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Cubs’ Taillon, Assad nearing returns to depleted staff as trade deadline approaches
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs line up as one of the prospective buyers, especially for pitching, as baseball’s July 31 trade deadline approaches. In the meantime, Chicago — which entered Friday at 60-42 and a game behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central — is inching closer to having some injured pitchers return. On ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Lions seek answers for high-flying Lawler and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions head into the weekend facing a riddle — how do you stop Kenny Lawler? The Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver is on a tear, and leads the CFL in both receiving yards (644) and receiving touchdowns (eight). He’ll look to add to those totals Saturday when the Ticats (4-2) visit the Lions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kyle Stowers homers, Otto Lopez hits tiebreaking double as Marlins beat Brewers 5-1
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
MILWAUKEE (AP) — All-Star Kyle Stowers hit his 23rd homer and Otto Lopez capped off a three-hit day with a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning to lead the Miami Marlins to a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday. Lopez’s double against Rick Mears cleared the bases, although he only got credit for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rookie defensive end Shemar Stewart ends holdout, signs $18.97 million deal with Bengals
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
Shemar Stewart and the Cincinnati Bengals agreed to a contract on Friday, ending the rookie defensive end’s three-day holdout from training camp. Stewart’s agent, Zac Hiller of LAA, said the four-year deal is worth $18.97 million guaranteed, including a $10.4 million signing bonus. The Bengals and Stewart were deadlocked over contract language that could potentially ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Australia wins toss, sends West Indies in to bat in 3rd T20
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (AP) — Australia won the toss and chose to bowl in the third game of the best-of-five Twenty20 international cricket series against West Indies on Friday. The Australians, who lead the series 2-0 after back-to-back victories in Kingston, Jamaica, named an unchanged lineup with veteran Glenn Maxwell to again open the batting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Athletics shut down José Leclerc and say the reliever will have right shoulder surgery
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
HOUSTON (AP) — The Athletics have shut down pitcher JosĂ© Leclerc and say the reliever will have right shoulder surgery. The A’s Brian Schulman, the director of sports medicine and performance, said Friday that Dr. Keith Meister will perform the surgery in Dallas “in the upcoming weeks.” Leclerc has been on the injured list since ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola throw to batters, ramping up return from ankle and rib injuries
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola threw 56 pitches to batters Friday as he ramped up his comeback from a sprained right ankle and fractured rib that have sidelined him since May. A 32-year-old right-hander, Nola could make his first minor league rehab start next week. “The ankle went a lot longer than I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beer and food workers on strike at Fenway Park for homestand between Dodgers and Red Sox
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — Striking Fenway Park vendors banged on drums and shouted “Don’t buy food!” while walking a picket line outside the home of the Boston Red Sox before Friday night’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hundreds of Aramark workers marched along the street behind the team’s right field concourse before the series opener, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez reach the semifinals in Washington
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Emma Raducanu reached the semifinals at the D.C. Open — the biggest tournament where she’s made it that far since her surprising 2021 U.S. Open title — by eliminating Maria Sakkari 6-4, 7-5 on Friday. On a muggy day with the temperature topping 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius), Raducanu took a medical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!49ers’ kicker competition between Moody and Joseph draws attention from team stars
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The kicking portion of an NFL training camp practice is often a time when established players take a break or work on something else. That’s not necessarily the case this summer for the San Francisco 49ers where the competition between incumbent kicker Jake Moody and offseason acquisition Greg Joseph is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shedeur Sanders unfazed by lack of first-team reps at Browns camp
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — If Shedeur Sanders is frustrated about not receiving any snaps with the first team during the first week of the Cleveland Browns’ training camp, he isn’t showing it. Sanders said on Friday that it is out of his control and not his place to answer why he has worked mainly with ... Read More »
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