CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a one-year contract with Jack Johnson after the veteran defenseman helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup last season. Johnson’s contract carries a $950,000 hit to the salary cap. General manager Kyle Davidson says Johnson “provides the team with a strong veteran presence, good size and a
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte FC says it will house the club’s permanent training facility and business operations headquarters in Charlotte, North, Carolina. The expansion Major League Soccer team says the site, where the team has practiced this season, will be renovated to include a privately-financed 52,000-plus square foot facility with four fields. It will
Continue Reading AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — Two-time Tour de France runner-up Nairo Quintana has been disqualified from the 2022 edition for misuse of an opioid banned during races. The International Cycling Union said Quintana will lose the sixth-place finish he achieved last month but he is not banned from other races. The UCI said it was not
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed outside linebacker Carl Nassib, He returns after playing for the Buccaneers in 2018 and 2019. Nassib joined the Buccaneers in Nashville where they are practicing ahead of Saturday night’s exhibition against the Tennessee Titans. Bucs outside linebacker Cam Gill is dealing with a Lisfranc injury
Continue Reading NYON, Switzerland (AP) — European Championship stars Beth Mead and Lena Oberdorf are competing with Alexia Putellas on the shortlist for the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year award. Mead was named player of the tournament and scored six goals as host nation England won Euro 2022. Oberdorf helped Germany to that final and won
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk caused a stir by tweeting that he was buying the English soccer team Manchester United — whose current owners are opposed by many fans — then saying several hours later that it was a joke. It comes as the billionaire Tesla CEO faces a legal battle in the U.S. after
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Two African players with Danish soccer club Viborg have been unable to enter Britain to face English team West Ham in a Europa Conference League playoff game. Viborg says entry visas couldn’t be processed in time for Nigerian player Ibrahim Said and Gambian forward Alassana Jatta to play in London on Thursday.
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN Australian rugby league player Corey Norman has been given an eight-game suspension and fined £500 (about $605) for “internationally plac(ing) a hand between the buttocks of an opposing player,” the Rugby Football League announced on Wednesday. The incident occurred between Toulouse’s Norman and Warrington Wolves’ Oliver Holmes during the two teams’
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN The NBA will not play games on November 8 in the US this year in order to encourage fans to vote in the midterm elections. All 30 teams will instead be playing on November 7, a day before the US heads to the polls on November 8. “The scheduling decision came
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The chief executive of Dubai International Airport says the hub saw a surge in passengers over the first half of 2022 as pandemic restrictions eased. Paul Griffiths, who oversees the world’s busiest airport for international travel, told The Associated Press Wednesday that he expects
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN Head coach Ian Foster will lead the All Blacks at least through until next year’s World Cup, New Zealand Rugby announced at a press conference on Wednesday after a string of poor performances left his future in jeopardy. “It’s a privilege to be in this job, it’s never something you take
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government is holding discussions with FIFA to settle issues that led to the suspension of country’s national soccer federation and the possible loss of its hosting rights for the Under-17 Women’s World Cup in October. The Press Trust of India news agency reports that Indian government law officer Tushar Mehta
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN After a difficult year, 2022 has become golden for Lamont Marcell Jacobs — Jacobs finished first in the men’s 100m at the 2022 European Athletic Championships on Tuesday in Munich’s Olympiastadion. The 27-year-old Italian finished with a time of 9.95 seconds, fractionally ahead of Team GB’s Zharnel Hughes who finished in
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN Video by Amy Li, CNN As racing driver Sam Schmidt tears around the historic Goodwood Racetrack in a McLaren 720S, reaching speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour, from the outside this looks like an ordinary practice session. He navigates the tight corners with ease, gliding around even as the
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN Video by Amy Li, CNN As racing driver Sam Schmidt tears around the historic Goodwood Racetrack in a McLaren 720S, reaching speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour, from the outside this looks like an ordinary practice session. He navigates the tight corners with ease, gliding around even as the
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games have been arrested on bribery suspicions. Prosecutors say Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive at advertising company Dentsu, is suspected of receiving bribes from
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — A court in India has appointed a committee to take over the running of the national Olympic committee and hold fresh elections within four months in a move that could have further implications for the country in international sport. The Press Trust of India says the Delhi High Court asked three
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers are looking to build some momentum and find a new manager heading into 2023. They are more than a decade removed from their only World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011. They have their longest stretch of consecutive losing seasons in the
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — Olympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi has arrived in Australia to start afresh just over a year after carrying the Afghan flag into the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games and then having to watch from afar as the Taliban regained control of her country. The Australian Olympic Committee says Yousofi and Asian Games
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brandon Crawford hit a game-ending two-run homer off Ian Kennedy moments after Thairo Estrada’s two-out triple, and the San Francisco Giants rallied past the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1.The Giants came back against Arizona’s bullpen after Dbacks ace Merrill Kelly outdueled Jakob Junis.Christian Walker homered leading off
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