National Sports
Michigan’s Goldin is reunited with parents from Russia, hopes to show them NCAA Tournament run
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2025
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Vladislav Goldin, holding a bouquet of flowers, stood alongside his fiance at Detroit Metropolitan Airport as he waited a little longer for a moment he had been looking forward to for five years. Goldin reunited with his parents, whom he left in Russia to pursue his dreams, and hugged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Diallo falls short in Miami Open qualifying with loss to Holt
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2025
MIAMI — Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo fell just short of qualifying for the main draw of the Miami Open tennis tournament with a 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 loss to American Brandon Holt on Tuesday. The six-foot-eight Diallo hammered 15 aces in the match but gave up a crucial break to Holt in the 11th game of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sceptres’ Carter learned plenty while rehabbing in becoming steady blueline presence
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2025
TORONTO — Megan Carter didn’t have an ideal start to her Professional Women’s Hockey League career, but she picked up valuable learning experience from it. The 23-year-old defender, who was a second-round pick (12th overall) of the Toronto Sceptres in the 2024 PWHL draft out of Northeastern University, was placed on long-term injured reserve with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rangers sign veteran lefty Patrick Corbin to plug gap in injury-thinned starting rotation
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2025
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — The Texas Rangers signed free-agent left-hander Patrick Corbin to a one-year contract on Tuesday, plugging a durable veteran into their injury-addled starting rotation. Corbin, who’ll enter his 13th major league season, struggled through most of his six-year, $140 million contract with the Washington Nationals, but he’s a two-time All-Star who is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Missouri hires former Tennessee star and coach Kellie Harper as its new women’s basketball coach
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2025
Kellie Harper has been hired as the new women’s basketball coach at Missouri, where the former coach of SEC-rival Tennessee will have the job of rebuilding a once-proud program that has not been to the NCAA Tournament in six years. Missouri athletic director Laird Veatch announced Harper’s hiring Tuesday. Harper grew up in Sparta, Tennessee, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jays pitching prospect Tiedemann making strides after Tommy John surgery last summer
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2025
Nestled in a minor-league workout area away from the big-league training fields at the Blue Jays’ player development complex, Ricky Tiedemann lowers his six-foot-four 220-pound frame into a deep squat. Sporting a sleeve on his surgically repaired left arm, the highly ranked prospect is shifting weight, loosening his hips, and re-establishing pitching stances as he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Jeff Gustafson in quest for second Bassmaster Classic title
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2025
He’s a Bassmaster Classic champion and among the Elite Series’ top competitors, but sometimes even Jeff Gustafson struggles to put fish into the boat. Gustafson, of Kenora, Ont., will be among 56 competitors participating in the US$1-million Classic, which begins Friday on Lake Ray Roberts in Fort Worth, Texas. But three mediocre practice sessions (Friday, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LB Nate Landman agrees to a 1-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Inside linebacker Nate Landman agreed to a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams on Tuesday. Landman spent his first three NFL seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, playing last season under former Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris. The Rams still use a version of the defense implemented by Morris, who led ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cooper Flagg has seized the spotlight all year. He’s the biggest star heading into March Madness
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2025
A hobbled Cooper Flagg was determined to celebrate top-ranked Duke’s latest Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title by snipping a piece of the net, even after missing two straight games. So he crossed a sea of scattered confetti and began climbing a ladder, with fans, teammates and media members closely watching as he took the first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Caicedo stars as Real Madrid beats Arsenal 2-0 in women’s Champions League
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2025
Linda Caicedo excelled on a rainy evening in the Spanish capital as Real Madrid beat Arsenal 2-0 in the first leg of the women’s Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Colombia star opened the scoring and proved a constant source of torment for the Arsenal defenders. Substitute Athenea grabbed the second goal late to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Door may be opening for Insigne to return to action with TFC but it’s up to the coach
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2025
TORONTO — The door may be opening for out-of-favour Italian star Lorenzo Insigne to return to the Toronto FC lineup. The 33-year-old winger, whose salary of US$15.4 million ranked second to Miami’s Lionel Messi last year in Major League Soccer, has not dressed this season. Club officials have said the former Napoli captain does not ... Read More »
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