National Sports
Quarterback Jayden Daniels will start for the Commanders against Seahawks on Sunday night
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels will start for the Commanders against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night. Daniels, hampered by an injured right hamstring, missed his third game of the season on Monday night when the Commanders fell 28-7 to the Kansas City Chiefs. Washington dropped to 3-5 with its third straight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blue Jays backers are basking in the World Series glow. How long will it last?
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
TORONTO — When the Toronto Blue Jays started their playoff run, something more than a World Series was brewing. Tim Hortons, which has partnered with the baseball team for roughly 20 years, was working on turning its hot beverage cups blue and emblazoning them with a Jays logo. Almost immediately after their Oct. 12 release ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auger-Aliassime ends Vacherot’s impressive run at the Paris Masters
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Felix Auger-Aliassime ended Valentin Vacherot’s impressive run at the Paris Masters on Friday with a 6-2, 6-2 win in the quarterfinals. Vacherot had won his previous 10 Masters matches — highlighted when he defeated his cousin Arthur Rinderknech to win his first title in Shanghai earlier this month — but Auger-Aliassime proved ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forge FC’s Bobby Smyrniotis up for CPL top coach for a seventh straight year
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
Forge FC’s Bobby Smyrniotis has been nominated for Canadian Premier League coach of the year for a seventh straight season. Smyrniotis finally won the award last year after missing out his first five nominations. Excellence is expected, it appears, given Forge’s winning record. He is up against York United FC’s Mauro Eustaquio and Atletico Ottawa’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jaguars placing two-way star Travis Hunter on injured reserve with a right knee injury
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars are placing two-way star Travis Hunter on injured reserve because of a knee injury. Coach Liam Coen announced the move Friday, a day after Hunter injured his right knee in practice. Coen called it a non-contact injury and said the team is “still assessing” whether Hunter will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kipchoge and Hassan to make New York Marathon debuts against strong competition
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Eliud Kipchoge and Sifan Hassan are at different ends of their marathon careers. Kipchoge, who turns 41 next week, is wrapping up a historic run as one of the most accomplished marathoners in the sport, while the 32-year-old Hassan is in the prime of her career, coming off a victory at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arizona State QB Sam Leavitt to miss the rest of the season because of a lingering foot injury
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt will miss the rest of the year because of a lingering right foot injury, coach Kenny Dillingham said Friday. Dillingham said during a radio interview with Arizona Sports that Leavitt will have season-ending surgery. Leavitt twice left last week’s 24-16 loss to No. 22 Houston, first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Erling Haaland declared fit by Man City manager Pep Guardiola
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Erling Haaland has been declared fit for Manchester City’s Premier League game against Bournemouth on Sunday. The Norway striker was hurt when colliding with the goalpost late on in City’s 1-0 loss to Aston Villa last week and was not in the squad for the midweek game against Swansea. But City ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WNBA and players union agree to 30-day extension for CBA negotiations
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and players union have agreed to a 30-day extension to continue negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement with a caveat. The players can terminate the extension at any time with two days’ notice to the league. “While we believed negotiations would be further along, the players are more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russian athletes get legal win ahead of Winter Olympics in luge appeal case at CAS
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian luge athletes were given hope Friday of competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics after sport’s highest court ruled against a blanket ban on the country’s athletes because of the war on Ukraine. The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s judgment — requiring the International Luge Federation (FIL) to start assessing Russian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Virginia Tech sought a pregame home anthem. Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ became a 25-year staple
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
The energy builds from the first guitar notes emanating across Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium, a low and ominous riff building to a thumping heavy-metal peak. As it does, the Hokies barrel out of the tunnel with a sea of fans jumping around and roaring along in full-throated unison: “Ex-it liiight!” “En-ter niiight!” “Taaake my hand!” ... Read More »
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