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RYDER CUP ’25: For Cameron Young, a New York homecoming in the works for 12 years
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Bethpage Black is a big ballpark on Long Island that made the boy feel even smaller. He was holding his father’s hand on Father’s Day in 2002 as they watched the U.S. Open won by Tiger Woods. It was Cameron Young’s first glimpse of golf at the highest level. He was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McLaren heads into Azerbaijan GP on verge of F1 constructors’ title
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
The Formula 1 title race is heating up and McLaren’s golden rule — “Let ’em race” — risks expanding into a whole rule book. Asking Oscar Piastri to give up second place to Lando Norris at the Italian Grand Prix because of a slow pit stop showed how McLaren’s seemingly simple approach risks being bogged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Olympic greats Fourcade, Bjorndalen to get biathlon medal upgrades from past Russian doping case
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
MILAN (AP) — More than 15 years after the Vancouver Olympics, retired French biathlon star Martin Fourcade was allocated another gold medal Friday after a Russian doping case was resolved. The International Olympic Committee’s executive board formally reallocated medals from events that Russian biathlete Evgeny Ustyugov won medals in at the 2010 Winter Games in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian world race walk champion Evan Dunfee out of men’s 20k event with injury
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
TOKYO — Evan Dunfee’s hopes of adding another gold medal at the world athletics championships have ended after the Canadian race-walker pulled out of Saturday’s men’s 20-kilometre event with a hamstring injury. Dunfee said in an Instagram message posted Thursday that an MRI at Tokyo’s Juntendo University Hospital revealed a “fairly bad” tear in his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RYDER CUP ’25: Player capsules for the European team
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
A capsule look at the players on the European team for the Ryder Cup matches Sept. 26-28 at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York (listed in order they made the team): Rory McIlroy Age: 36. Country: Northern Ireland. World ranking: 2. Ryder Cup record: 16-13-4. Career victories: 41. 2025 victories: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RYDER CUP ’25: Player capsules for the US team
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
A capsule look at the 12 players on the U.S. team for the Ryder Cup matches Sept. 26-28 at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York (listed in order they made the team): Scottie Scheffler Age: 29. World ranking: 1. Ryder Cup record: 2-2-3. Career victories: 22. 2025 victories: The CJ Cup Byron Nelson, PGA Championship, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Florida restores Vernon Maxwell’s college stats, making him the program’s leading scorer again
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has formally restored basketball great Vernon Maxwell’s final two years of college statistics, a move that once again makes him the program’s all-time leading scorer. Athletic director Scott Stricklin urged the Gators to reinstate Maxwell’s numbers four decades after “Mad Max” first stepped on campus, and it became official this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miami Heat All-Star Tyler Herro needs surgery and will miss the start of training camp
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
MIAMI (AP) — All-Star guard Tyler Herro is having surgery to repair a problem affecting his left foot, meaning the Miami Heat will be without their leading returning scorer when training camp starts later this month. Herro is expected to be out for several weeks, and a more exact return-to-play plan likely won’t be finalized ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto FC continuing to look at young talent as MLS regular season winds down
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
With five games remaining in the regular season and the MLS playoffs out of reach, Toronto FC coach Robin Fraser plans to continue giving his young talent a chance to shine. With 15 players on expiring contracts, there are plenty of decisions to be made. “For us, we do want to get some questions answered,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Italian skier’s death prompts early safety debate before the Milan-Cortina Olympic season starts
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
It’s usually not until December or January and after a series of tumbles, twisted knees, torn ACLs and worse that the debate over safety in World Cup skiing becomes an annual topic. Not this season. The death of Italian skier Matteo Franzoso this week following a crash in preseason training in Chile has resurfaced concerns ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s premature to count out Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs: Analysis
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
Tom Brady was finished. Bill Belichick couldn’t coach anymore. The New England Patriots’ run of dominance had ended. Those were the premature headlines and hot takes after the “We’re on to Cincinnati” game 11 years ago. Now, it’s the Chiefs hearing similar questions. The Patriots were destroyed by Kansas City 41-14 in front of a ... Read More »
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