National Sports
Former world champ sprinter Fred Kerley set to join no-testing Enhanced Games
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — Former world sprint champion Fred Kerley has become the first track athlete and first American to join the no-drug-testing Enhanced Games. Kerley is currently serving a ban for missed doping tests and is not at the world championships in Tokyo this week. His lawyers have said he is looking to contest the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Björn Borg tells the AP about drug overdoses and quitting tennis in his 20s
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
Björn Borg starts his new memoir, “Heartbeats,” with a story about being rushed to a Dutch hospital in the 1990s after overdosing on “alcohol, drugs, pills — my preferred ways of self-medication,” and the Swedish tennis great closes it by revealing that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. “It’s good,” Borg, 69, said in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Breanna Stewart starts for Liberty in Game 2 against Mercury after knee injury
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart started for the New York Liberty in Game 2 of the WNBA playoffs against the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday night, after spraining the MCL in her left knee in the opener of the first-round series Sunday. Liberty coach Sandy Brondello had said earlier Wednesday that Stewart’s availability was a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bears coach Ben Johnson says his team’s practice habits aren’t ‘championship-caliber’
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson called out his team on Wednesday, saying his players aren’t practicing hard enough. “I think our practice habits are yet to reflect a championship-caliber team,” he said. Asked specifically which practice habits aren’t “championship-caliber,” Johnson gave a lengthy list. “We should be going to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Braves sweep Nationals with 9-4 win, Ozuna drives in 3 runs
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marcell Ozuna drove in three runs, Matt Olson hit a solo homer, and the Atlanta Braves completed a four-game sweep with a 9-4 win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday. Ozuna hit a single to right field in the sixth inning to drive in Ozzie Albies and Drake Baldwin to tie the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joe Flacco faces relentless Packers defense as Browns offense struggles
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Joe Flacco can’t escape from pressure, whether it is speculation about how much longer he will remain as the Cleveland Browns starting quarterback or facing another difficult defense. After struggling in his return to Baltimore last week, things don’t get any easier for Flacco or the sputtering Browns offense this week. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kyle Tucker getting outside treatment on strained calf with Cubs looking ahead to playoffs
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cubs right fielder Kyle Tucker traveled Wednesday to Florida for additional treatment on his injured left calf on the same day Chicago clinched its first playoff berth since 2020. Manager Craig Counsell said before the Cubs’ 8-4 win over Pittsburgh that the four-time All-Star had plateaued in his recovery from the calf ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mets activate Torrens from injured list; Alvarez right back in lineup after HBP
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Backup catcher Luis Torrens was reinstated from the 10-day injured list Wednesday by the New York Mets as they try to hang onto a playoff spot. Torrens had been sidelined since Sept. 7 with a bruised right forearm. After going 0 for 4 with two strikeouts Tuesday in his lone rehab ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Diamondbacks waste 9 innings of 1-hit ball by Brandon Pfaadt, lose 5-1 in 11 innings to Giants
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
PHOENIX (AP) — Christian Koss hit a two-run double in a five-run 11th inning, and the San Francisco Giants spoiled a nine-inning, one-hit start by Arizona’s Brandon Pfaadt, beating the Diamondbacks 5-1 on Wednesday to end a four-game skid. The Giants (76-76) moved within 2 1/2 games of the Mets, who played later Wednesday, for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brewers place Quintana on IL and are unsure about All-Star closer Megill’s return
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have lost another pitcher to injury and are unsure when All-Star closer Trevor Megill can return from his with the playoffs approaching. The latest blow came Wednesday when JosĂ© Quintana landed on the 15-day injured list with a left calf strain. The veteran lefty was hurt in the fourth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs soak in the moment after clinching first postseason berth since 2020
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The wait was five years. It seemed longer. In the middle of a darkened visitors clubhouse at PNC Park, the Chicago Cubs embraced each other. Champagne flowed and flew. They clinched a postseason berth for the first time since 2020, but celebrated for the first time since 2017. Everything was muted during ... Read More »
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