June 25th, 2025

National Sports

Bengals to release linebacker Germaine Pratt, saving $5.6M on salary cap, AP sources say

By Canadian Press on June 9th, 2025

The Cincinnati Bengals are releasing linebacker Germaine Pratt, two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the move has not been announced. NFL Network first reported Pratt’s release. The move comes on the eve of the Bengals mandatory minicamp, which starts ... Read More »

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Saskatchewan Roughriders sign all-star running back Ka’Deem Carey

By Canadian Press on June 9th, 2025

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed all-star running back Ka’Deem Carey, the CFL club announced Monday. Carey was a CFL East all-star with Toronto last season after rushing for a team-high 1,060 yards with seven touchdowns. He had 79 yards and a TD in the Argonauts’ 41-24 Grey Cup victory over Winnipeg. However, he ... Read More »

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Cavaliers’ Darius Garland has surgery on the injured left big toe that hampered him during playoffs

By Canadian Press on June 9th, 2025

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Cavaliers guard Darius Garland had surgery Monday on the injured left big toe that hampered him during Cleveland’s exit from the playoffs. The Cavaliers said the procedure was performed by Dr. Nicholas Strasser at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, in consultation with team physician Dr. James Rosneck and Dr. ... Read More »

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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins a game-time decision for Oilers with undisclosed injury

By Canadian Press on June 9th, 2025

SUNRISE — Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins remains a question mark for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final. The versatile forward missed Sunday’s practice with an undisclosed injury. Nugent-Hopkins came on late for the team’s optional morning skate Monday at Amerant Bank Arena. Edmonton head coach Kris Knoblauch said Nugent-Hopkins will take warm-ups and be ... Read More »

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NASCAR goes south of the border to grow fan base with its 1st Cup Series race in Mexico City

By Canadian Press on June 9th, 2025

NASCAR’s first international Cup Series race of the modern era is all about the eyeballs, specifically new fans in the Mexico City market. NASCAR will be on the track Friday for the first of three days of racing at the Autodromo Hermanos RodrĂ­guez, one of the most popular stops on the Formula 1 calendar and ... Read More »

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Can South Africa finally break its ICC curse in the WTC final? Conrad confident

By Canadian Press on June 9th, 2025

LONDON (AP) — South Africa is at the business end of another world cricket championship and is haunted by the ghosts of losses past. An infamous failure to win any cricket World Cup, often in heart-breaking fashion, weighs on the Proteas who are preparing for the World Test Championship final against titleholder Australia on Wednesday ... Read More »

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Diallo opens grass-court season with win over Vukic at Libema Open

By Canadian Press on June 9th, 2025

Canadian tennis player Gabriel Diallo kicked off his grass-court season with a 7-5, 7-6 (2) win over Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic on Monday at the Libema Open. The 23-year-old from Montreal had 13 aces and no double faults in the win at the ATP/WTA 250 tournament in s’-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Diallo had the only break of the ... Read More »

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US Open: When it starts, how to watch, what’s at stake, betting odds for golf’s next major

By Canadian Press on June 9th, 2025

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Open long has been regarded the toughest test in golf, and this year it returns to what is arguably the toughest course in America. Oakmont Country Club outside Pittsburgh is the talk of the 125th U.S. Open, a course built in 1903 that is more about being feared than ... Read More »

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UFC returns to Vancouver with Oct. 18 Fight Night show at Rogers Arena

By Canadian Press on June 9th, 2025

VANCOUVER — The UFC is returning to Vancouver for an Oct. 18 Fight Night show at Rogers Arena. It will mark Vancouver’s seventh UFC event since 2010, tying Toronto for the second-most UFC events in Canada (behind Montreal). The UFC’s most recent visit to the city was UFC 289 in June 2023, drawing 17,628 fans ... Read More »

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Dick Vitale has an extension with ESPN – and a college basketball event in his honor

By Canadian Press on June 9th, 2025

Dick Vitale is inextricably intertwined with college basketball, with his iconic voice, exuberant style and enthusiastic catchphrases melding into a soundtrack for nearly five decades of the sport’s history. And the broadcasting great’s influence is sticking around next season, too, both in person on game days and through an addition to the college basketball calendar ... Read More »

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Manchester United teenager Gabe Biancheri gets first taste of camp with Canada

By Canadian Press on June 9th, 2025

TORONTO — Born in Wales to a Canadian mother and Italian father, Gabe Biancheri has options when it comes to playing international soccer. The 18-year-old Manchester United academy forward has already represented Wales at youth level and attended a Welsh senior camp. Now he is getting a taste of Canada as a training player with ... Read More »

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