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PWHL expansion signings: Seattle adds Barnes and Serdachny, Vancouver brings in Nurse and Maschmeyer
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
Hilary Knight has company in Seattle, with the new PWHL team adding two 2024 first-round draft picks — Ottawa Charge forward Danielle Serdachny and Montreal Victoire defenseman Cayla Barnes — on Thursday during the league’s expansion signing period. The league announced Serdachny agreed to sign a two-year contract and Barnes reached a three-year deal to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alouettes enter CFL season with unfinished business: ‘Get that revenge’
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
MONTREAL — Tyrice Beverette has some unfinished business after what transpired last year. The Montreal Alouettes star linebacker watched the Toronto Argonauts hoist their 19th Grey Cup to end last season. Beverette knows that could have been his team — if not for a string of mistakes. “We all know in this locker room what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Significant number’ of Vancouver Whitecaps players, staff ill after game in Mexico
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps say “a significant number” of players and staff are dealing with a gastrointestinal illness after visiting Mexico for the CONCACAF Champions Cup final. The Major League Soccer team cancelled a planned training session on Wednesday and held a modified individual session for players who had been cleared by medical staff ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kapanen making most of chance with Oilers in run to Cup final: ‘Best days of my life’
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
EDMONTON — Kasperi Kapanen cut through the neutral zone, knifed past a pair of flat-footed defenders, avoided a desperate poke check — and then chimed the puck off Sergei Bobrovsky’s left post. The Edmonton Oilers winger came within centimetres of penning a dramatic overtime ending to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final. His team ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ukraine soccer team on the road again, looking to bring hope to war-torn home
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
TORONTO — For the 30th-ranked Canadian men, Saturday’s matchup with No. 25 Ukraine at the inaugural Canadian Shield Tournament in Toronto is a chance to test themselves against elite European opposition. But for many in the stands at BMO Field and back home in war-torn Ukraine, the game is much more. More than three years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brewers’ Brandon Woodruff has bruised elbow after getting struck by line drive in rehab appearance
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff has a bruised right elbow after getting struck by a line drive while on a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Nashville. Woodruff left his appearance on Tuesday after getting hit by a 108 mph liner off the bat of Gwinnett’s Cade Bunnell. He had an X-ray and other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLB reinstates 4 players after yearlong bans for betting on baseball
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
Major League Baseball’s one-year suspensions for betting on the sport ended for four players Thursday — San Diego starter Jay Groome, Athletics relief pitcher Michael Kelly, Philadelphia infielder José Rodríguez and Arizona reliever Andrew Saalfrank. The A’s announced they reinstated Kelly along with left-hander T.J. McFarland, who was on the injured list. They optioned right-handers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colts QB Anthony Richardson is sidelined indefinitely with a right shoulder injury
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson has a shoulder injury that will sideline him indefinitely, coach Shane Steichen said Thursday. Richardson aggravated a joint in his throwing shoulder, which he had season-ending surgery on in October 2023, his rookie season. The third-year quarterback reported soreness in his right shoulder during last week’s organized ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russell Wilson focused on being a leader for the Giants even with all eyes on rookie Jaxson Dart
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Russell Wilson knows he’s not the future. Not at this point in his career. The New York Giants hope that’ll be Jaxson Dart. For now, though, Wilson is the No. 1 quarterback on the depth chart — and he fully expects to remain there when the season starts. Still, all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aaron Rodgers ends months-long dance with Steelers, informs team he plans to sign, AP source says
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers and Mike Tomlin are taking their bromance to the next level. The four-time NFL MVP ended months of “will he or won’t he” speculation by informing Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers he plans to join the team for the 2025 season, a person with knowledge of the decision told The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eugenio Suárez’s 2-run double caps Diamondbacks’ seven-run ninth in 11-10 win over Braves
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Eugenio Suárez hit a go-ahead, two-run double off Raisel Iglesias to cap a seven-run ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks stunned the Atlanta Braves 11-10 on Thursday to sweep a three-game series. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a one-out homer in the ninth and Alek Thomas followed with a two-run shot, both off ... Read More »
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