8 d. ago Tom Mayenknecht: A great week for Canadian tennis, baseball and the NFL

Financial shenanigans raise questions about NBA's Clippers while WNBA lamenting lost season for Caitlin Clark

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9 d. ago Canadian tennis players winning big at the U.S. Open — even when they lose

Felix Auger-Aliassime could lose the men's singles semifinals and still walk away with US$1.26 million in his pocket

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1 week ago Drake places $300,000 bet on Jannik Sinner to win the U.S. Open

NEW YORK — Drake is betting big on Jannik Sinner, wagering $300,000 on the top-ranked men’s tennis player in the world to win the U.S. Open. The rapper known for placing big bets on sporting events _ and often losing them — posted on social media the screenshot of a betting slip from Tuesday afternoon. […]

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1 week ago Venus Williams and Canadian Leylah Fernandez reach women’s doubles quarterfinals at U.S. Open

NEW YORK — Venus Williams and Leylah Fernandez reached the women’s doubles quarterfinals at the U.S. Open, defeating the 12th-seeded duo of Ekaterina Alexandrova and Zhang Shuai 6-3, 6-4 in their third-round match Monday in front of a capacity crowd at Louis Armstrong Stadium. Williams and Fernandez had not played together until last week, when […]

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1 week ago Luke Donald fills out Europe’s team with familiar names for Ryder Cup defence

Europe captain Luke Donald filled out his 12-man roster for this month’s Ryder Cup with six players who helped the team win back the trophy in Rome two years ago. Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm, Sepp Straka, Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Aberg and Matt Fitzpatrick were announced Monday as Donald’s picks for the Sept. 26-28 matches against […]

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1 week ago Tennis player Sorana Cirstea says trophy was stolen from her New York hotel room during the U.S. Open

NEW YORK (AP) — Tennis player Sorana Cirstea said the trophy she received after winning a recent women’s tournament was stolen from her New York hotel room while she was playing in the U.S. Open. Cirstea pleaded for the trophy’s return late Saturday night, two days after she was eliminated from singles play in Flushing […]

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2 w. ago Venus Williams, Canadian Leylah Fernandez reach third round in U.S. Open doubles

NEW YORK — Venus Williams and Leylah Fernandez reached the third round of women’s doubles at the U.S. Open by defeating Ulrikke Eikeri and Eri Hozumi 7-6 (1), 6-1 on Saturday. Williams and Fernandez fell behind early, like they did in the first round before rallying and finding their rhythm. The 45-year-old American and 22-year-old […]

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2 w. ago Canadian Leylah Fernandez eliminated in straight sets at U.S. Open

NEW YORK — Leylah Fernandez’s singles run at the U.S. Open is done. The Laval, Que., athlete was beaten 6-3, 7-6 (2) by the world’s No. 1-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus on Friday night in a third-round match that took one hour, 37 minutes to finish. Despite having more unforced errors (18-12) and double […]

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2 w. ago 'Jarventie is an NHL player': High hopes for scoring winger, says Oilers prospect expert

By Ira Cooper, Cult of Hockey correspondent Cult of Hockey prospect series 2025: #12, Roby Jarventie 23 years old, 6’2″, 185 lbs., drafted #33rd overall in 2020. Two! That is the number of games that Roby Jarventie played last season. It’s also the number of games it took for me to be convinced that the […]

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2 w. ago Burlington retiree wins $100Gs for second time: ‘I can’t wait to buy my next lottery ticket!’

A Burlington man is $100,000 richer. Again. Ralph Rutigliano has proven that playing the lottery for more than three decades has been worth his while after scoring his second six-figure jackpot in seven years. The retiree told OLG that in 2018, an Instant lottery ticket brought him a $100,000 win, and the windfall didn’t stop […]

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3 w. ago Rising Canadian tennis star Victoria Mboko draws veteran Krejcikova at U.S. Open

Mboko, who turns 19 on Tuesday, enters the hardcourt major tournament as the top-ranked Canadian.

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3 w. ago Scheffler doesn’t like comparisons to Woods, but Tiger inspired him

ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler shies away from comparisons to Tiger Woods even as the numbers are starting to make that inevitable. Scheffler has been No. 1 in the world longer than anyone since Woods. He is the first player since Woods to have five-plus wins in back-to-back years. He comes into the Tour Championship on […]

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3 w. ago Edmonton faces salary cap challenge no other team has conquered. Can Oilers do it?

No team with such a top-heavy roster as the 2025-26 Edmonton Oilers has won the Stanley Cup in the NHL’s salary cap era. When I say “top heavy,” I’m referring to the cap hit of the top four players — the Core Four — of Stanley Cup winning teams. I’m not digging into this to […]

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3 w. ago Olympian Moh Ahmed joins call to cancel Canada’s Davis Cup tie with Israel in Halifax

Four-time Olympian Moh Ahmed is one of 413 Canadian signatories calling on Tennis Canada to cancel Canada’s Davis Cup tie with Israel in Halifax this September.

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