National Sports
Bob Baffert is back at the Kentucky Derby with 2 contenders after serving a 3-year suspension
By Canadian Press on April 25th, 2025
Bob Baffert is back at the Kentucky Derby for the first time in four years, having served his punishment for Medina Spirit’s failed drug test and coming to the place where he’s won a record-tying six times. He’s settled in at his old Barn 33, the signs boasting of his Churchill Downs triumphs again hanging ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US TV executive Gandler is the new majority shareholder of London club Leyton Orient
By Canadian Press on April 25th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — American TV executive David Gandler has become the new majority shareholder at English third-tier soccer club Leyton Orient. New York-based Gandler co-founded FuboTV in 2015 and remains chief executive of the live streaming news, entertainment and sport service. Orient, sixth in League One and in a playoff position for promotion, said on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jimmy Butler questionable for Game 3 of Warriors’ first-round series against Rockets
By Canadian Press on April 25th, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors forward Jimmy Butler is listed as questionable for Game 3 of Golden State’s first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets after he sustained a pelvic contusion in a frightening fall during Game 2. Butler flew home from Houston and underwent an MRI exam Thursday in the Bay Area that revealed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Roger Goodell says he believes owners will reach a consensus on the tush push
By Canadian Press on April 25th, 2025
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell believes owners will come to a consensus in May on whether rule changes will be needed to eliminate the tush push play that’s helped the Philadelphia Eagles win one Super Bowl and reach another. A proposal by the Green Bay Packers to eliminate the play was tabled at the league meetings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mets activate C Francisco Alvarez and 2B Jeff McNeil from injured list
By Canadian Press on April 25th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Mets activated catcher Francisco Alvarez and second baseman Jeff McNeil from the injured list Friday, and both were in the lineup to make their season debut in the opener of a four-game series against the Washington Nationals. Alvarez fractured the hamate bone in his left hand during practice on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Facing a busy home schedule, Toronto FC looks to turn BMO Field games into points
By Canadian Press on April 25th, 2025
TORONTO — Having finally ended a season-opening eight-game winless streak with a 1-0 decision last week at Real Salt Lake, Toronto looks for its first victory at home when New York City FC visits Saturday. Toronto (1-4-4) is 0-1-2 at BMO Field, playing Vancouver and Minnesota to scoreless draws and losing 2-1 to the Chicago ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gamesmanship alive and well in NHL playoffs: ‘It’s always there’
By Canadian Press on April 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — Senators head coach Travis Green suggested to reporters the Maple Leafs were manipulating the officials to get penalty calls. Toronto counterpart Craig Berube mused a few minutes later that Ottawa had intentionally bumped, slid into and fallen on his goaltender. Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Schiefele and St. Louis Blues netminder Joel Hofer, meanwhile, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks to critics calling Thompson dirty for foul on Butler: ‘The dirty player is Draymond’
By Canadian Press on April 25th, 2025
HOUSTON (AP) — Some have questioned whether Houston’s Amen Thompson is a dirty player after Golden State’s Jimmy Butler was injured in a scary fall in Game 2 when the Rockets guard took his opponent’s legs out from under him on a hard foul. Thompson’s teammate, Dillon Brooks, had other thoughts on the subject when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Howe ‘not 100%’ after pneumonia but ready to lead Newcastle for last Premier League rounds
By Canadian Press on April 25th, 2025
NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Eddie Howe acknowledged he was “not 100%” after returning to work as Newcastle manager for the last crucial rounds of the Premier League. The 47-year-old Howe was hospitalized after being diagnosed with pneumonia, and missed the last three games — wins over Manchester United and Crystal Palace and a loss to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hyderabad notches its first IPL win at Chepauk as Chennai’s struggles continue
By Canadian Press on April 25th, 2025
CHENNAI, India (AP) — Sunrisers Hyderabad spoiled Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s landmark 400th Indian Premier League match by spanking the Chennai Super Kings by five wickets on Friday. Chennai was all out 154 at home after medium-pacer Harshal Patel took 4-28 and Pat Cummins 2-21. Captain Dhoni fell to Patel for 6. Hyderabad chased it down ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!USC basketball recruit Alijah Arenas is out of an induced coma after vehicle crash in Los Angeles
By Canadian Press on April 25th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alijah Arenas, the Southern California basketball recruit who was involved in a fiery vehicle accident, is out of an induced coma, his family said in a statement Friday. The 18-year-old Arenas remains intubated, his family told ESPN, but has “shown significant signs of progress within the last 24 hours.” The Los ... Read More »
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