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 »
Be the first to comment!Next CFP rankings release will answer the question: How much is a coach (Kiffin) really worth?
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
LSU placed a pricetag of $91 million on its new coach, Lane Kiffin. Now, the College Football Playoff selection committee gets to place a value of its own on Kiffin when it decides where to rank his old school, Mississippi, in its latest top 25. The committee can consider the availability of coaches and players ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz face May trial date in gambling case
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz are facing a May trial on federal charges that they took bribes to help gamblers betting on their pitches. U.S. District Court Judge Kiyo Matsumoto on Tuesday said jury selection would tentatively begin May 4 in Brooklyn federal court, with the trial opening ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!While wins have been rare at Rugby World Cup, the Canadian men have made their mark
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
While wins have been hard to come at the Rugby World Cup, the Canadian men have left their mark at the sport’s showcase. Canada has compiled a 7-23-3 record in its nine trips to the tournament — missing out only on the 2023 edition — and has not recorded a win since downing Tonga 25-20 ... Read More »
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