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Mariners reliever Trent Thornton carted off field after injury coming off mound in 9th inning
By Canadian Press on July 31st, 2025
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle reliever Trent Thornton was injured while coming off the mound on a ground ball in the ninth inning Thursday night and was carted off the field during the Mariners’ 6-0 win over the Texas Rangers. Thornton was using crutches to get around the Mariners’ locker room after the game and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Thursday, July 31, 2025
By Canadian Press on July 31st, 2025
Thursday’s Scoreboard MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 7 Tampa Bay 4 Seattle 6 Texas 0 National League Atlanta 12 Cincinnati 11 (10 innings) — CFL Ottawa 31 Calgary 11 — LEAGUES CUP Phase One Cincinnati 3 Monterrey 2 Juarez 4 Charlotte 1 New York Red Bulls 1 Chivas de Guadalajara 0 Colorado 2 Santos Laguna ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stanford hires former Nike CEO John Donahoe as athletic director
By Canadian Press on July 31st, 2025
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Former Nike CEO John Donahoe has been hired as athletic director at Stanford. Donahoe will become the school’s eighth athletic director and replace Bernard Muir, who stepped down this year. He will officially begin in the role Sept. 8. “Stanford occupies a unique place in the national athletics landscape,” school president ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chinese 12-year-old Yu Zidi has won a bronze relay medal at the swim world championships
By Canadian Press on July 31st, 2025
SINGAPORE (AP) — Chinese 12-year-old Yu Zidi has won a bronze medal at the swim world championships, an astounding feat for a girl who would be a sixth- or seventh-grade student depending on the school system. Yu earned the medal by swimming in the prelims of China’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay team. She did not swim ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stanford hires former Nike CEO John Donahoe as athletic director, AP source says
By Canadian Press on July 31st, 2025
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Former Nike CEO John Donahoe has been hired as athletic director at Stanford. A person familiar with the decision said Donahoe will become the school’s eighth athletic director and replace Bernard Muir, who stepped down this year. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the hiring hadn’t been announced. ESPN ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cal Raleigh hits 42nd HR, Cole Young also goes deep as Mariners beat Rangers 6-0
By Canadian Press on July 31st, 2025
SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh homered again, rooke Cole Young also went deep and pitched six strong innings as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 6-0 on Thursday night. Raleigh hit his major league-leading 42nd home run in the fifth inning, two batters after Young hit his third, to give Seattle a 3-0 lead. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nawaz’s three-wicket over leads Pakistan to a 14-run win over West Indies
By Canadian Press on July 31st, 2025
LAUDERHILL, Fla. (AP) — Mohammad Nawaz took three wickets in an over to propel Pakistan to a 14-run win over West Indies in Thursday’s series-opening Twenty20 cricket international in Florida. Pakistan was sent in to bat and posted 178 for six, led by Saim Ayub’s 57 from 38 deliveries. Speculation about that being above or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A winner either way: José Caballero traded from Rays to Yankees while teams were playing each other
By Canadian Press on July 31st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — JosĂ© Caballero turned an inning-ending double play for the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth inning, then batted in the sixth. By the bottom of the seventh, he was on the other team. In a strange development even for trade-deadline day around Major League Baseball, the Rays shipped Caballero to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stanton, Rice hit early homers as Yankees beat Rays on busy trade deadline day
By Canadian Press on July 31st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton and Ben Rice homered in the first two innings and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 in a game delayed by rain for nearly three hours Thursday. The Yankees highlighted a busy trade-deadline day by agreeing to acquire reliever David Bednar from Pittsburgh in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ozuna’s sacrifice fly in 10th gives Braves 12-11 win over Reds
By Canadian Press on July 31st, 2025
CINCINNATI (AP) — Marcel Ozuna drove in Matt Olson with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 12-11 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night in a game that featured a total of 12 pitchers and 30 hits combined. Ozzie Albies had four hits, scored two runs and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trey Lance tosses 2 touchdown passes, leading the Chargers over the Lions 34-7 in Hall of Fame game
By Canadian Press on July 31st, 2025
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — On his third team in his fifth season, Trey Lance played like a No. 3 overall pick. Lance threw for 120 yards and two touchdowns, and the Los Angeles Chargers beat the Detroit Lions 34-7 in the Hall of Fame game that kicked off the NFL’s preseason Thursday night. The game ... Read More »
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