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Sports scoreboard for Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023
By The Canadian Press on August 27th, 2023
Sunday’s Scoreboard CFL Edmonton 30 Ottawa 20 — MLB American League Cleveland 10 Toronto 7 (11 innings) Minnesota 7 Texas 6 (13 innings) Seattle 3 Kansas City 2 Houston 17 Detroit 4 Tampa Bay 7 N.Y. Yankees 4 Chicago White Sox 6 Oakland 1 National League Philadelphia 3 St. Louis 0 Miami 2 Washington 1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cleveland cuts Syndergaard after Sunday’s start in Toronto
By The Associated Press on August 27th, 2023
TORONTO (AP) – Cleveland right-hander Noah Syndergaard was designated for assignment following Sunday’s extra-inning win over Toronto after pitching six innings against the Blue Jays. Syndergaard allowed five runs and four hits against the team that drafted him in the first round in 2010. He gave up three home runs. “He just had trouble keeping ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Megan Khang wins CPKC Women’s Open in a playoff
By The Canadian Press on August 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Megan Khang is the CPKC Women’s Open champion. The American beat South Korea’s Jin Young Ko in a one-hole playoff on Sunday. It’s the first LPGA Tour title of Khang’s career. Khang had a three-shot lead heading into the fourth round but had a 2-over day as Ko shot 3 under to force ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Megan Khang of the United States wins CPKC Women’s Open
By The Canadian Press on August 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Megan Khang of the United States has won the CPKC Women’s Open tonight in a first hole playoff victory with Jin Young Ko of South Korea. It is the first victory of her LPGA Tour career. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Elks beat Redblacks 30-20, snap 22-game home losing skid
By Shane Jones, The Canadian Press on August 27th, 2023
EDMONTON – Canadian quarterback Tre Ford threw for 317 yards, a touchdown and ran one in himself as the Edmonton Elks ended a massive drought and finally got a win at home, defeating the Ottawa Redblacks 30-20 on Sunday. The Elks snapped an horrific 22-game losing streak at home, the longest in North American professional ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Simone Biles wins a record 8th US Gymnastics title a full decade after her first
By Will Graves, The Associated Press on August 27th, 2023
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top. The gymnastics star won her record eighth U.S. Championship on Sunday night, 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport as a teenage prodigy. Biles, now a 26-year-old newlywed considered perhaps the greatest of all time, posted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Henderson buoyed by fan support at CPKC Women’s Open as up-and-down season continues
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on August 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The fans at the CPKC Women’s Open don’t care, Brooke Henderson is still their favourite. Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., was greeted with cheers or chants at every hole around Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club on Sunday as she put together a 4-under 68 round to improve her overall score at the Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Viktor Hovland wins FedEx Cup with the best 2 weeks of his career
By Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press on August 27th, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) – Viktor Hovland played the best golf of his life in the final two weeks of the PGA Tour season, and it paid off Sunday with the biggest trophy of his career – a FedEx Cup title along with the $18 million bonus. Staked to a six-shot lead, Hovland didn’t flinch under a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hovland wins FedEx Cup with best 2 weeks of his career
By Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press on August 27th, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) – Viktor Hovland played the best golf of his life in the final two weeks of the PGA Tour season, and it paid off Sunday with the biggest trophy of his career – a FedEx Cup title along with the $18 million bonus. Staked to a six-shot lead, Hovland didn’t flinch under a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!California beats Curacao 6-5 to win Little League World Series
By Seth Engle, The Associated Press on August 27th, 2023
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) – Little Leaguers everywhere dream of a moment like this. Louis Lappe hit a walk-off homer and California beat Curacao 6-5 in the Little League World Series championship on Sunday, despite giving up a four-run lead. Louis flipped his bat and threw his arms in the air as he trotted around ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former CFL coach Rich Stubler dead at 74
By The Canadian Press on August 27th, 2023
TORONTO – Rich Stubler, who served as an assistant coach or head coach with six different CFL teams, has died. He was 74. An official at Clearwater Academy International, a prep school in Florida where Stubler had served as defensive co-ordinator, confirmed Stubler’s passing. The cause of death wasn’t immediately known. Stubler, of Glenwood Springs, ... Read More »
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