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Receiver CeeDee Lamb agrees to 4-year, $136M deal with Cowboys, AP sources say
By Schuyler Dixon And Rob Maaddi, The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
FRISCO, Texas (AP) – CeeDee Lamb’s monthslong holdout with the Dallas Cowboys is over, and the All-Pro receiver is a close second to Justin Jefferson as the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. Lamb and the Cowboys agreed Monday on a $136 million, four-year contract with $100 million guaranteed, three people familiar with the deal told ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Danny Jansen plays for both teams in Blue Jays-Red Sox game, an MLB first
By Jimmy Golen, The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Former Blue Jays and current Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen didn’t just play for both teams in the same game – a first in Major League Baseball history. He played for both teams in the same inning. In a statistical oddity made possible by two of the quirkiest entities on Earth – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Open 2024: Coco Gauff, Olympic gold medalist Zheng win their first-round matches
By Brian Mahoney, The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Coco Gauff had an easy start to her U.S. Open title defense, rolling to a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Varvara Gracheva on Monday. Gauff needed just over an hour, looking more like the player who won her first major title last year at age 19 than the one who had dropped ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jays beat Red Sox 4-1, and Jansen shows up on both sides of box score — an MLB first
By Jimmy Golen, The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Danny Jansen’s former team beat his current one on Monday, when George Springer cleared the Green Monster with a 416-foot home run and seven Toronto pitchers combined on a four-hitter to beat the Red Sox 4-1 in the completion of a game that was suspended by rain in June. Jansen made history ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Resurgent Toronto FC hopes to rally past Forge’s lead in Canadian Championship semi
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on August 26th, 2024
Hamilton’s Forge FC holds a seemingly comfortable 2-1 lead on aggregate heading into the second leg of the Canadian Championship semifinal on Tuesday night. Except that Toronto FC is practically a new team. “We’re all jelling together in the past month or so, that’s been shown,” said centre back Kevin Long on Monday. “Every season ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defending champion Montreal Carabins top first U Sports football rankings of season
By The Canadian Press on August 26th, 2024
TORONTO – The defending Vanier Cup champion Montreal Carabins topped the first Canadian university football rankings list of the 2024-25 season. The Carabins (1-0), who opened the campaign with a 45-14 rout of the Sherbrooke Vert & Or last week, led a top three that included Western (1-0) and UBC (0-0). The rest of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blue Jays beat Red Sox 4-1, and Danny Jansen shows up on both sides of box score — an MLB first
By Jimmy Golen, The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Danny Jansen’s former team beat his current one on Monday, when George Springer cleared the Green Monster with a 416-foot home run and seven Toronto pitchers combined on a four-hitter to beat the Red Sox 4-1 in the completion of a game that was suspended by rain in June. Jansen made history ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Double-duty Danny Jansen plays for both teams in one MLB game. Here’s how
By Jimmy Golen, The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen became the first player in major league history to appear in the same game for both teams when he took the field for Boston on Monday in the resumption of a rain-delayed game he started for Toronto in June. Jansen was in the Blue Jays’ lineup at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Winnipeg Blue Bombers to induct Charles Roberts into ring of honour
By The Canadian Press on August 26th, 2024
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will honour their all-time leading rusher next month. The CFL team says that Charles Roberts will be inducted into the ring of honour on Sept. 7 at Princess Auto Stadium. He’ll be officially added during the annual Banjo Bowl against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Roberts made his debut with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young B.C. ‘keepers to star for Pacific, Whitecaps in Canadian Championship semifinal
By Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press on August 26th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Emil Gazdov already has plenty of memories of Vancouver’s B.C. Place. The one he’ll add Tuesday is likely to top them all. The 20-year-old goalkeeper from North Vancouver, B.C., will take the field for Pacific FC as the Canadian Premier League club aims to upset Major League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps in the second ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Open 2024: Olympic gold medalist Zheng rallies to win her first-round match
By The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Zheng Qinwen, the Olympic gold medalist in women’s tennis, rallied to stay in the U.S. Open on Monday with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Amanda Anisimova. Zheng began the Grand Slam season by reaching the final of the Australian Open. She had a difficult assignment to start the year’s final ... Read More »
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