National Sports
Bears’ potential move to Indiana takes step forward as effort to build stadium in Illinois lingers
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears’ potential move to Indiana took another step forward on Thursday when a key committee approved a plan to create an agency that would help get a stadium built. The Indiana House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee passed a bill establishing a Northwest Indiana Stadium Authority to finance, construct ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former manager Bob Melvin returning to A’s as special assistant
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Former big league manager Bob Melvin is returning to the Athletics as a special assistant in baseball operations. The Athletics said Thursday that Melvin will advise the front office. The 64-year-old managed the A’s to three AL West titles from 2011-21, then left for San Diego and later San Francisco. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Without nationwide rules, South Carolina lawmakers move to keep college athlete payments secret
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One by one, South Carolina senators stood up at the Statehouse this week, saying they didn’t want to wade into the rules about paying college athletes, but they couldn’t bear to see their Gamecocks or Tigers left behind on the field or the court. South Carolina is poised to join at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Orioles 3B Jordan Westburg ‘physically unable’ to participate at spring training
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Baltimore Orioles third baseman Jordan Westburg has been unable to take part in spring training after a right oblique injury during the offseason, and it was unclear Thursday whether an elbow issue also was keeping him off the field. “He’s just unable to participate right now,” first-year manager Craig Albernaz told ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wolitarsky signs one-day deal with Winnipeg so he can retire with Blue Bombers
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
WINNIPEG — Drew Wolitarsky retired Thursday as a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The veteran receiver signed a one-year deal with Winnipeg, allowing him to call it a career with the franchise. Wolitarsky, 30, spent seven of his eight CFL seasons with Winnipeg (2017-19, 2021-24). He was with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last year, suiting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Homan surges into women’s curling semifinals, Canada to face Norway in men’s semis
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
MILAN — Canada is guaranteed to win another medal on Day 13 of the Milan Cortina Games when the women’s hockey team meets the archrival United States in the final. And there could be more coming from Canada’s curlers, as Rachel Homan booked a spot in the women’s semifinals a few hours before Brad Jacobs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kyle Busch won all the time until the checkered flags dried up. Can he find NASCAR success again?
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Busch’s feisty spirit surfaced late at the end of another empty Daytona 500 for the perennial race loser. The Daytona pole sitter, Busch was running outside the top 20 in the final laps when he let off the gas and faded to the back of the pack as wrecks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Georgia is facing more reckless driving problems following the arrests of Cole and Ikinnagbon
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia linebackers Chris Cole and Darren Ikinnagbon were arrested on misdemeanor charges of speeding and reckless driving by Athens-Clarke County Police on Wednesday night. According to jail records, Cole was booked at 9:59 p.m. and released on $26 bail at 10:39 p.m. Ikinnagbon, also charged with following too closely, was booked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Van der Merwe and Kinghorn given Scotland shot at redemption in Wales test
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Scotland coach Gregor Townsend expects Duhan van der Merwe and Blair Kinghorn to be hungry to prove themselves after their recall for the Six Nations trip to Wales this weekend. The British and Irish Lions backs were dropped for the first two rounds against Italy and England without controversy, due to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hornets guard LaMelo Ball is expected to play against the Rockets a day after being in a car crash
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball is not listed on the team’s injury report and is expected to play Thursday night against the Houston Rockets, one day after being involved in a two-car crash in Charlotte. The Hornets are one of the NBA’s hottest teams having won 10 of their last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sepp Piontek, coach of the exciting Denmark team of the mid-1980s, has died at 85
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sepp Piontek, the German coach who led the exciting Denmark team in the 1980s, has died, the Danish soccer federation said on Thursday. He was 85. Piontek took a team popularly known as “Danish Dynamite” with star talents Michael Laudrup, Preben Elkjaer and Jesper Olsen to its first World Cup in ... Read More »
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