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Atletico Ottawa coach Diego Mejia to stay on with CPL champion next season
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
OTTAWA — Not surprisingly, Atletico Ottawa has confirmed head coach Diego Mejia will be back next season. Mejia, 42, led Ottawa to the North Star Cup for the first time in club history with a 2-1 win over Cavalry FC in the Nov. 9 Canadian Premier League championship game played in a blizzard at TD ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian junior team adds Vanacker to camp, Misa expected to join later
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
CALGARY — Forward Marek Vanacker has been added to Team Canada’s camp ahead of the world junior hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Friday. The 19-year-old from Delhi, Ont., has 26 goals and 15 assists in 26 games with the Ontario Hockey League’s Brantford Bulldogs this season. Vanacker was selected by Chicago in the first round, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Royals and All-Star 3B Maikel Garcia agree to 5-year contract, AP source says
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All-Star third baseman Maikel Garcia and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to a five-year contract that includes a club option for a sixth season, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract is pending a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Buccaneers’ terrible loss to the Falcons makes Todd Bowles’ seat even hotter
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going through the type of freefall that ends up costing coaches and players their jobs. Turning a 28-14 fourth-quarter lead into a 29-28 loss to Atlanta on Thursday night was the latest debacle during a stretch where the team has dropped five of the last six ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian lightweight Lance Gibson Jr. follows his father’s footsteps to the UFC
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
Lance Gibson Jr. was eating a late dinner Monday when the call came, telling him to pack his bags and be ready to jump on a plane because the UFC might need him on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas. “I was running around, grabbing all my gear … the main stuff I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inspired by Philip Rivers, Jets coach Aaron Glenn jokes about making a comeback at 53
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Glenn is ready to call it a comeback, too. OK, not really. But the New York Jets coach, who last played in the NFL in 2008, was inspired by quarterback Philip Rivers coming out of retirement to sign this week and possibly start Sunday for Indianapolis at Seattle. Glenn ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Threat of equine virus looms over major rodeo event in Las Vegas
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Declaring Las Vegas a “cowboy town,” dozens of riders on horseback have traditionally kicked off the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo by galloping into the arena and then lining up their horses side by side as the riders tip their hats to cheers. But an equine virus outbreak this year has loomed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sherrone Moore charged with stalking, home invasion after being fired as Michigan football coach
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Sherrone Moore, who was abruptly fired this week as the University of Michigan football coach, was charged Friday with three crimes including home invasion and stalking a person he had dated, prosecutors said. Moore has spent two nights in jail following his firing and subsequent arrest Wednesday. The 39-year-old coach ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Michigan State’s Tom Izzo gets $1 million raise and is the highest-paid coach in Big Ten
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State’s Tom Izzo is getting a $1 million raise in his 5-year contract that automatically renews annually, a boost that makes him the highest-paid coach in the Big Ten with a salary of about $7.2 million. The school said Friday that its Board of Trustees had approved the raise ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heavily favored Jaguars looking for win No. 10 against the Jets, who will start a rookie QB
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars are in unfamiliar territory: playing as heavy favorites. The Jaguars (9-4) are favored by 13 1/2 points against the New York Jets (3-10) on Sunday, according to BetMGM. It’s the first time since 2007 that Jacksonville has been a two-touchdown-or-more pick by oddsmakers. Having won four in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After Toronto Blue Jays reach World Series, team president Mark Shapiro give new 5-year contract
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro and Toronto agreed to a new five-year contract following the team’s first American League pennant since 1993. Toronto announced the agreement Friday, six weeks after the Blue Jays came within two outs of the title before losing Game 7 of the World Series to the ... Read More »
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