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Alyssa Thomas records third straight triple-double in Phoenix’s 95-60 win over Indiana
By Canadian Press on August 7th, 2025
PHOENIX (AP) — Alyssa Thomas had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists to become the first WNBA player with three straight triple-doubles, and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Indiana Fever 95-60 on Thursday night for their third consecutive victory. Thomas secured her 19th career triple-double with 3:47 left on a pass to the corner ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sparks beat the Sun 102-91 for their 8th win in 9 games
By Canadian Press on August 7th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dearica Hamby scored 21 points, Rickea Jackson added 20 points and Kelsey Plum had 18, and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Connecticut Sun 102-91 on Thursday night for their eighth win in nine games. Los Angeles (14-15) scored 100-plus points for the fifth time in the last six games behind ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025
By Canadian Press on August 7th, 2025
Thursday’s Scoreboard CFL B.C. 41 Hamilton 38 (OT) — MLB American League Seattle 4 Chicago White Sox 3 (11 innings) National League Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 0 Atlanta 8 Miami 6 Interleague Athletics 6 Washington 0 — WNBA Atlanta 86 Chicago 65 Los Angeles 102 Connecticut 91 Phoenix 95 Indiana 60 — The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alyssa Thomas becomes first WNBA player with 3 straight triple-doubles in Mercury’s win over Fever
By Canadian Press on August 7th, 2025
PHOENIX (AP) — Alyssa Thomas had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists to become the first WNBA player with three straight triple-doubles, and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Indiana Fever 95-60 on Thursday night for their third consecutive victory. Thomas secured her 19th career triple-double with 3:47 left on a pass to the corner ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pirates ace Paul Skenes gives up 7 hits for the 1st time — in his 47th career start!
By Canadian Press on August 7th, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — It took 47 major league games before Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes gave up seven hits to an opposing lineup. Skenes’ record streak of allowing six or fewer hits ended at 46 starts on Thursday night in a 7-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. According to OptaStats, the longest such streak to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pete Carroll, Geno Smith return to Seattle with Raiders
By Canadian Press on August 7th, 2025
SEATTLE (AP) — Pete Carroll played a new role in familiar territory Thursday night, with his first preseason game as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders coming against the Seattle Seahawks. The former Seattle coach clearly felt at home before the game, talking with many Seahawks players on the field during warmups and generally being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Houston Texans safety Jimmie Ward arrested for second time in two months
By Canadian Press on August 7th, 2025
CONROE, Texas (AP) — Houston Texans safety Jimmie Ward was arrested Thursday on a felony warrant, according to the Montgomery County Jail records. This was second arrest in two months for the 34-year-old Ward. He also was arrested June 12 at his home in Magnolia, Texas, for allegedly assaulting and threatening a woman. It was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colts QB Richardson leaves preseason game with a pinky injury; CB Walley has a torn ACL
By Canadian Press on August 7th, 2025
BALTIMORE (AP) — The plan was for Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson to play about 1 1/2 quarters. Then Daniel Jones would play half a quarter. Instead, those figures ended up reversed after Richardson took a crunching sack from David Ojabo. Richardson had to leave Indianapolis’ preseason opener Thursday night with a dislocated pinky on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Whyte’s overtime field goal earns Lions 41-38 victory over Ticats
By Canadian Press on August 7th, 2025
HAMILTON — Sean Whyte’s 19-yard field goal earned the B.C. Lions a 41-38 overtime win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Thursday night. Whyte capped B.C.’s first overtime possession with his game-winning boot. Hamilton had the opening possession but former Ticat DeWayne Hendrix recovered Tim White’s fumble following a completion, to the dismay of the Hamilton Stadium ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another WNBA game, again in Chicago, disrupted by a sex toy tossed onto the court
By Canadian Press on August 7th, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — A sex toy was thrown onto the court in the closing seconds of the Atlanta Dream’s 86-65 victory over the Chicago Sky on Thursday night, the latest such incident at a WNBA game. Sex toys also were thrown on court during games in Atlanta on July 29, Chicago on Friday and Los ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another WNBA game, this time in Chicago, disrupted by a sex toy tossed onto the court
By Canadian Press on August 7th, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — A sex toy was thrown onto the court in the closing seconds of the Atlanta Dream’s 86-65 victory over the Chicago Sky on Thursday night, the latest such incident at a WNBA game. Sex toys also were thrown on court during games in Atlanta on July 29, Chicago on Friday and Los ... Read More »
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