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Judge hits 50th homer for Yankees, becoming 5th player to do it 3 times
NEW YORK (AP) - Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 50th homer of the season on Sunday, connecting in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies. Judge drove a 0-2 changeup from Austin Gomber into ...
Aug 26, 2024
Babe Ruth's 'called shot' jersey sells at auction for over $24 million
DALLAS (AP) - The jersey Babe Ruth wore when he called his shot during the 1932 World Series, hitting a home run to center field, sold at auction early Sunday for over $24 million. Heritage Auctions s...
Aug 26, 2024
Lydia Ko completes 'Cinderella-like story' by winning Women's British Open soon after Olympic gold
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) - Lydia Ko covered her face with her hands and cried tears of joy. An Olympic gold medal. Entry into the Hall of Fame. And now another major championship title - at the home...
Aug 26, 2024
Double Duty: For Danny Jansen, playing for both teams in same game is chance at baseball history
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen is enjoying his odd slice of baseball history as he prepares to become the first major league player to appear in the same game for both teams. Jansen...
Aug 26, 2024
Bradley goes from last in to BMW Championship winner and on to East Lake
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) - The BMW Championship was one tournament Keegan Bradley never thought he could win, only because he didn't think he would be playing. Bradley was a bundle of nerves one week a...
Aug 26, 2024
Sven-Goran Eriksson, Swedish soccer coach who was first foreigner to lead England team, dies at 76
Sven-Goran Eriksson, the Swedish soccer manager who spent five years as England's first ever foreign-born coach after making his name winning trophies at club level in Italy, Portugal and Sweden, died...
Aug 26, 2024
Canada slams China with 100% tariff on electric vehicles, 25% for some metals
The federal government is imposing tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles as well as aluminum and steel from China in an effort to protect domestic manufacturing.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau annou...
Aug 26, 2024
'Definitely dissuasive': Skyrocketing farmland prices a struggle for young farmers
Will Robbins has been in the process of taking over his family farm southwest of Saskatoon. The 43-year-old grows organic wheat, oats, lentils, peas and occasionally flax and mustard on 445 hectares o...
Aug 26, 2024
Sentencing hearing on mischief, weapons charges begins for Coutts protesters
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin today for two men convicted of mischief at the 2022 border blockade near Coutts, Alta.Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were found not guil...
Aug 26, 2024
Ice cave collapse in Iceland kills 1, with 2 still missing
BERLIN (AP) - At least one person has died and two others are still missing after an ice cave partially collapsed as a group of tourists was visiting the Breiamerkurjkull glacier in southern Iceland. ...
Aug 26, 2024