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Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever beat the Sun as the WNBA shows off its star in Boston
By Canadian Press on July 15th, 2025
BOSTON (AP) â Caitlin Clark struggled in her first-ever visit to Boston â a performance that didnât seem to spoil the mood of the fans who filled TD Garden on Tuesday night for a rare WNBA game in the home of the Celtics and Bruins. Instead of Lucky the Leprechaun and the Boston Celticsâ iconic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NBA will take a harder look at expansion, Commissioner Silver says
By Canadian Press on July 15th, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) â The NBA may finally be one step closer on the long road to expansion. Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that the league has been tasked by team owners to study the issue more formally, which would be the first official move in a long process toward adding franchises. âA lot of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cricket legends Brian Lara and Viv Richards to help beleaguered West Indies team
By Canadian Press on July 15th, 2025
Only a day after West Indies endured one of its worst performances in nearly a century of playing test matches, the president of the Caribbean cricket board was looking to the past to improve the future. WICB president Kishore Shallow on Tuesday said he plans to enlist Caribbean cricket greats such as Viv Richards and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pac-12, Mountain West headed back to court after mediation fails over millions in ‘poaching’ fees
By Canadian Press on July 15th, 2025
The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences are headed back to court after failing to reach a settlement agreement in mediation over $55 million in âpoachingâ fees. The conferences failed to reach an agreement by Tuesday’s deadline in mediation that began in May. The Pac-12 has requested a hearing on the pending motion to dismiss on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cal Raleigh successful on first All-Star robot umpire challenge, a day after winning Home Run Derby
By Canadian Press on July 15th, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) â Cal Raleigh was just as successful with the first robot umpire All-Star challenge as he was in the Home Run Derby. Seattle’s catcher signaled for an appeal to the Automated Ball-Strike System in the first inning Tuesday, getting a strikeout on San Diego’s Manny Machado. âYou take âem any way you can ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!They pulled off huge March Madness upsets. Now they’re opting out of revenue sharing
By Canadian Press on July 15th, 2025
Saint Peter’s, Fairleigh Dickinson and Maryland-Baltimore County â three schools that have taken March Madness by storm at various points in the past decade â have declined to opt in to college sports’ new revenue sharing model. The newly formed College Sports Commission, which oversees revenue sharing following the House settlement, posted a list of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rowe’s late goal lifts Toronto to 1-0 NSL road win over Halifax
By Canadian Press on July 15th, 2025
HALIFAX â Lauren Rowe’s goal in the 79th minute snapped a scoreless tie and lifted the visiting AFC Toronto to a 1-0 Northern Super League victory over the Halifax Tides on Tuesday at Wanderers Grounds. Eight minutes earlier Toronto’s Victoria Pickett drilled a shot off the goalpost as the first-place visitors applied pressure on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. Coast Guard tall ship once part of Hitler’s navy sails into Victoria for visit
By Canadian Press on July 15th, 2025
VICTORIA â When Deleon Guerrero last visited Victoria in 2023, he arrived by car as part of a family road trip from Oregon. On Tuesday, he sailed into Victoria as a Cadet on board the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle as a Canadian navy vessel saluted America’s only active square-rig tall ship with an arch ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Derby County signs US forward Patrick Agyemang from MLS’ Charlotte
By Canadian Press on July 15th, 2025
DERBY, England (AP) â Second-division club Derby County signed United States forward Patrick Agyemang to a four-year contract Tuesday after paying a reported fee of $7.7 million to Major League Soccer team Charlotte. The 24-year-old Agyemang scored eight goals in 18 appearances during the first half of Charlotte’s current season before adding two more for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wimbledon men’s final between Sinner and Alcaraz on ESPN draws most viewers since 2019
By Canadian Press on July 15th, 2025
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) â Jannik Sinner’s victory over Carlos Alcaraz was the most-viewed Wimbledon men’s final since Novak Djokovic edged Roger Federer in a five-set thriller in 2019. ESPN said Sunday’s match averaged 2.9 million viewers, a 31% increase over last year’s final and its best performance since about 3.8 million watched Djokovic win a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defending champions Sinner and Sabalenka lead entry lists for the US Open
By Canadian Press on July 15th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) â Defending champions Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, who both top the tennis rankings, led 10 former winners of the U.S. Open who were on the entry lists for this year’s tournament that were announced Tuesday. The fields include 18 past Grand Slam singles champions, the U.S. Tennis Association said. Direct entry ... Read More »
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