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Bill Belichick’s arrival at North Carolina headlines the NFL’s sideline influence in the ACC
By Canadian Press on July 24th, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The group of roughly 60 reporters had crowded around the table Thursday long before Bill Belichick arrived to take questions in his first run through Atlantic Coast Conference preseason media days as North Carolina’s football coach. Some massed at each end, multiple rows deep. Others filled rows of chairs positioned in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: NHL says five players acquitted of sexual assault ineligible to play
By Canadian Press on July 24th, 2025
The NHL says the five players acquitted of sexual assault in an encounter with a woman at a London, Ont., hotel room seven years ago are ineligible to play in the league while it reviews the judge’s findings. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bills RB James Cook is confident he’ll get his big payday next year, in Buffalo or elsewhere
By Canadian Press on July 24th, 2025
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — James Cook had no second thoughts about reporting for training camp despite the lack of progress in the Buffalo Bills running back’s bid to land a lucrative contract extension. One way or another, Cook is confident he’s going to get his big payday once his current deal expires after the season. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!USC-Notre Dame rivalry expires in ’26, with no sure bet it will go beyond that
By Canadian Press on July 24th, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — All the reshuffling of schedules, conferences and playoff formats in college football has placed one of the sport’s best traditions in peril: the USC-Notre Dame game. The contract for a rivalry that dates to 1926 expires after their game in 2026. Both schools have expressed a willingness to lock down more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Browns GM Andrew Berry indicates unsigned rookie Judkins may not be at camp soon following arrest
By Canadian Press on July 24th, 2025
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry indicated Thursday that he doesn’t expect to see Quinshon Judkins on the field at training camp for a while. The rookie running back remains unsigned after he was arrested on July 12 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a charge of battery and domestic violence. “So ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hulk Hogan’s death marks the end of an era that defined larger-than-life personalities of the 1980s
By Canadian Press on July 24th, 2025
Hulk Hogan was billed as “The Immortal One” and the former WWE champion seemed to believe it as he bellowed in his red-and-yellow attire throughout sold-out arenas around the world in the 1980s and into this century that Hulkamania would live forever. Hogan was the first wrestler to host “Saturday Night Live,” the only wrestler ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump signs order to clarify college athletes’ employment status amid NIL chaos
By Canadian Press on July 24th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order mandating that federal authorities clarify whether college athletes can be considered employees of the schools they play for in an attempt to create clearer national standards in the NCAA’s name, image and likeness era. Trump directed the secretary of labor and the National ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yankees prospect Spencer Jones homers in first 3 at-bats in Triple-A game
By Canadian Press on July 24th, 2025
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Yankees prospect Spencer Jones homered in his first three at-bats in Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s 10-8 loss to Rochester on Thursday. A frequent subject of trade rumors, the left-handed hitting Jones — a towering figure at the plate at 6-foot-7 and 240 pounds — took the minor league home run lead with 29. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Steven Alker takes a 1-shot lead in the Senior British Open
By Canadian Press on July 24th, 2025
BERKSHIRE, England (AP) — Steven Alker had six birdies and an eagle on his way to a 7-under 63 on Thursday on the Old Course at Sunningdale, giving him a one-shot lead in the Senior British Open, the final major of the year on the PGA Tour Champions. Alker has twice won the Charles Schwab ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lottie Woad makes pro debut and is 1 shot behind in Women’s Scottish Open
By Canadian Press on July 24th, 2025
IRVINE, Scotland (AP) — Lottie Woad made her pro debut Thursday and not much changed. The rising English star had a 5-under 67 and was among those one shot behind Charlotte Laffar after the opening round of the Women’s Scottish Open. Laffar, who only returned to the Ladies European Tour in May after taking four ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Gabriel Diallo ousted by Ben Shelton in third round of Citi Open
By Canadian Press on July 24th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo was ousted in the third round of the Citi Open hardcourt tennis tournament Thursday with a 6-3, 6-2 loss the fourth seed Ben Shelton of the United States. Shelton was nearly unbeatable on serve, firing 16 aces to Diallo’s five and winning a whopping 86 per cent of total service ... Read More »
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