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Less stress, more swagger: QB Nathan Rourke aiming to have fun with new-look Lions
By Canadian Press on June 6th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Nathan Rourke is trying to add a little something to his game this season — the B.C. Lions quarterback wants to have more fun. “That’s a little bit of a goal for myself, trying to play a little bit more loose and not take things so seriously. So, trying to have a little ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Comeback Playoffs: There have been 10 rallies from 15 points or more down in this NBA postseason
By Canadian Press on June 6th, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Welcome to the Comeback Playoffs, led by the Indiana Pacers. Indiana’s rally from 15 points down in Game 1 of the NBA Finals was the 10th such comeback — from 15 or more — in this season’s playoffs. The Pacers and Tyrese Haliburton are responsible for five of those comebacks; the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary Stampeders seek turnaround in 2025 with quarterback Vernon Adams Jr.
By Canadian Press on June 6th, 2025
CALGARY — The 2025 CFL season will be a proving ground for the Calgary Stampeders. The Stampeders want to show themselves and their fans that the team has what it takes to get back into the playoffs after falling short of the post-season for the first time in 19 years. There will be unprovens in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada men’s soccer coach Jesse Marsch bothered by U.S. treatment of Ukraine
By Canadian Press on June 6th, 2025
TORONTO — Canada soccer coach Jesse Marsch, an American who won kudos north of the border earlier this year for telling U.S. President Donald Trump to “lay off the ridiculous rhetoric” about Canada being a 51st state, has taken aim at the U.S. president again. In a speech to a Canada-Ukraine Foundation breakfast Friday, Marsch ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French Open: Carlos Alcaraz reaches final after Lorenzo Musetti retires with injury in fourth set
By Canadian Press on June 6th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the French Open final on Friday after Lorenzo Musetti retired from their semifinal early in the fourth set. Alcaraz was leading 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0, 2-0 when the eighth-seeded Italian had to stop playing on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Musetti had treatment on the inside of his left thigh ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dallas Stars fire coach Pete DeBoer after losing in West final and pulling Oettinger
By Canadian Press on June 6th, 2025
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer was fired Friday after three seasons with the team, getting to the Western Conference final each time but never advancing past that for a shot at the Stanley Cup. The move came less than a week since the Stars ended their season in a 6-3 loss at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Giants using a swashbuckling approach to turnovers: ‘Be a damn pirate’
By Canadian Press on June 6th, 2025
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants might have to walk the plank if they don’t get better at taking possessions away from opponents. Sitting on the sideline during practice this offseason is a wooden chest – a “turnover chest,” if you will – that contains no gold, silver or jewels. But to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Open ’25: What happened at previous Opens at Oakmont
By Canadian Press on June 6th, 2025
OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — A capsule look at the previous nine U.S. Open golf championships held at Oakmont Country Club: Year: 1927 Winner: Tommy Armour Score: 301 Margin: Playoff (76-79) Runner-up: Harry Cooper Prize: $500. Summary: Oakmont lived up to its reputation while hosting its first U.S. Open, with no one capable of breaking 300. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dallas Stars fire coach Pete DeBoer after losing in the West final
By Canadian Press on June 6th, 2025
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer was fired Friday after three seasons with the team, getting to the Western Conference final each time but never advancing past that for a shot at the Stanley Cup. General manager Jim Nill made the move less than a week since the Stars ended their season in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada coach irate after Vancouver Whitecaps players stricken by illness in Mexico
By Canadian Press on June 6th, 2025
TORONTO — Canada coach Jesse Marsch expressed outrage Friday that the Vancouver Whitecaps had been “poisoned” during their visit to Mexico for the CONCACAF Champions Cup final. The Whitecaps issued a statement Thursday saying about half of the 75 people who returned to Vancouver on the team’s charter plane after Sunday’s game had reported symptoms ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s a Thunder rule: To work in OKC, you must learn about OKC and what the bombing meant to the city
By Canadian Press on June 6th, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Isaiah Hartenstein was born in 1998, three years after Oklahoma City changed forever. It was April 19, 1995, when a truck bomb detonated outside a federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people in the deadliest homegrown attack on U.S. soil. Hartenstein didn’t know much about the bombing when he joined ... Read More »
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