Canada Wins Gold
World Hockey Champions
On the last day of August in Calgary, the Canadian women's hockey won their first gold since 2012 at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship. Marie-Philip Poulin scored in overtime for the 3-2 victory over the United States.
Marie-Philip Poulin
Poulin scored the overtime goal at 7:22 on a 3-on-3 from Brainne Jenner. At first the goal was waved off but the women began jumping on top of one another in a celebration of the goal. During the celebration Blayre Turnbull, assistant captain, suffered a leg injury.
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Luke Willson
Rachel Nichols
Luke Willson
The Canadian born Seattle Seahawks' TE has decided to leave the game of football one day after re-signing with the team. In a statement that he posted on Twitter, Willson stated "that this off-season I went through some health issues and spent numerous days in the hospital with a severe pericardial effusion".
Steph Curry
Rachel Nichols
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Golden State Warriors', Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha, are working with Davidson College, Steph’s, alma mater, to launch the Curry Family Women's Athletics Initiative. The scholarship will focus on elevating women's athletics.
The unknown amount is to start a scholarship fund with hopes of encouraging other donors. They want to help Davidson's more than 200 female athletes.
Rachel Nichols
Rachel Nichols
Rachel Nichols
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ESPN has cancelled Rachel Nichols show The Jump, 2 months after she was caught saying a colleague's (Maria Taylor) promotion was diversity-related. On Instagram Nichols stated "Got to create a whole show and spend five years hanging out with some of my favorite people talking about one my favorite things. An eternal thank you to our amazing producers & crew -- 'The Jump' was never built to last forever but it sure was fun. More to come"
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo bought a share in the Milwaukee Brewers MLB team back in May. The news was only released now because they wanted to be focused on the NBA and the start of the Brewers' season. Antetokounmpo signed a five-year, $228 million contract extension in December 2020.
Rod Gilbert
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo
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NHL Hall of Famer Rod Gilbert died (August 19, 2021) at the age of 80. Known as “Mr. Ranger”, Gilbert, is the Rangers’ all-time goals and scoring leader. He was born on July 1, 1941 in Montreal, He: played with the Rangers from 1960 to 1978
18 seasons
406 goals and 615 assists as a winger
1,021 points in 1,065 games.
34 goals and 33 assists in 79 playoffs
2 trips to the Stanley Cup Finals
#7 was the 1st jersey retired by Rangers
Inducted into Hall of Fame, 1982
Miguel Cabrera
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Miguel Cabrera
Cabrera is the 28th major league player to hit 500 home runs. He is a:
Triple Crown winner
World Series winner
2x MVP
4x Batting champion
7x Silver Slugger
11x All Star
Future Hall of Famer
He is the first player to hit his 500th home run outside of the United States.
BC Lions Home Opener
The BC Lions of the CFL (Canadian Football League) had their home opener Saturday, June 17, 2023
They played the Edmonton Elks at BC Place in Vancouver, BC.
The Lions’ offence got its first and only touchdown of the game in the third quarter.
The B.C. Lions wiped out the Edmonton Elks 22-0 in front of their home fans.
This was the Lions' third shutout in franchise history. The last one was one was in 1977.
. The Lions will put their 2-0 record on the line next week when they travel to Winnipeg to face the Blue Bombers