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Yankees cut 2-time batting champ DJ LeMahieu with nearly $22 million left on contract
By Canadian Press on July 9th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — DJ LeMahieu was cut Wednesday by the New York Yankees with almost $22 million remaining on his contract, one day after the two-time batting champion got demoted to the bench. “It’s been a tough couple days. Some hard conversations,” manager Aaron Boone said before New York’s game against the Seattle Mariners. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!John Calipari heads into his second season at Arkansas trying to balance old and new
By Canadian Press on July 9th, 2025
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — John Calipari admits he is still navigating the “new” college basketball, a world in which the 66-year-old’s traditional recruiting style is no longer the norm. But Calipari made it work last season, his first with the Razorbacks, and proved naysayers wrong. But the Arkansas basketball coach isn’t interested in doing things ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joe Coleman, No. 3 pick in the first MLB draft who pitched for Senators and Tigers, dies at 78
By Canadian Press on July 9th, 2025
Joe Coleman, a lanky right-hander who won 142 games in 15 major league seasons and was an All-Star in 1972 with Detroit, died Wednesday morning, his son said. He was 78. Casey Coleman said his father died in his sleep in Jamestown, Tennessee. The son and father of major leaguers, Coleman became the No. 3 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US international Damion Downs joins Southampton in time for Wrexham opener
By Canadian Press on July 9th, 2025
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — U.S. international Damion Downs has joined Southampton from Cologne on a four-year deal. The 21-year-old striker, who played at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, scored 10 goals and set up five more to help Cologne to Bundesliga promotion by winning the German second division last season. Southampton was relegated from the Premier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Glasnow’s solid return should steady Dodgers’ rotation. Now they just need to start hitting again
By Canadian Press on July 9th, 2025
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyler Glasnow returned in fine form to steady the Los Angeles Dodgers’ injury-riddled pitching staff, but the reigning World Series champions’ star-studded lineup suddenly could use a lift as well. Glasnow came off the injured list Wednesday and allowed just one unearned run over five innings Wednesday while pitching for the Dodgers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rich Rodriguez’s return as coach at West Virginia is a homecoming, too
By Canadian Press on July 9th, 2025
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Rich Rodriguez has more gray around the temples than the last time he was at West Virginia, nearly 20 years ago when he bolted for Michigan as one of the hottest coaching prospects in college football. Two more head coaching stops and plenty of losses later, Rodriguez is more than just ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Blacks make 3 changes for the 2nd test against France
By Canadian Press on July 9th, 2025
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson has made three changes to his lineup for Saturday’s second test against France, confirming Ardie Savea as captain in place of the injured Scott Barrett. Patrick Tuipulotu will take Barrett’s place in the second row while Caleb Clarke comes in on the left wing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harper’s hitting, Luzardo’s pitching key Phillies’ 13-0 romp over Giants, keeping Verlander winless
By Canadian Press on July 9th, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bryce Harper homered and doubled three times, JesĂşs Luzardo struck out seven and gave up three hits in seven innings, and the Philadelphia Phillies kept Justin Verlander winless with a 13-0 rout of the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. Verlander (0-7), the 42-year-old right-hander in his first year with the Giants, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Valkyries rout the Fever as Caitlin Clark struggles in her return from injury
By Canadian Press on July 9th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Veronica Burton had 21 points, eight rebounds and six assists, Kayla Thornton added 18 points and eight boards, and the Golden State Valkyries beat the Indiana Fever 80-61 on Wednesday to spoil Caitlin Clark’s return. The Valkyries held Clark to just 10 points on 4-of-12 shooting as the Fever scored their second-fewest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Twins call up LHP Anthony Misiewicz and designate LHP Joey Wentz for assignment
By Canadian Press on July 9th, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins selected the contract of left-hander Anthony Misiewicz from Triple-A St. Paul and designated left-hander Joey Wentz for assignment on Wednesday. Misiewicz has made 26 relief appearances for St. Paul this season. He has a 4.02 ERA and 29 strikeouts in 31 1/3 innings. The 30-year-old Misiewicz has appeared in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wimbledon fines players for swearing, abusing rackets and unsportsmanlike conduct
By Canadian Press on July 9th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Tennis players at Wimbledon have been racking up fines for swearing too loudly, unsportsmanlike conduct and “abuse of rackets or equipment.” An updated list of fines released Wednesday by the All England Club showed that 2024 men’s doubles champion Henry Patten received the biggest fine — $12,500 — in the category of ... Read More »
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