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LAFC coach Steve Cherundolo announces he will leave club, return to Germany after 2025 season
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles FC coach Steve Cherundolo is leaving the club after the 2025 season, he announced Friday. Cherundolo will stay with LAFC through the conclusion of his fourth season in charge. He intends to move back to Germany, where the San Diego native spent his entire professional playing career. Cherundolo has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Sharks look to a brighter future after 2nd straight season with the NHL’s worst record
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The end result wasn’t much different for the San Jose Sharks with a second straight season finishing at the bottom of the NHL standings. The way they got there with promising play from a young core led by talented rookies Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith and far more competitive play ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Embracing the pressure’: Jets look to make good on playoff expectations versus Blues
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
WINNIPEG — Judgement Day has arrived for the Winnipeg Jets. Despite the NHL team’s long list of regular-season accomplishments, many hockey fans will only view this campaign as a success if the Jets go deep in the playoffs. The quest begins Saturday when Winnipeg takes on the St. Louis Blues in Game 1 of its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Star sprinter Andre De Grasse looking forward to seeing AFC Toronto opener
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
TORONTO — Andre De Grasse will be watching with pride when AFC Toronto takes the field for the first time Saturday at BMO Field. The star sprinter, part of the Northern Super League team’s ownership group, is flying in from Florida where he has been training to take in the match against Montreal Roses FC ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alcaraz rolls into Barcelona semifinals but titleholder Ruud knocked out by Rune
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz earned his season-best eighth straight win after beating Alex de Minaur 7-5, 6-3 in the Barcelona Open quarterfinals on Friday. Coming off his first Monte Carlo Masters title, Alcaraz’s next obstacle to a third Barcelona title was Arthur Fils. Fils reached his first semifinal of the year when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hawkeyes hire LaSondra Barrett away from Georgia Tech to be a women’s basketball assistant
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — LaSondra Barrett has been hired as a women’s basketball assistant at Iowa, taking the position vacated when Raina Harmon left two weeks ago to become head coach at Florida Gulf Coast, Hawkeyes coach Jan Jensen announced Friday. The 35-year-old Barrett has been an assistant at Georgia Tech the past three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Proud cities, proud franchises’: Leafs, Sens ready to reignite Battle of Ontario
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
John Tavares remembers watching the knife-edged action as a young hockey player dreaming of the big stage. Auston Matthews has seen the highlights and heard the stories. The run-through-a-wall passion. The crackling atmosphere. The tension. The drama. The Battle of Ontario was among hockey’s biggest rivalries for a time. The dormant dogfight is set to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the numbers: Led by Cleveland and Oklahoma City, it was the season of the streak in the NBA
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
It was the year of the long winning streak in the NBA. There were five instances of teams winning 11 or more games in a row — three by Cleveland, two by Oklahoma City, and it’s probably no coincidence that those two teams are the ones that earned No. 1 seeds in the Eastern and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Punjab hands Bengaluru another home defeat in Indian Premier League
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Punjab Kings kept Royal Challengers Bengaluru winless at home in a rain-shortened Indian Premier League game on Friday. Light drizzle reduced the Twenty20 game to 14 overs a side and Bengaluru was in danger of being bowled out for its lowest IPL total of 49 before Tim David’s 26-ball 50 lifted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aberdeen and Alexis planning to leave Florida, Michigan State adds Fort from the transfer portal
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
Denzel Aberdeen and Sam Alexis have entered the transfer portal, planning to leave Florida after helping the school win the men’s basketball national championship. Aberdeen and Alexis announced their moves on Friday, joining Gators guard Kajus Kublickas in the portal. The 6-foot-5 Aberdeen appeared to be in line to start in the backcourt next season, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pacers take on new mission in NBA playoffs, aim to prove last season’s deep run was no fluke
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-time All-Star Tyrese Haliburton senses this year’s NBA playoffs will be different. It’s not because the Indiana Pacers won 50 games for the first time since 2013-14 or will host Game 1 of a playoff series for the first time since that season, or even that he’s making consecutive postseason appearances for ... Read More »
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