ATLANTA — No more football for Johnny Football unless it’s just for kicks. After a self-destructing pro career that never came close to fulfilling his enormous potential, Johnny Manziel says he’s done with the game that gave him his catchy moniker — even as he’s dabbling in a fledgling, fan-controlled arena league that was set […]
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TORONTO — March 11, 2020 is a day seared into the memories of many. On that date, the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and it’s when the reality of the disease finally hit home for a large number of North Americans, especially sports fans. For several months prior to March 11, W5 […]
Things had looked promising early on, as Liverpool outplayed Leicester for much of the game and looked to have found some form after two disastrous displays against Brighton and Manchester City. Mo Salah gave the Reds a deserved lead after the hour mark, only for Liverpool’s backline to totally capitulate in the closing stages and […]
At six feet and six inches tall, he towers over almost everybody and just in case you don’t quite spot him the first time, he’s usually decked from head to toe in a bright, loud tartan suit. With a broad, beaming smile to complete the ensemble, Weir is just impossible to ignore. The Scottish broadcaster […]
“The Daytona 500 is the biggest race of our year, and we have to start out with a bang,” Wallace recently told CNN Sport’s Coy Wire. “So it would be nice to finish one spot better than we did three years ago. Get that W.” Wallace is driving for a team that knows all about […]
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — BBO-Hall-of-Fame-Inductions@ Baseball’s Hall of Fame has cancelled its traditional outdoor induction ceremony for the second straight summer because of the pandemic and plans an indoor, televised event for Derek Jeter and others being honoured. Jeter, Larry Walker, Ted Simmons and late players’ association executive director Marvin Miller were to have been inducted […]
REGINA — The Western Hockey League announced it has been granted approval by Saskatchewan public health officials to host a hockey hub in Regina. The league’s seven Saskatchewan and Manitoba teams – which make up the East Division – will open their 24-game regular season in the Queen City on Friday, Mar. 12. In a […]
The Toronto Raptors’ season may have had some bumps on the court, but some have called what the team has accomplished behind the scenes a miracle. “We’ve spent 25 years building up what the Raptors are in Toronto,” says Teresa Resch, vice-president of basketball operations. “We just picked that up and moved it to […]
Mori expressed his “deepest apologies” on Friday and said he would hand in his resignation by the end of the day, acknowledging that his “inappropriate statement has caused a lot of chaos.” “The important thing is that the Olympic Games are held in July,” Mori said. “If I am going to be a distraction to […]
The NFL team announced on Thursday that they had hired Chris Doyle, the former University of Iowa strength and conditioning coach, to be the team’s director of sports performance. Doyle, who was on the staff at the University of Iowa from 1999-2019, was placed on administrative leave by the school in June after several former […]