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Mid-majors aim to make final statements for NCAA selection committee ahead of league tournaments
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2025
There are a handful of teams from mid-majors that could make life very stressful for programs from the power conferences come Selection Sunday, especially if they fail to win the automatic NCAA Tournament berth in their own league tourneys. New Mexico and Utah State are nearly locks from the Mountain West, but San Diego State, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Raiders re-sign free agent safety Isaiah Pola-Mao
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2025
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Safety Isaiah Pola-Mao, who came on strong after getting a starting role last season, re-signed with the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday. An undrafted free agent in 2022, he comes off his best season with careers highs in tackles (85) and passed defended (six). He was the AFC defensive player of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NFL scouting combine features plenty of debate over top players at multiple positions
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The hopes of many NFL teams will start taking shape this week as the league’s annual scouting combine begins in Indianapolis. As usual, there will be plenty to debate. There doesn’t appear to be a clear-cut No. 1 overall pick or a top quarterback yet. Scouts are still trying to determine whether ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blue Jays’ spring training game against Tigers cancelled due to rain
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2025
LAKELAND — The Toronto Blue Jays’ spring training game against the Detroit Tigers scheduled for Monday afternoon was cancelled due to rain. Right-hander Bowden Francis, Toronto’s scheduled starter, was set to make his spring debut as he looks to build on his strong finish to the 2024 season. The Blue Jays said on social media ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rain in Florida leads Tigers to cancel first spring home game since 2016, other games also canceled
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2025
The Detroit Tigers canceled their first home spring training game since 2016 on Monday because of rain that was forecast to continue throughout the day. Detroit was supposed to play Toronto in Lakeland, Florida, but the game was called off several hours before the scheduled first pitch at 1:05 p.m. EST. Inclement weather also led ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Travis Hunter’s possible double duty gives the NFL’s annual scouting combine a different look
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Travis Hunter will arrive at the NFL’s annual scouting combine listed as a cornerback. By the end of this week, he could be so much more. Hunter’s emergence as potentially the top defensive back and the top receiver in this year’s draft class has created an unprecedented situation with workouts about to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!IU Indianapolis men’s basketball team safe after bus catches fire
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2025
INDIANPOLIS (AP) — Members of the IU Indianapolis men’s basketball team are unhurt and back home Monday, a day after their bus caught fire on Interstate 275. The school posted a message on X on Sunday that all team and staff members were safely evacuated from the bus, which experienced a mechanical issue on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta junior soccer coach accused of defrauding team arrested by RCMP
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2025
EDMONTON — An Alberta junior soccer coach accused of vanishing with thousands of dollars raised by his team has been arrested. RCMP say they found Randy Knodel on Saturday in a vehicle in a parking lot in Sherwood Park, east of Edmonton. Cpl. Troy Savinkoff says the 46-year-old head coach of the Selects Football Club’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College baseball notebook: LSU coach gives ‘major hat tip’ to Summit League’s Omaha after upset
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2025
It was just one game in February, but it will be one players for the Omaha Mavericks will remember for a lifetime. In the biggest upset of the season so far, Omaha’s Ben Glover, Luke Gainer and Oliver Mabee held an LSU team ranked as high as No. 2 in the polls hitless into the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manaea is expected to miss start of Mets season with oblique strain. Madrigal has fractured shoulder
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2025
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets starter Sean Manaea is expected to begin the season on the injured list because of a right oblique strain. Manaea said Monday that had been dealing with the issue since getting to spring training. “Didn’t really get worse, it just kind of plateaued,” Manaea said. “The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wojnarowski auctions iPhones used for ‘Woj bombs’ to raise NIL money at St. Bonaventure
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2025
OLEAN, N.Y. (AP) — Adrian Wojnarowski is cleaning out his office of cell phones and press passes, and even offering dinner dates in a bid to raise name, image and likeness funds for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball program. The former ESPN NBA reporter, best known for his breaking news “Woj bombs,” went to social ... Read More »
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