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San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies play in game 2 of series

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

Philadelphia Phillies (54-40, first in the NL East) vs. San Diego Padres (51-43, third in the NL West) San Diego; Saturday, 7:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Zack Wheeler (9-3, 2.17 ERA, 0.84 WHIP, 148 strikeouts); Padres: Yu Darvish (0-1, 4.91 ERA, 1.64 WHIP, five strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Phillies -156, Padres +130; over/under is ... Read More »

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Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals meet in game 2 of series

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

Atlanta Braves (41-52, fourth in the NL East) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (50-45, third in the NL Central) St. Louis; Saturday, 2:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: TBD; Cardinals: Erick Fedde (3-9, 4.79 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, 57 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -117, Braves -103; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves ... Read More »

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American Amanda Anisimova faces Poland’s Iga Swiatek in the Wimbledon women’s final

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

LONDON (AP) — Amanda Anisimova and Iga Swiatek both will be aiming to win Wimbledon for the first time when they meet in the women’s final. Saturday’s title match at Centre Court is the first for Anisimova, a 23-year-old American, at any Grand Slam tournament. Swiatek, a 24-year-old from Poland, already owns five such trophies, ... Read More »

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Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer hopes performance against the A’s is just the beginning

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Max Scherzer, for one night at least, offered a throwback performance. He stifled Athletics hitters for five innings on Friday night before finally running into some trouble in the sixth, but even then he limited the damage before exiting in a 7-6 Toronto victory. Scherzer (1-0) finished with eight strikeouts ... Read More »

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Saint Louis City SC looks to break losing streak in matchup with the Portland Timbers

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

Portland Timbers (9-5-6, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Saint Louis City SC (3-12-6, 15th in the Western Conference) Old North Saint Louis, St. Louis; Sunday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Saint Louis +118, Portland +197, Draw +269; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: Saint Louis City SC looks to break a three-game losing ... Read More »

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Connecticut visits Los Angeles after Charles’ 20-point outing

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

Connecticut Sun (3-17, 2-6 Eastern Conference) at Los Angeles Sparks (6-14, 3-10 Western Conference) Los Angeles; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Connecticut Sun takes on the Los Angeles Sparks after Tina Charles scored 20 points in the Sun’s 79-65 loss to the Seattle Storm. The Sparks have gone 1-8 at home. Los Angeles is ... Read More »

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Atlanta visits New York after Canada’s 30-point showing

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

Atlanta Dream (12-8, 8-5 Eastern Conference) at New York Liberty (13-6, 7-2 Eastern Conference) New York; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta Dream visits the New York Liberty after Jordin Canada scored 30 points in the Dream’s 99-82 loss to the Indiana Fever. The Liberty are 7-2 in Eastern Conference games. New York ranks ... Read More »

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Indiana hosts Dallas after Mitchell’s 25-point performance

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

Dallas Wings (6-15, 2-9 Western Conference) at Indiana Fever (10-10, 7-5 Eastern Conference) Indianapolis; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Indiana Fever takes on the Dallas Wings after Kelsey Mitchell scored 25 points in the Indiana Fever’s 99-82 victory against the Atlanta Dream. The Fever have gone 6-6 in home games. Indiana ranks eighth in ... Read More »

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Storm host the Mystics in out-of-conference matchup

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

Washington Mystics (10-10, 6-5 Eastern Conference) at Seattle Storm (13-8, 8-5 Western Conference) Seattle; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Seattle Storm and Washington Mystics play in non-conference action. The Storm have gone 7-3 in home games. Seattle is third in the Western Conference scoring 82.1 points while shooting 45.6% from the field. The Mystics ... Read More »

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Euro 2025: Even after women coaches’ long title-winning run they are still outnumbered by men

By Canadian Press on July 11th, 2025

GENEVA (AP) — All seven trophy-winning teams at the Women’s European Championship since 1997 were led to glory by a female coach. The streak collectively by Sarina Wiegman, Silvia Neid and Tina Theune is even more impressive because they were always in the minority at Women’s Euros where most of the coaches were men. It’s ... Read More »

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Darcy Graham red-carded as Fiji beats Scotland 29-14 on the 2nd match of its Pacific tour

By Canadian Press on July 11th, 2025

SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Fiji conceded a try after two minutes but rallied to score four tries and beat 14-man Scotland 29-14 in a one-off test match on Saturday. Scotland was a man down from the 66th minute when winger Darcy Graham was sent off after receiving a second yellow card. Graham was first sent ... Read More »

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