National Sports
Myles Creighton has a 59 for another sub-60 around at the Wichita Open
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Myles Creighton of Canada birdied the 18th hole Saturday to become the 15th player with a 59 or lower on the Korn Ferry Tour, the second score of 59 in three days at the Wichita Open. Adrien Dumont de Chassart had a 59 in the opening round at Crestview Country Club. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rafael Devers hits first home run for Giants against former team Red Sox
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rafael Devers hit his first home run for the Giants, connecting against his former Boston Red Sox team just six days after being traded to San Francisco. Devers began his first series against the Red Sox by going 0 for 5 on Friday night and grounding out in his first at-bat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thunder’s Chet Holmgren has struggled in the NBA Finals. Can he bounce back in Game 7?
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Chet Holmgren hasn’t quite been himself on offense during the NBA Finals. The Oklahoma City Thunder’s versatile 7-foot-1 forward averaged 18 points per game on 57% shooting from the field in the Western Conference finals against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Those totals have dropped to 11.3 points on 35.3% shooting against the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jose Quintana pitches 6 crisp innings as the Brewers beat the struggling Twins 9-0
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jose Quintana pitched six innings of three-hit ball, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Minnesota Twins 9-0 on Saturday. Isaac Collins had two hits and three RBIs for Milwaukee in its third consecutive win. Brice Turang had two hits and scored two runs. The Brewers improved to 6-2 in their last eight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haji Wright injures Achilles and will miss rest of CONCACAF Gold Cup
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — U.S. forward Haji Wright will miss the rest of the CONCACAF Gold Cup because of an injured left Achilles. A 27-year-old from Los Angeles, Wright scored in the 84th minute of last weekend’s opening 5-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago, 11 minutes after entering. He did not play in Thursday’s 1-0 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NSL: Pridham scores ninth goal in nine games as Rapid defeat Wild 3-1
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Delaney Baie Pridham scored her league-leading ninth goal of the season as the Ottawa Rapid defeated the Calgary Wild 3-1 in Northern Super League action Saturday. Pridham has nine goals in nine games for the Rapid (4-3-2), who are third in the six-team league with 14 points. Melanie Forbes and Nicola Golen also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal’s Canada Day parade cancelled for a second year in a row, organizer says
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal has cancelled its once-annual Canada Day parade for the second time in as many years, event organizers announced this week. Chief organizer Nicolas Cowen announced the decision in a news release, citing a number of reasons for the cancellation including potential municipal worker job action, difficult relations with city departments and planning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!For back-to-back champ Panthers, the celebrations will continue before an important offseason begins
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup championship festivities have included an all-night celebration at a popular beach bar; crowd surfing, pole climbing and impromptu karaoke at a Miami nightclub; a Brad Marchand appearance at Dairy Queen; a few team dinners and a boat ride. That’s just so far. They insist they’ve got ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Thunder play hard and play with physicality. But they won’t lose by technical knockout
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The worst display of bad behavior, at least in the NBA’s eyes, exhibited by Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander this season happened on Jan. 12. Thunder teammate Alex Ducas made a 3-pointer with 2:55 left in a blowout win over Washington — the first points of his NBA career, a shot that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clarke Schmidt pitches 7 hitless innings in Yankees 1-hitter, 9-0 rout of Orioles
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Clarke Schmidt pitched seven hitless innings and the New York Yankees held the Baltimore Orioles to one hit in a 9-0 rout on Saturday. JT Brubaker gave up a single to Gary Sánchez to open the eighth for the Orioles’ only hit. Schmidt (4-3) was bidding to throw New York’s first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The final act of the NBA Finals: 2 teams, 1 game, 1 trophy. Pacers at Thunder will decide a champion
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — It started with 30 teams, most of them fairly optimistic about their chances when the season began eight months and 1,320 games and 35,543 3-pointers and 299,608 points ago. Only two teams remain. For one game. Game 7. The NBA season ends Sunday night when the Indiana Pacers visit the Oklahoma ... Read More »
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