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Aces and Fever took unconventional paths to WNBA semifinals
By Canadian Press on September 20th, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas Aces-Indiana Fever semifinals matchup would have been far from a surprise in the preseason. But how the teams reached this point has been anything but conventional as they prepare to play each other in a best-of-five WNBA playoffs series that opens Sunday. Las Vegas was fighting for a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liverpool stays perfect in Premier League after beating Everton
By Canadian Press on September 20th, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool maintained a perfect start in the Premier League after Ryan Gravenberch scored and assisted in a 2-1 win over Everton on Saturday. Seeking consecutive league titles for the first time since the 1980s, Liverpool’s record is 5-0 after the Merseyside derby. Liverpool was listless and sloppy for long periods of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mbappé and Militão strike from distance as Real Madrid deals Espanyol first loss
By Canadian Press on September 20th, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Kylian Mbappé and Éder Militão scored from well outside the area to help Real Madrid ease past Espanyol 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday, dealing the Barcelona-based side its first loss. Espanyol gave Militão a smidgen of space and the Brazil defender fired a right-footed screamer into the top corner in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shelby Houlihan finishes fourth in return to big-time after infamous four-year ‘Burrito Ban’
By Canadian Press on September 20th, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — American distance runner Shelby Houlihan knows some people will see her fourth-place finish at the world championships in the first big-time race since her “Burrito Ban” and wonder if it’s legit. She doesn’t much care about them. “I surround myself with people who love me and support me, and that’s way louder ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top-seeded Lynx march into WNBA semis against surging Mercury in matchup of defensive-minded teams
By Canadian Press on September 20th, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx soared last season past the consensus external expectations for their ceiling, surging into the WNBA Finals where they suffered an oh-so-close loss in the winner-take-all fifth game. This year, they’ve been the clear team to beat. After cruising to the No. 1 seed with a franchise-record 34 wins, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Love, Humphries-Armbruster, Meyers Taylor lead U.S. World Cup bobsled team headed into Olympic year
By Canadian Press on September 20th, 2025
World champion Kaysha Love, three-time Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries-Armbruster and five-time Olympic medalist Elana Meyers Taylor were named to the U.S. World Cup bobsled team Saturday, as the Americans began shaping their roster for this winter’s Milan-Cortina Games. Also making the team: a three-time NCAA indoor track champion for Notre Dame, a former Dartmouth football ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anna Hall rediscovers love for track, joins Jackie Joyner-Kersee as a US heptathlon world champion
By Canadian Press on September 20th, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — Anna Hall is the first to admit that the injuries, the excruciating losses and the hours of practice when she felt like she was going nowhere pushed her to lose her love for track and field. With the 24-year-old American smiling, bounding and dancing across the track with the Stars and Stripes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pegula and Navarro lead the US past Britain into the Billie Jean King Cup final vs. Italy
By Canadian Press on September 20th, 2025
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro each came from a set down to win their singles matches and the United States defeated Britain 2-0 on Saturday to reach the Billie Jean King Cup final. The U.S. will face defending champion Italy in Sunday’s final. The seventh-ranked Pegula rallied past Katie Boulter 3-6 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’ celebrates 20 years of prime-time dominance
By Canadian Press on September 20th, 2025
Dick Ebersol helped change comedy and late-night television when he teamed up with Lorne Michaels to create “Saturday Night Live” in 1975. When it comes to sports television, Ebersol’s creation of “Sunday Night Football” on NBC in 2006 also has had a significant impact. It is fitting then that both are celebrating milestones this year. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Schilder wins women’s shot put at the worlds on the final throw of a grueling day
By Canadian Press on September 20th, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands claimed a dramatic gold medal in the women’s shot put on her final attempt at the world championships on Saturday. Schilder threw 20.29 meters in a grueling event made more taxing with preliminaries and finals on the same day. Chase Jackson of the U.S. took silver (20.21), ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SMU and TCU honor 9-year-old Texas flash flood victim whose parents are alums of the schools
By Canadian Press on September 20th, 2025
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A 9-year-old Texas girl who was among 27 Camp Mystic campers and counselors who died in flash flooding on the Fourth of July was honored by TCU and SMU before the alma maters of her parents played Saturday. In a joint social media post leading up the game, SMU and ... Read More »
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