National Sports
SEC women’s preview: Texas and Booker looking to wrestle SEC crown out of South Carolina
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
Texas is coming after South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference. The Longhorns burst into the SEC last season by ending the Gamecocks’ long league winning streak and earning a share of of the regular-season championship behind player of the year Madison Booker. Texas then stormed to its first Final Four in 22 years, only to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 7 Duke, No. 9 N.C. State, No. 11 North Carolina are neighboring favorites in ACC women’s race
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
Kara Lawson’s push to build a championship program at Duke reached her goal in Year 5 while the Blue Devils got within a game of the Final Four, too. The Blue Devils’ neighbors in the 919 area code — N.C. State and North Carolina — weren’t far behind. Now, for the first time in more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Big Ten favorite UCLA reloads, has sights set on national championship
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
UCLA captured the Big Ten Tournament title, then made a run to the Final Four last season for the first time in program history before falling to eventual champion UConn. The Bruins enter the season ranked No. 3 with their sights set on going even further, possibly all the way to a national title. UCLA ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kelvin Sampson says Kansas is the Big 12’s ‘bellcow,’ even though No. 2 Houston rules the barnyard
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
The best team in the Big 12 the last few years has pretty clearly been Houston, a once-middling mid-major that Kelvin Sampson has taken to five straight Sweet 16s, a pair of Final Fours and came oh-so-close to leading to a national title last year. It hasn’t been Kansas, which struggled to live up to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty scratched from the Breeders’ Cup Classic because of a fever
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Sovereignty has been scratched and will not run in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday after catching a fever this week, taking the favorite out of the $7 million world championship race. Trainer Bill Mott announced the decision Wednesday to scratch the country’s top ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Real Madrid to seek compensation from UEFA after court ruling against European body on Super League
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid will seek compensation from UEFA after a Spanish court dismissed appeals filed by the European soccer organization against a ruling that said the governing body breached EU competition law when it blocked plans for a breakaway Super League. On Wednesday, the court in Madrid dismissed the appeals that were also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From Milan to Cortina, a glance at the 2026 Winter Olympics venues
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
MILAN (AP) — With 100 days to go, northern Italy is gearing up to host the Milan-Cortina Olympics, the most spread-out Winter Games in history. The two main clusters of the Games are Milan — the beating heart of Italy’s industrial north — and Cortina d’Ampezzo, an upscale winter resort in the Dolomites mountain range. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NASCAR’s title-deciding race: Hendrick vs. Gibbs, Chevrolet vs. Toyota
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — There are only two certainties heading into NASCAR’s title-deciding season finale race: Rick Hendrick or Joe Gibbs will be the winning car owner, while the driver will be in either a Chevrolet or a Toyota. Beyond that, the winner-take-all showdown Sunday at Phoenix Raceway is a guessing game with no obvious ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 6 Duke keeps its frequent perch as favorite in ACC race featuring No. 11 Louisville, No. 25 UNC
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
Jon Scheyer inherited a seemingly impossible task at Duke in following retired Hall of Fame coaching great Mike Krzyzewski. Yet the sixth-ranked Blue Devils have kept on winning. They’re starting this year as Atlantic Coast Conference favorite again. The Blue Devils are coming off a 35-win season that included reaching the Final Four, while the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 3 Florida opens as SEC favorite after NCAA-title run from league that had 14 March Madness bids
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
Battling through the Southeastern Conference turned out to be tougher than anyone could’ve imagined last year. The league routinely had half or more of its 16 teams ranked in the AP Top 25 and ended up claiming a record 14 bids to March Madness. And it certainly had Florida prepared for its run to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 1 Purdue has national championship hopes but Big Ten has plenty of challengers
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
Purdue has gone to the Sweet 16 three of the last four seasons under Matt Painter, reached the Final Four and played for a national championship. The Boilermakers earned their first No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25 three years ago and are preseason No. 1 for the first time this season. All that’s ... Read More »
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