National Sports
Mariners designate Rowdy Tellez and reinstate Luke Raley
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — The Seattle Mariners designated veteran first baseman Rowdy Tellez for assignment before Friday’s game against the Cubs in Chicago and reinstated infielder/outfielder Luke Raley from the injured list. The 30-year-old Tellez hit .208 with 11 homers and 27 RBIs, playing in 62 of Seattle’s 73 games so far this season. Over eight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liverpool signs Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
Liverpool delivered a huge statement of intent after winning the Premier League title by signing Germany star Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen on Friday. The transfer fee could climb to 116 million pounds ($156 million), which would make the 22-year-old Wirtz the most expensive player in the history of British soccer. Liverpool, determined to not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier lead early fan-voting for WNBA All-Star Game
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
Indiana star Caitlin Clark has an early lead in the fan voting for next month’s WNBA All-Star Game, the league announced Friday. The guard received 515,993 votes and was followed by Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, who garnered 484,758 votes. There were three other Indiana players in the top 10 with Aliyah Boston third, Kelsey ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Duke walk-on Stanley Borden, last player in college to have played for Coach K, transfers to UTSA
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
Stanley Borden, the final basketball player still in college to have played for Mike Krzyzewski, has announced he is transferring to UTSA from Duke. The 7-foot Borden was a walk-on for the Blue Devils, joining the team in 2021 — the last of the Hall of Fame coach’s career. He stayed for four years and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs legend Sammy Sosa returns to Wrigley Field after 20-plus year hiatus
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Legendary Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa returned to Wrigley Field for the first time in more than 20 years on Friday before Chicago’s afternoon game with the Seattle Mariners. Sosa, who is set to be inducted into the Cubs’ team Hall of Fame this year, arrived at the iconic North Side ballpark in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LeSage, Rumball part of a sizable Canadian contingent in Major League Rugby playoffs
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
Ben LeSage normally looks forward to running into fellow Canadian Lucas Rumball. But not Saturday when LeSage’s New England Free Jacks host Rumball’s Chicago Hounds in Major League Rugby’s Eastern Conference final. Both teams finished the regular season with an 11-5-0 record, with New England topping the conference thanks to two more bonus points. Rumball, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the numbers: Pacers, Thunder set to play Game 7 for NBA title on Sunday night
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — For the 20th time, there will be a Game 7 in the NBA Finals. Indiana will play at Oklahoma City on Sunday night in the final game of the season, with the winner getting the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Home teams are 15-4 in Game 7 of the finals, but a road ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stanley Cup Final averaged 2.5M US viewers, a drop from last year’s Cup and the 4 Nations final
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
U.S. television ratings for the Stanley Cup Final rematch between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers declined from their first matchup a year ago. An average of 2.5 million viewers watched on TNT, with 2.8 million tuning in for the Panthers’ series-clinching Game 6 victory. The overall number on cable is down from 4.17 million ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PWHL Seattle taps Steve O’Rourke as the expansion team’s first coach
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
Steve O’Rourke was named coach of the PWHL Seattle expansion team on Friday. The move brings in a newcomer to women’s hockey, but someone who is very familiar to the Pacific Northwest having played at Washington State. “This is something I’ve thought about since the league was first announced,” O’Rourke said in a statement. “To ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An ex-college basketball player testifies that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs got ‘extremely creative’ on drugs
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Syracuse University basketball player who worked recently for Sean “Diddy” Combs as a personal assistant testified at the music mogul’s sex trafficking trial on Friday that Combs got “extremely creative” when he was on drugs. Brendan Paul, 26, was arrested last year at a Miami airport with cocaine he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three-time Cup champion Jonathan Toews returning to NHL with hometown Winnipeg Jets
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
WINNIPEG — Three-time Stanley Cup champion Jonathan Toews is returning to the NHL and signing with his hometown Winnipeg Jets. The Jets announced on Friday that they’ve agreed to a one-year contract with Toews. The value of his deal, which can officially be signed when NHL free agency opens July 1, was not revealed. “I’m ... Read More »
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