National Sports
Petra Vlhova hopes to defend Olympic slalom gold after knee injury but accepts she may not make it
By Canadian Press on September 12th, 2025
Petra Vlhova is confident that she will make it back from a serious knee injury in time to defend her slalom gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Olympics in February. But the standout Slovakian skier still hasn’t returned to on-snow training with the start of the World Cup season six weeks away. “I would like to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College football traditions: ‘Hawkeye Wave’ bonds everyone in stadium with kids in adjacent hospital
By Canadian Press on September 12th, 2025
When Iowa is playing at home and the first quarter comes to an end, the football game suddenly is out of sight and out of mind for a few minutes for everyone inside Kinnick Stadium and the kids watching from the nearby Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City. The 70,000 fans along with players, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No preseason was no problem for Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Aaron Rodgers
By Canadian Press on September 12th, 2025
Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson didn’t play a snap in the preseason. They didn’t need it. Allen and Jackson were spectacular in their first game action of the season. Jackson led the Baltimore Ravens to a 15-point, fourth-quarter lead only to watch Allen rally the Buffalo Bills to a 41-40 victory. So much for rust. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From the court to the page: Stephen Curry’s ‘Shot Ready’ reveals his secrets
By Canadian Press on September 12th, 2025
Stephen Curry is going down memory lane, though still has eyes on what’s next. Curry’s book “Shot Ready” was released this week and the immediate reviews are overwhelmingly positive; Amazon quickly had it ranked among its top 10 current best-sellers and atop its sports book charts. Over more than 400 pages and with more than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At USF, the words of late basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim resonate within the football program
By Canadian Press on September 12th, 2025
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The initials of former South Florida basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim are on the headset that USF football coach Alex Golesh wears on the sideline. And Abdur-Rahim’s words that he said in 2023 have quickly become the credo of sorts for the Bulls as well. “This ain’t the same ol’ South ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WNBA playoffs: New York aims to repeat, Minnesota seeks redemption, Clark sidelined
By Canadian Press on September 12th, 2025
The WNBA playoffs are set to begin Sunday with New York looking to become the fourth team to repeat as champions and Minnesota trying to avenge last season’s heartbreaking loss in the Finals. Indiana is back in the playoffs, but missing star guard Caitlin Clark, who has been sidelined for the last two months with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘He’s sick out there’: Ivan Demidov makes noise at Canadiens rookie camp
By Canadian Press on September 12th, 2025
BROSSARD — Ivan Demidov’s name jumped off the page when the Montreal Canadiens released their rookie camp roster. The 19-year-old Russian phenom — pencilled in for a top-six role in the NHL — made sure his play popped just as loud once he hit the ice. Demidov flew past tryout defenceman Simon Lavigne and buried ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NHL teams to weigh talent against backlash after five players reinstated, lawyer says
By Canadian Press on September 12th, 2025
A sports lawyer says NHL teams will weigh talent against potential backlash when deciding whether to sign one of the five players acquitted in the 2018 London, Ont., sexual assault trial. The league announced Thursday that Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube, Cal Foote, Alex Formenton and Carter Hart – who are all free agents – can ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liverpool to slowly integrate Isak into team after record move from Newcastle
By Canadian Press on September 12th, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Record Liverpool signing Alexander Isak will be gradually integrated into the team after his heavily interrupted start to the season, manager Arne Slot said Friday. Isak, who joined Liverpool for $170 million on Sept. 1, didn’t train with Newcastle during preseason or in the first weeks of the Premier League campaign ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Africa coach calls for a miracle in Women’s Rugby World Cup quarterfinal
By Canadian Press on September 12th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Swys de Bruin preaches miracles. The coach has been comforting South Africa for its first ever quarterfinal in the Women’s Rugby World Cup against six-time champion New Zealand on Saturday in Exeter. De Bruin sacrificed a 57-10 loss to France last weekend to rest 10 front-line players for the Black Ferns, stack ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ethiopian runner Diribe Welteji barred from worlds in a legal dispute over alleged missed drug test
By Canadian Press on September 12th, 2025
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Ethiopian middle-distance runner Diribe Welteji has been barred from the world track championships a day before her first race amid a legal dispute over allegedly missing a drug test. Welteji, the silver medalist in the 1,500 meters at the last world championships in 2023, was set to race in the 1,500 ... Read More »
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