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Right-hander Michael Soroka and Arizona Diamondbacks finalize a $7.5 million, 1-year contract
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
PHOENIX (AP) — Right-hander Michael Soroka and the Arizona Diamondbacks finalized a $7.5 million, one-year contract on Friday. The 28-year-old Soroka is expected to bolster the back of the D-backs’ starting rotation. He was 3-8 with a 4.52 ERA last season, starting 16 games for the Washington Nationals before getting traded to the Chicago Cubs, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stadium renos force Atletico Ottawa to shift CONCACAF Champions Cup game to Hamilton
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
Atletico Ottawa will shift its CONCACAF Champions Cup first-round game with Nashville SC to Forge FCs Hamilton Stadium due to renovations at Ottawa’s TD Place Stadium. The Canadian Premier League champion will face the MLS side in the first leg Feb. 17 in Hamilton, with the rematch Feb. 24 at Geodis Park in Nashville. Forge, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thompson and Clark’s late surge catch record 55 of Brennan and Hull at Grant Thornton
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Lexi Thompson and Wyndham Clark shared the lead Friday with Charley Hull and Michael Brennan, both teams making only three pars in the scramble format as each posted a 17-under 55 to set the scoring record in the Grant Thornton Invitational. Scoring conditions were ideal at Tiburon Golf Club, and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Right-hander Josiah Gray and Washington Nationals agree to $1.35 million contract
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Right-hander Josiah Gray and the Washington Nationals avoided salary arbitration when they agreed Friday to a $1.35 million, one-year contract, the same salary he earned last season. Gray, who turns 28 on Dec. 31, missed this past season while recovering from Tommy John surgery in July 2024. He made three minor league ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union Berlin beats Leipzig 3-1 in Bundesliga with second-half flurry
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin beat high-flying Red Bull Leipzig 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Monday after a flurry of goals early in the second half. Oliver Burke put Berlin ahead after 57 minutes with his first goal in nine games. But Tidiam Gomis, who had replaced Janik Haberer only a minute earlier, hammered home ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier try to put disappointment behind them ahead of Olympics
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
TORONTO (AP) — Piper Gilles shook her head as the scores popped up on the screen. She and Paul Poirier had just delivered their cleanest free dance of the season at the Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan. The kind of skate that has landed the Canadian duo on the world championship podium three years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Caitlin Clark returns to court after injury-filled season, making USA Basketball senior team debut
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Caitlin Clark had to remind herself to smile, have fun and not be so self-critical. The opening day of USA Basketball camp Friday was her first time playing competitively in nearly five months after the Indiana Fever All-Star missed most of the WNBA season with a variety of injuries. “I was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utah’s Kyle Whittingham, most successful coach in the football program’s history, is stepping down
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kyle Whittingham, who with 177 victories is the most successful coach in the history of the Utah football program, will be stepping down after the Utes’ appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 31. “The time is right to step down from my position as the head football coach ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From troubled youth to NFL star: Garett Bolles’ journey
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — His first career Pro Bowl nod is tantalizingly within reach for nine-year NFL veteran Garett Bolles, whose renaissance on the gridiron mirrors his awakening off the field. The Broncos’ left tackle has polished the rough edges of his game over the years to go from a raw latecomer to football (he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian concerns growing over whether women’s hockey team can defend Olympic title vs. US
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
The first hint of concern regarding the readiness of Canada’s women’s hockey team was raised by coach Troy Ryan two days before the defending Olympic champions opened their four-game Rivalry Series against the United States last month. Whatever advantage Canada might have in returning a veteran roster with an edge in international experience isn’t enough ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bengals’ defenders Joseph Ossai and Myles Murphy are stepping up in the absence of Trey Hendrickson
By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025
CINCINNATI (AP) — With Cincinnati Bengals All-Pro defensive end Trey Hendrickson out for the rest of the year because of season-ending core muscle surgery, his replacements are making the most of their expanded opportunities. Until this week, Bengals coach Zac Taylor had deemed Hendrickson as doubtful or out for the Bengals’ upcoming game. Hendrickson missed ... Read More »
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