August 22nd, 2025

National Sports

Three-time men’s amateur winner Scott headlines Canadian Golf Hall of Fame class

By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025

The last time Richard Scott was at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club he won the 2006 Canadian Amateur Championship. When he returns this August, it will be so he can be enshrined in the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. Scott, Jerry Anderson and Charles Blair Macdonald were named the 2025 induction class for the Canadian ... Read More »

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FC Dallas defender Geovane Jesus will miss 2nd MLS season in a row because of right knee injury

By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — FC Dallas defender Geovane Jesus will miss his second Major League Soccer season in a row because of a right knee injury. The team said Wednesday that Jesus was placed on its season-ending injury list and will miss all of the 2025 season. Jesus spent 2024 recovering after tearing his right ... Read More »

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Robin Pingeton, coach of struggling Missouri women, announces resignation effective at end of season

By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri coach Robin Pingeton, whose team is tied for last place in the Southeastern Conference, on Wednesday announced her resignation effective at the end of the season. The Tigers (13-16, 2-12) are headed toward their second straight losing season and sixth in a row in SEC play. Pingeton is 249-216 in ... Read More »

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Argos mourn death of former CFL defensive tackle Baylis, a four-time all-star

By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts say they are saddened to learn of the death of Jearld Baylis Sr., who was a dominant defensive tackle over his 10 CFL seasons. Baylis was a CFL all-star in 1987 for the Argos, who offered their condolences in a statement Wednesday. Baylis died at age 62 on Dec. 30, ... Read More »

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A Las Vegas exhibition that originally featured Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz has been postponed

By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025

LAS VEGAS (AP) — With Jannik Sinner serving a doping suspension, and Taylor Fritz’s status uncertain because of an injured abdominal muscle, the men’s tennis exhibition event scheduled for Sunday in Las Vegas has been postponed. No new date was announced Wednesday. The exhibition match between current No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and former No. 1 ... Read More »

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Sooners hire Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy as football program’s general manager

By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy has been hired as Oklahoma’s general manager for football, the school announced Wednesday. Nagy will lead the Sooners’ roster management and talent acquisition, including player recruitment, evaluation, retention and compensation. He also will oversee name, image, and likeness, the transfer portal process, revenue-share allocation, scholarships ... Read More »

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49ers have started contract talks with QB Brock Purdy

By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025

San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch said the team has begun negotiations with quarterback Brock Purdy about a long-term contract and believes both sides want to get a deal done. Purdy’s contract extension is one of the main items on the offseason to-do list for San Francisco. He is nearing the end of one ... Read More »

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Canada coach tells Trump to lay off ‘ridiculous rhetoric’ of Canada as a 51st state

By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025

Canada soccer coach Jesse Marsch waded into politics Wednesday, telling United States President Donald Trump to “lay off the ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being a 51st state.” The 51-year-old Marsch, a former U.S. international who was born in Racine, Wisc., made his comments at a CONCACAF news conference at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., the ... Read More »

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Super Bowl reporter found dead in hotel room had sedative drug in his system, police say

By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The television reporter who died in New Orleans while on assignment to cover the Super Bowl had a sedative drug in his system, a police detective testified in court this week. Adan Manzano, a 27-year-old anchor and reporter for Telemundo in Kansas City, Missouri, was found dead in his hotel room ... Read More »

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Oilers reclaim defenceman Travis Dermott off waivers from Wild

By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025

EDMONTON — Travis Dermott is back with the Edmonton Oilers. The club plucked the defenceman off waivers from the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday after having him claimed earlier this season. The 28-year-old attended Edmonton’s training camp on a professional tryout contract before inking a deal for the 2024-25 campaign at US$775,000 in October. Dermott had ... Read More »

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Gary Woodland receives PGA Tour Courage Award as he returns from brain surgery

By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland was honored Wednesday with the PGA Tour Courage Award as he comes back from brain surgery to remove a lesion that was causing him to have unfounded thoughts that he was dying. Woodland, who won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach to go ... Read More »

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