August 16th, 2025

National Sports

Guerrero hits 2 doubles and scores twice as the AL-best Blue Jays beat the slumping Tigers 6-2

By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025

DETROIT (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. doubled twice and scored a pair of runs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the slumping Detroit Tigers 6-2 Friday night. The American League-leading Blue Jays are 7-1 since the All-Star break, while the Tigers have lost five straight and 11 of 12. JosĂ© BerrĂ­os (7-4) picked up the ... Read More »

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Cardinals blank Padres 3-0; benches clear after Contreras hit by pitch

By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Masyn Winn drove in two runs, Willson Contreras had two hits and scored twice and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Friday night. Miles Mikolas (6-7) pitched into the sixth inning, allowing seven hits but no runs to pick up just his second win since May ... Read More »

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Sabrina Ionescu scores 29 as Liberty beat Mercury 89-76 for 5th straight win

By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu scored 29 points while Jonquel Jones added 20 points and 11 rebounds to help the New York Liberty beat the Phoenix Mercury 89-76 on Friday night for their fifth consecutive win. Leonie Fiebich added 13 points for the Liberty (17-6), who put more space between them and the third-place ... Read More »

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Tovar’s homer in 8th inning propels Rockies past Orioles 6-5 for Colorado’s 5th win in 7 games

By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025

BALTIMORE (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the top of the eighth inning, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Friday night to improve to 5-2 since the All-Star break. It’s a rare run of success for the Rockies, who improved to 27-76 on the season but still ... Read More »

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New Seattle slugger Josh Naylor plugged into cleanup spot behind Raleigh for debut against Angels

By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pressure is a privilege in the eyes of new Seattle Mariners slugger Josh Naylor. Naylor is looking forward to the opportunity to bat cleanup in his first game with Seattle against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. “I love the word pressure,” said Naylor, a first baseman who was acquired ... Read More »

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Guardians-Royals game postponed due to weather

By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025

The first game of a three-game series between the Cleveland Guardians and the Kansas City Royals scheduled for Friday night has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Saturday. Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee (6-9, 4.27 ERA) and Kansas City’s Kris Bubic (8-6, 2.38) are ... Read More »

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Thorbjorn Olesen takes the 2nd-round lead in the 3M Open

By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025

BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Thorbjorn Olesen worked out of trouble more than once Friday at the TPC Twin Cities to take a one-stroke lead over Jake Knapp into the weekend in the 3M Open. Olesen followed an opening 9-under 62 on Thursday with a 66, hitting out of the rough to set up a 5-foot ... Read More »

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Policy officially takes over for Murphy as president/CEO at Packers’ shareholders meeting

By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Ed Policy began his tenure as the Green Bay Packers’ president/CEO by paying tribute to his predecessor. Policy officially took over for Mark Murphy on Friday as the NFL’s only publicly owned franchise held its annual shareholders meeting. During Murphy’s 17 seasons on the job, the Packers made 13 playoff ... Read More »

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Cubs’ Taillon, Assad nearing returns to depleted staff as trade deadline approaches

By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs line up as one of the prospective buyers, especially for pitching, as baseball’s July 31 trade deadline approaches. In the meantime, Chicago — which entered Friday at 60-42 and a game behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central — is inching closer to having some injured pitchers return. On ... Read More »

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B.C. Lions seek answers for high-flying Lawler and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions head into the weekend facing a riddle — how do you stop Kenny Lawler? The Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver is on a tear, and leads the CFL in both receiving yards (644) and receiving touchdowns (eight). He’ll look to add to those totals Saturday when the Ticats (4-2) visit the Lions ... Read More »

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Kyle Stowers homers, Otto Lopez hits tiebreaking double as Marlins beat Brewers 5-1

By Canadian Press on July 25th, 2025

MILWAUKEE (AP) — All-Star Kyle Stowers hit his 23rd homer and Otto Lopez capped off a three-hit day with a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning to lead the Miami Marlins to a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday. Lopez’s double against Rick Mears cleared the bases, although he only got credit for ... Read More »

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