National Sports
Duke freshman Cooper Flagg is headed to the NBA as the favorite to be the No. 1 overall draft pick
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
Duke star Cooper Flagg is headed to the NBA as the favorite to be the No. 1 overall draft pick. The program announced Flagg’s move in a social media post Monday following after a lone college season that saw the 18-year-old become only the fourth freshman named as The Associated Press national player of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Switzerland’s Hug gets 8th Boston Marathon wheelchair win, American Scaroni a 2nd in milestone year
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — Marcel Hug of Switzerland blitzed to the front of the field to win his eighth Boston Marathon wheelchair title, claiming the victory Monday in the 129th edition of the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes, 34 seconds. The 39-year-old Hug crossed the finish line in downtown Boston to claim his fifth consecutive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!White Sox place INF Chase Meidroth on 10-day IL, recall former Red Sox INF Bobby Dalbec
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — The Chicago White Sox placed rookie infielder Chase Meidroth on the 10-day injured list with right thumb inflammation on Monday before their game against the Boston Red Sox. To fill his spot on the roster, the White Sox recalled infielder Bobby Dalbec from Triple-A Charlotte. Meidroth said in the clubhouse that he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aimee Boorman, the coach who helped guide Simone Biles to greatness, is finding her balance
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
There were times during Simone Biles’ nascent rise to stardom over a decade ago when she would arrive for practice and Aimee Boorman could sense immediately what kind of day it was going to be. Sometimes Boorman, who began coaching Biles from the time Biles was 7 through the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Switzerland’s Marcel Hug claims 8th Boston Marathon wheelchair title in milestone year for event
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — Marcel Hug of Switzerland blitzed to the front of the field to win his eighth Boston Marathon wheelchair title, claiming the victory Monday in the 129th edition of the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes, 34 seconds. The 39-year-old Hug crossed the finish line in downtown Boston to claim his fifth consecutive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College baseball notebook: Surprising Hawkeyes ride strong hitting and pitching to top of Big Ten
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
No one is surprised that West Coast additions UCLA, Oregon, Southern California and Washington are lined up in a row in the Big Ten Conference standings. What’s surprising is that Iowa is the one team in front of them. The Hawkeyes (27-11, 17-4), picked ninth in the conference by D1Baseball.com, are coming off a three-game ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘The runners are coming’: Boston Marathon helps celebrate 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — Paul Revere rode down Boylston Street to the Boston Marathon finish line — or almost there, as it turned out — proclaiming “the runners are coming” on Monday morning as the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon helped celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. Reenactors on horseback, accompanied by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports world mourns soccer-loving Pope Francis with games in Italy postponed
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
ROME (AP) — Four top-flight soccer matches in Italy were postponed after the death of Pope Francis on Monday and the Buenos Aires club that the Argentine pontiff supported throughout his life mourned its most famous fan. The wider soccer and sports world also paid homage after Francis passed away at 88. All sports events ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here they go again: Lightning vs. Panthers in Round 1, for Sunshine State hockey supremacy
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — It’s starting to feel like an annual tradition: Panthers vs. Lightning in the NHL playoffs, the battle of Florida, a matchup that has seemed to decide which team will eventually get to the Stanley Cup Final. And here they go again. Defending Stanley Cup champion Florida heads to Tampa Bay for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Andrew Vaughn hits 2-run HR: White Sox beat Red Sox 8-4 to end worst road start in team history
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — Andrew Vaughn hit a two-run homer, pinch-hitter Edgar Quero added a go-ahead, two-run single and the Chicago White Sox snapped a six-game losing streak with an 8-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox Sunday, ending their worst road start in team history. Matt Thaiss added two-run shot for Chicago, which lost its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boston Marathon helps celebrate the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — The wheelchair fields left Hopkinton under clear skies and cool temperatures Monday morning for the start of the 129th Boston Marathon. At the finish line 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers) away, a troop in colonial garb celebrated the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution. About 40 members of the Massachusetts ... Read More »
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