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To home or Rome? England takes on Italy to end title drought
LONDON (AP) - To hear the England players giddily singing along with the Wembley Stadium crowd to "Sweet Caroline" - "so good, so good" - encapsulates the youthful exuberance and carefree spirit of a ...
Jul 10, 2021
Joe Pepitone suing Hall of Fame for return of famed bat
Former New York Yankees star Joe Pepitone has filed a lawsuit against the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum seeking the return of the Louisville Slugger bat that Mickey Mantle used to hit his ...
Jul 10, 2021
Finance minister says Canada is committed to proposed global corporate tax rate
VENICE, Italy - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is all in on a "historic" effort to prevent multinational companies from shopping around for lower tax rates. Freeland and other finance ...
Jul 10, 2021
Coach John Herdman has his eye on the prize as Canada kicks off Gold Cup campaign
If football comes home to England in Sunday's Euro 2020 final, Canada coach John Herdman will miss it. Herdman, who hails from Consett, England, just outside of Newcastle, will be settling down for hi...
Jul 10, 2021
Awaiting news, families of condo victims bond together
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - At the Seaview Hotel, a vast and once impersonal ballroom has become a refuge - a shared space of hope and sorrow where grieving families comfort each other during the ago...
Jul 10, 2021
Harper urges global powers not to negotiate with incoming Iranian regime
Governments around the world should shun Iran's incoming president based on his long-standing record of human rights abuses, a former Canadian prime minister argued Saturday in a speech to an internat...
Jul 10, 2021
Former NFL receiver Bryant among eight Toronto Argonauts placed on suspended list
GUELPH, ONTARIO - Former NFL receiver Martavis Bryant was among eight players placed on the CFL's suspended list Saturday by the Toronto Argonauts. Bryant, 29, signed with Toronto on Jan. 25. He was s...
Jul 10, 2021
Lowe helps Rays beat Blue Jays 5-2 for 6th straight win
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Brandon Lowe homered twice and Mike Zunino also connected, helping the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Saturday for their sixth consecutive win. Ryan Yarbr...
Jul 10, 2021
No shortage of familiar faces with Toronto Argonauts for quarterback Nick Arbuckle
The COVID-19 pandemic may've cost Nick Arbuckle an entire football season but he feels it made him a better quarterback. Like all other CFL teams, the Toronto Argonauts opened their training camp Satu...
Jul 10, 2021
Back to the future: MLB draft returns, makes All-Star debut
NEW YORK (AP) - Ben Cherington's first amateur draft as general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates was brief and remote, held amid the coronavirus pandemic that grounded scouts and wiped out nearly all...
Jul 10, 2021
