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Randy Moffitt, major league reliever and brother of Billie Jean King, dies at 76
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Randy Moffitt, a reliever who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball and was the younger brother of tennis great and equality advocate Billie Jean King, has died after an extended illness. He was 76. Moffitt died on Thursday in Long Beach, California, according to a representative of the family. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liverpool 18-year-old Leoni called up by Italy for World Cup qualifiers
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
ROME (AP) — The 18-year-old Liverpool center back Giovanni Leoni was one of three players given their first national team call-up by new Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso on Friday. Also named to the Azzurri squad for the first time were Inter Milan forward Francesco Pio Esposito and Bologna midfielder Giovanni Fabbian. It’s the first time ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Micah Parsons set to arrive in Green Bay today after joining Packers with record-setting deal
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Micah Parsons is embracing the expectations that come from joining the Green Bay Packers with a record-setting contract. “I just want to do whatever I can to help the Packers win a championship,” Parsons told The Associated Press on Friday, a day after the edge rusher was traded from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter sentenced to just over a year
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to just over a year in prison Friday. Mathew Bowyer, now 50, had pleaded guilty a year ago to running an illegal gambling business, money laundering and filing a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miami LB Adarius Hayes charged with 3 counts of vehicular homicide following May crash
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
LARGO, Fla. (AP) — Miami linebacker Adarius Hayes has been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and one count of reckless driving with serious bodily injury, all of which followed the investigation into a May crash that killed three people. Hayes surrendered to police Friday morning in his hometown of Largo, Florida, officials said, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gym owner says she reported grooming concerns about coach years before arrest in sex abuse case
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Long before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after accusations he abused girls he coached, warning signs about Sean Gardner were coming from several directions — his former boss, his gymnasts and their parents. The former boss says she brought her concerns about Gardner’s “grooming” behavior to USA Gymnastics, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Huskers are hoping they’ve kicked their habit of being on the wrong end of one-score games
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
Nebraska came into the season having lost 35 of its last 45 one-score games, a dubious distinction that inspired a popular T-shirt for fans that reads, “We Almost Always Almost Win.” The tens of thousands of Cornhuskers fans who filled up Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night must have had that familiar here-we-go-again feeling as Cincinnati ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Emma Raducanu’s best US Open since her 2021 title ends with lopsided loss to Elena Rybakina
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Emma Raducanu’s best U.S. Open since her surprising 2021 title ended in the third round with a 6-1, 6-2 loss to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in just 62 minutes Friday. Rybakina reached Week 2 at Flushing Meadows for the first time. This is the only Grand Slam tournament where the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tottenham signs Simons from Leipzig after missing out on Eze
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Tottenham signed Netherlands attacking midfielder Xavi Simons from Leipzig on Friday, an arrival that partially makes up for the club’s failure to bring in Eberechi Eze last week. The fee for the 22-year-old Simons, who was a breakout star at the European Championship last year, was 60 million euros ($70 million), according ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Schroder leads Germany past Sweden, Sengun shines for Turkey at EuroBasket
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Sacramento Kings guard Dennis Schroder scored a game-high 23 points and made seven assists to lead world champion Germany to a 105-83 win over Sweden at EuroBasket on Friday. Schroder shot 7-for-12 from the field, making three 3-pointers. Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner added 21 points as Germany went 2-0 in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saka out for ‘weeks’ and Odegaard questionable for Arsenal’s trip to Liverpool
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka’s latest hamstring injury will keep him out for “a few weeks,” manager Mikel Arteta said Friday ahead of the Premier League game at Liverpool. Sunday’s match at Anfield is an early clash of title contenders, but the Gunners face the defending champion saddled with injuries to key players, ... Read More »
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