By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers second-year wide receiver Xavier Legette remains confident despite a slow start to the season, saying “when it pops, it’s going to pop.” Nothing has popped yet for Legette. Carolina’s 2023 first-round draft pick out of South Carolina known for his strong country drawl has been targeted 15 times this ... Read More »
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BOSTON (AP) — The AL playoff race is getting tighter for the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox lost 5-3 to the Athletics on Thursday, dropping the three-game series to the noncontending A’s and allowing the Cleveland Guardians to crawl within 1 1/2 games of Boston in the AL wild-card race. The Red Sox are ... Read More »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw will retire at the end of this season, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Thursday. The 37-year-old left-hander who got his 3,000th strikeout in July will make his final regular-season start at Dodger Stadium on Friday night against the San Francisco Giants. The 11-time All-Star ... Read More »
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Tom Fitzgerald knows what the ultimate end result will be in the New Jersey Devils’ contract dispute with unsigned restricted free agent Luke Hughes. “We will be signing him,” the longtime general manager said Thursday. Eventually. Still, Hughes does not have a contract for the upcoming NHL season and, as a ... Read More »
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TORONTO — Morgan Rielly took a long look in the mirror over the summer. The Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman entered last season’s training camp feeling good. Things then started well when the puck dropped. The numbers were there. Rielly thought he was in a good spot. Something happened. He isn’t sure what exactly. The club’s ... Read More »
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Erling Haaland became the fastest player to score 50 goals in the Champions League with his latest strike for Manchester City on Thursday. The Norway striker reached the landmark figure in his 49th game in European club soccer’s top competition. He surpassed the previous record by former Manchester United and Real ... Read More »
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are off to a 2-0 start for the fourth straight season under coach Todd Bowles. They haven’t been 3-0 yet. “That’s a problem that we’ve got to try to solve. We’re looking more ahead for that as opposed to just being happy being 2-0,” Bowles said. “It’s ... Read More »
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TORONTO — Baseball fans will now be able to watch the Toronto Blue Jays game on Friday night on the team’s regular broadcast home in Canada. Sportsnet, the club’s Canadian rights-holder, said Thursday it had struck a deal with Apple TV to simulcast the road game against the Kansas City Royals on Rogers airwaves. The ... Read More »
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Luis Castillo pitched six innings of three-hit ball, Jorge Polanco and J.P. Crawford drove in runs, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Thursday to climb back into a first-place tie with the Houston Astros in the AL West. The Mariners are headed to Houston for ... Read More »
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BOSTON (AP) — Brent Rooker homered in a three-run first inning and J.T. Ginn limited Boston to five hits over six innings on Thursday to lead the Athletics to a 5-3 victory over the Red Sox. The A’s started the game with four straight hits, including Rooker’s two-run shot — his 30th of the season. ... Read More »
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CHICAGO (AP) — Brian Schottenheimer celebrated with his wife and kids over pizza and drinks after picking up his first victory as a head coach. He hopes to make it two in a row when the Dallas Cowboys visit Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears on Sunday. The Cowboys went from dealing with spit and ... Read More »
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