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White Sox and CF Michael A. Taylor agree to $1.95M, 1-year contract
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Center fielder Michael A. Taylor and the Chicago White Sox have agreed to a $1.95 million, one-year contract. Chicago announced the agreement Wednesday. Taylor spent last season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, batting .193 with five home runs, 21 RBIs and a .543 OPS in 113 games. He struck out 105 times in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Edmonton Elks make big splash on second day of CFL free agency
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
The Edmonton Elks made a huge splash on the second day of CFL free agency. Edmonton announced Wednesday that it had signed five veteran CFL players: defensive back Tyrell Ford, defensive linemen Jake Ceresna, Robbie Smith and Jared Brinkman, and offensive lineman David Beard. Ford, Smith, and Beard are all Canadian. The moves are significant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pirates 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes is nearly pain-free after chronic back issues cost him in 2024
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Ke’Bryan Hayes is not entirely pain free. The Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman knows he may never be. Yet the doubt that crept into the former Gold Glove winner last fall as he tried to rehab from a chronic lower-back issue that limited him to just 97 games in 2024 has been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cardinals split first two arbitration cases, beating Donovan and losing to Nootbaar
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals split their first two salary arbitration cases, beating Brendan Donovan on Wednesday and losing to Lars Nootbaar in results that left teams ahead 4-3 with two decisions remaining. Donovan will earn $2.85 million instead of his $3.3 million request. Arguments in the case of the outfielder/infielder ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberto Osuna seeks injunction enabling him to play baseball for defending CWS champion Tennessee
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia already won an injunction enabling him to play one more season next fall after a federal judge ruled the time he spent at a junior college shouldn’t count against his eligibility. Now about 180 miles east of Vanderbilt’s campus, former junior college baseball player Alberto Osuna is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auction of franchises in The Hundred ends with Southern Brave going to Indian investors for $62M
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — The auction process selling stakes of franchises in English cricket competition The Hundred concluded Wednesday with a deal for 49% of Southern Brave by GMR, the co-owner of Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. GMR agreed to pay a reported fee of nearly 50 million pounds ($62 million), taking the amount ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel confirmed as Ohio’s lieutenant governor
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel was confirmed Wednesday as Ohio’s next lieutenant governor. State senators and representatives affirmed Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s Monday nomination of Tressel in separate floor votes Wednesday: 31-1 in the Senate, 68-27 in the House. Tressel, 72, succeeds Republican Jon Husted, who was appointed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Club Brugge gets disputed late penalty to beat Atalanta 2-1 in Champions League playoffs
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
BRUGGE, Belgium (AP) — Club Brugge scored with a disputed penalty kick in stoppage time to beat Atalanta 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League playoff on Wednesday. Atalanta defender Isak Hien was judged to have raised a hand into the face of Brugge forward Gustaf Nilsson, his teammate in the Sweden national ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connor Hellebuyck will start in goal for the US in its 4 Nations Face-Off opener against Finland
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
BROSSARD, Quebec (AP) — Connor Hellebuyck is set to start in net for the United States in its opening game of the 4 Nations Face-Off against Finland on Thursday night. USA Hockey said Wednesday that the Winnipeg Jets goaltender would get the nod a few minutes after coach Mike Sullivan foreshadowed an announcement. The decision ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians Fernandez, Dabrowski suffer lopsided defeats at Qatar Open
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
DOHA — It was a tough day for Canadian tennis players at the Qatar Open on Wednesday with both Leylah Fernandez and Gabriela Dabrowski making quick exits from their respective events. Fernandez was defeated 6-3, 6-0 by American Amanda Anisimova in third-round singles action at the WTA 1000 event. The world No. 27 from Laval, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Teens fighting New Hampshire’s ban on transgender girls in sports target Trump’s order next
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two students challenging New Hampshire’s ban on transgender athletes on girls sports teams will also fight President Donald Trump’s executive order, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” after a judge approved their request Wednesday. It’s believed to be the first time that the constitutionality of the executive order signed by Trump ... Read More »
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