Serena Williams has taken the first step toward a comeback to tennis by registering for drug tests
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
Serena Williams has taken the first step that would be required ahead of a comeback to tennis, registering with the sport’s drug-testing body, a spokesman for the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said Tuesday. The 23-time Grand Slam champion, one of the greats of the game, has not competed since bidding farewell at the 2022 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 21 Kansas’ Darryn Peterson will miss his 7th straight game vs. No. 5 UConn with hamstring injury
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Darryn Peterson will not play for No. 21 Kansas against fifth-ranked UConn at Allen Fieldhouse on Tuesday night, Jayhawks coach Bill Self said. “He is very close,” Self said in a social media post. “He has worked his butt off, but he is still not 100 percent. He is day-to-day.” The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Baseball Hall of Fame reveals committee members who will consider Bonds, Clemens and others
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Hall of Fame players Ferguson Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Juan Marichal, Tony Pérez, Ozzie Smith, Alan Trammell and Robin Yount are among 16 members of the contemporary era committee that will consider an eight-man Hall ballot that includes Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy. Owners Mark Attanasio of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dave Canales has led an impressive turnaround with the overachieving Carolina Panthers
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
If Dave Canales coached a team in a more high-profile market, he’d receive more national attention for the job he’s doing with the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers (7-6) are overachieving in Canales’ second season. They’ve already surpassed their projected win total and are in the chase for the NFC South title. While Mike Vrabel, Ben ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With Homan’s team preparing for Games, Einarson’s rink gets Canada entry at Scotties
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
With Team Rachel Homan preparing for the Milan-Cortina Olympics, Team Kerri Einarson will wear Canada colours at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts next month in Mississauga, Ont. Homan, who won a second straight Scotties crown last season, will not return to defend her title, Curling Canada said Tuesday in a statement. Einarson will instead assume ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tom Brady’s niece, former UCLA star shortstop Maya Brady, taken first in softball expansion draft
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
Tom Brady’s niece, former UCLA star shortstop Maya Brady, was selected by the Oklahoma City Spark with the top pick in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League’s expansion and allocation drafts on Monday. The Cascade took former University of Oklahoma pitcher Sam Landry at No. 2. The Cascade picked former Oklahoma and Oklahoma State pitcher Kelly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg is the AP men’s college basketball player of the week
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
The Associated Press national player of the week in men’s college basketball for Week 4 of the season: Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan Lendeborg was named MVP of the Players Era Championship in the third-ranked Wolverines’ dominating run to the title. The 6-foot-9 senior averaged 17.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.3 blocks as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AP women’s basketball player of the week is No. 2 Texas’ Rori Harmon
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 4 of the season: Rori Harmon, Texas The graduate guard won MVP of the Players Era Championship after leading the Longhorns over then-No. 3 UCLA and No. 2 South Carolina. Against UCLA, Harmon scored 26 points, making 9 of 15 from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Abdul Carter getting benched again is a sideshow of the Giants’ lost season
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
Abdul Carter was benched for the start of a second game in three weeks since Mike Kafka took over as the New York Giants’ interim coach, and the No. 3 pick’s public punishment has become a sideshow of what has turned into a miserable season for the team on and off the field. After the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blues say Walker is out long term and trade Alexandrov to the Kings for Thomas
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
St. Louis Blues winger Nathan Walker is expected to miss at least eight weeks because of an undisclosed upper-body injury, putting the struggling team short another forward for an extended period of time. Rookie Jimmy Snuggerud is out six weeks to recover from surgery on his left wrist, which coach Jim Montgomery said Monday was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Denny Hamlin testifies that signing NASCAR’s charter deal would have been a ‘death certificate’
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin outlined the precarious situation facing NASCAR teams, testifying Tuesday in the federal antitrust trial against the stock car series that the race team he co-owns spent more than $700,000 to the series in 2022 alone and how agreeing to its charter proposal last fall would ... Read More »
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