National Sports
Colts RT Braden Smith continues to find coping techniques for his mental health struggles
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts right tackle Braden Smith felt the dark thoughts creeping back into his mind before last weekend’s game. This time, though, he won the battle. After missing Indy’s final five games last season because of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder that led him to contemplate suicide, the former Auburn lineman is thriving again ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dodgers shuffle their slumping lineup for World Series Game 5, moving Betts down and benching Pages
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have shuffled their slumping lineup for Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday, notably moving Mookie Betts down in the order for the first time in four years and benching Andy Pages. Betts will bat third in the lineup submitted by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Up past bedtime, Charlie Freeman still missed dad Freddie’s World Series homer
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlie Freeman had to watch one of his father’s most important home runs on a replay. “Charlie said he missed it. I don’t know what he was doing in the family room, but he said he missed it,” Freddie Freeman said Wednesday, two days after his 18th-inning home run lifted the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bills coach McDermott says he and coordinator Brady are on same page on team’s passing struggles
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills coach Sean McDermott put to rest any suggestion of a disconnect between him and coordinator Joe Brady on how they view Buffalo’s suddenly struggling passing attack. McDermott welcomed a question on the issue Wednesday by saying he and Brady are on the same page, two days after they presented ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joe Flacco’s status uncertain for Sunday because of shoulder injury
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco didn’t practice on Wednesday because of a shoulder injury, leaving his status for Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears in question. Flacco is making an effort to play, which Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor appreciates. “It would be easy to make decision that there’s no way I’m playing,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jakob Poeltl out with lower back stiffness as Raptors host Rockets
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
TORONTO — Toronto centre Jakob Poeltl will miss the Raptors’ game tonight against the visiting Houston Rockets with lower back stiffness. Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic made the announcement pre-game and said Poeltl is considered day-to-day. The seven-foot Poeltl is averaging 6.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists through four games this season. He played ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bayern racks up its 14th win in a row as Harry Kane scores twice to beat Cologne
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
Harry Kane scored twice as Bayern Munich racked up its 14th straight win in one of soccer’s best-ever starts to a season after overcoming a rare setback to beat Cologne 4-1 in the German Cup on Wednesday. Vincent Kompany’s team has won every game it has played in the Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jets agree to trade cornerback Michael Carter II to Eagles for wide receiver John Metchie III
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
The New York Jets agreed to trade cornerback Michael Carter II to the Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday for wide receiver John Metchie III. Both teams announced the trade, pending physicals, in which the Jets will also receive a sixth-round pick in the 2027 NFL draft and will send a seventh-round selection in that draft to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!League Cup: Liverpool’s woes grow with 3-0 loss to Palace. Arsenal, City and Chelsea advance
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
Liverpool fielded a weakened team and got duly punished in a 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace in the League Cup on Wednesday, the latest setback to strike the beleaguered English champions. Ismaila Sarr scored two first-half goals at Anfield and Yeremy Pino added a third for Palace, which consigned Liverpool to a sixth defeat in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: A look inside the NHL’s reimagined situation room
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
Kris King, the NHL’s executive vice-president of hockey operations and his colleagues inside its state-of-the art, reimagined replay nerve centre situation room, scan replays of events in NHL games hundreds of kilometres away to see if the sequence might be subject to a coach’s challenge or video review. “The ability to manage the games from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Budweiser brewer AB InBev set to replace Heineken as Champions League beer sponsor
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Budweiser brewer AB InBev is set to end Heineken’s three-decade-long run as the official beer sponsor of soccer’s Champions League in a statement deal for the competition’s new global sales agent Relevent. Exclusive talks with AB InBev will begin for a six-year deal starting in 2027, said UC3, the joint business venture ... Read More »
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