the 2025 season, but it was a costly 31-26 victory over the Ottawa Redblacks. The Roughriders lost four starters to injury, including three in the first 17 minutes of Thursday’s game. Receiver Kian Schaffer-Baker appeared to injure his left ankle, tailback A.J. Ouellette suffered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary’s Wild FC downs Halifax Tides 3-2 in Northern Super League
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
CALGARY — Calgary’s Wild FC held off the Halifax Tides 3-2 on Thursday in the Northern Super League. Wild (3-2-2) scored three first-half goals before the winless Tides (0-5-1) countered with two late in the second. Calgary extended its undefeated run to four straight games with two wins and two draws in that span. Wild ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canady tosses 6-hitter as Texas Tech beats Texas 4-3 to set up decisive Game 3 at WCWS
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — NiJaree Canady scattered six hits and pitched her way out of a seventh-inning jam, and Texas Tech forced a decisive third game in the Women’s College World Series with a 4-3 victory over Texas on Thursday night. The Game 3 showdown on Friday matches two teams looking for their first national ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cardinals’ Matthew Liberatore leaves start against Royals with fatigue issues
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis starter Matthew Liberatore left the Cardinals’ game Thursday night against Kansas City because of fatigue. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said the concern factor was not high. “He said he felt good, just out of sync with his mechanics,” Marmol said. “Wish we had a better answer, but it just ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NBA Finals: Haliburton caps huge rally with winning jumper as Pacers stun Thunder 111-110 in Game 1
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton scored with 0.3 seconds left for Indiana’s first and only lead of the game and the Pacers, the last-minute comeback kings of these playoffs, did it again to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-110 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. The Pacers were down by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suárez’s double completes Arizona’s sweep of Atlanta with a seven-run ninth inning
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Eugenio Suárez hit a go-ahead, two-run double off Raisel Iglesias to cap a seven-run ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks stunned the Atlanta Braves 11-10 on Thursday to sweep a three-game series. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a one-out homer in the ninth and Alek Thomas followed with a two-run shot, both off ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rays score 3 in 9th inning to rally for 4-3 win over Rangers
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Taylor Walls hit a two-run single to second baseman Marcus Semien in the ninth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Thursday night. Junior Caminero, who homered off Jack Leiter in the second inning, had an RBI single against Robert Garcia (1-3) to pull ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Garcia homers as the Royals beat the Cards 7-5 to split doubleheader
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Maikel Garcia homered, doubled and scored three times, and the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 in the second game of a day-night doubleheader on Thursday night. Royals starter Cole Ragans pitched three innings in his return from the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. He ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aaron Rodgers ends months-long dance with Steelers by agreeing to a 1-year deal
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers and Mike Tomlin are taking their long-simmering bromance to the next level. The four-time NFL MVP ended months of “Will he? Or won’t he?” speculation by agreeing to a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers, pending the 41-year-old passing a physical. The Steelers and Rodgers had been circling each other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quarterback Marcus Crandell signs one-day contract to retire as a Calgary Stampeder
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
CALGARY — Marcus Crandell has signed a one-day contract with the Calgary Stampeders so the 51-year-old can officially retire a member of the club. Crandell quarterbacked the Stampeders to a Grey Cup victory in 2001 in the first of his four seasons in Calgary. “To the Calgary Stampeders organization, thank you for taking a young ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazil draws 0-0 with Ecuador in World Cup qualifying in Ancelotti’s debut as coach
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil held Ecuador to a 0-0 draw Thursday in a South American World Cup qualifying game that marked Carlo Ancelotti’s debut as national team coach. The match in Guayaquil offered few scoring opportunities for either team, and featured once again a Brazilian lineup that struggled to be creative. Ecuador edged closer ... Read More »
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