National Sports
Illinois State defeats Charlotte 79-69 in ESPN Events Invitational
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Boden Skunberg’s 22 points helped Illinois State defeat Charlotte 79-69 on Thursday. Skunberg also had 10 rebounds for the Redbirds (5-2). Chase Walker scored 18 points while shooting 4 of 8 from the field and 10 for 12 from the line and added five rebounds. Ty’Reek Coleman shot 4 of 7 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Isaiah Johnson scores 17 and Colorado beats San Francisco 79-69 in the Acrisure Holiday Classic
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Isaiah Johnson scored 17 points, Barrington Hargress added 15 points and Colorado beat San Francisco 79-69 on Thursday in the Acrisure Holiday Classic. Johnson completed a three-point play with 11:47 remaining to give Colorado the lead for good at 54-51. Sebastian Rancik added a 3-pointer at 5:24 for the first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newcastle says fans ‘indiscriminately assaulted’ by Marseille police
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Fans of Newcastle were “indiscriminately assaulted” by French police following the Champions League game against Marseille, the Premier League club said Thursday. Newcastle has formally raised concerns with UEFA, French police and Marseille for what it described as “unacceptable treatment.” Marseille won the game 2-1 at the Velodrome on Tuesday. Newcastle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harper scores 18 and Creighton tops Oregon 76-66 to get a win in the Players Era tournament
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Blake Harper scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Creighton outscored Oregon 16-7 in the last 5 1/2 minutes for a 76-66 win in a wrap-up game of the Players Era tournament on Thursday. Both teams lost their first two games of the event. The Ducks, down 15 at halftime, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jones’s jacket hangs in suite as family members watch Canadian Curling Trials
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
HALIFAX — Members of Colleen Jones’s family displayed one of her curling jackets in a suite at Scotiabank Centre during the women’s semifinal at the Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials on Thursday. Jones, a six-time national women’s champion, died Tuesday at age 65. She wore the blue and white Nova Scotia jacket at the 2011 Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Odermatt wins season-opening super-G at Copper Mountain as Kilde’s return reduces Shiffrin to tears
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt started the World Cup super-G season with a Thanksgiving win at Copper Mountain on Thursday, while Aleksander Aamodt Kilde reduced fiancée Mikaela Shiffrin to tears by making his comeback after nearly two years out. Odermatt has already won the opening giant slalom — at Sölden ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Malen scores twice and hit by object as Aston Villa beats Young Boys in Europa League
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
Donyell Malen scored twice for Aston Villa in a 2-1 win over Young Boys on Thursday in a Europa League game that was temporarily halted because of crowd trouble that included the forward being hit by an object thrown from the stands. Malen appeared to be struck by a plastic cup after his 27th-minute goal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saint Bonaventure defeats East Carolina 67-58 in Fort Myers Tip-off
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Frank Mitchell and Daniel Egbuniwe had 17 points in Saint Bonaventure’s 67-58 win against East Carolina in the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Thursday. Mitchell added 12 rebounds for the Bonnies (6-1). Egbuniwe went 6 of 8 from the field (5 for 6 from 3-point range). Dasonte Bowen shot 2 of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown leaves game against Packers with ankle injury
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown limped off the field and toward the locker room with an ankle injury in the first quarter against the Green Bay Packers on Thursday. Amon-Ra St. Brown was injured after two Detroit lineman rolled into the receiver’s legs while he was blocking. He was ruled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart clears concussion protocol
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Jaxson Dart has cleared concussion protocol, paving the way for the rookie quarterback to start for the New York Giants at New England on Monday night after missing the past two games. Dart was concussed Nov. 9 at Chicago and did not finish that loss to the Bears. He was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Expansion FC Supra set to kick off CPL U Sports draft, adding first players to roster
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
Expansion FC Supra du Quebec officially starts stocking its roster Friday with the first two picks of the Canadian Premier League’s U Sports draft. Given the franchise leadership’s past ties to Ligue1 Quebec’s CS Saint-Laurent, Supra no doubt already has other yet-to-be-announced talent ready to roll. And Rocco Placentino, Supra’s president and co-founder, already has ... Read More »
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