National Sports
Sabrina Ionescu scores 29 as Liberty beat Mercury 89-76 for 5th straight win
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu scored 29 points while Jonquel Jones added 20 points and 11 rebounds to help the New York Liberty beat the Phoenix Mercury 89-76 on Friday night for their fifth consecutive win. Leonie Fiebich added 13 points for the Liberty (17-6), who put more space between them and the third-place ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tovar’s homer in 8th inning propels Rockies past Orioles 6-5 for Colorado’s 5th win in 7 games
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
BALTIMORE (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the top of the eighth inning, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Friday night to improve to 5-2 since the All-Star break. It’s a rare run of success for the Rockies, who improved to 27-76 on the season but still ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Seattle slugger Josh Naylor plugged into cleanup spot behind Raleigh for debut against Angels
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pressure is a privilege in the eyes of new Seattle Mariners slugger Josh Naylor. Naylor is looking forward to the opportunity to bat cleanup in his first game with Seattle against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. “I love the word pressure,” said Naylor, a first baseman who was acquired ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guardians-Royals game postponed due to weather
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
The first game of a three-game series between the Cleveland Guardians and the Kansas City Royals scheduled for Friday night has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Saturday. Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee (6-9, 4.27 ERA) and Kansas City’s Kris Bubic (8-6, 2.38) are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Policy officially takes over for Murphy as president/CEO at Packers’ shareholders meeting
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Ed Policy began his tenure as the Green Bay Packers’ president/CEO by paying tribute to his predecessor. Policy officially took over for Mark Murphy on Friday as the NFL’s only publicly owned franchise held its annual shareholders meeting. During Murphy’s 17 seasons on the job, the Packers made 13 playoff ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thorbjorn Olesen takes the 2nd-round lead in the 3M Open
By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025
BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Thorbjorn Olesen worked out of trouble more than once Friday at the TPC Twin Cities to take a one-stroke lead over Jake Knapp into the weekend in the 3M Open. Olesen followed an opening 9-under 62 on Thursday with a 66, hitting out of the rough to set up a 5-foot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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 »
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