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Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by makin...
Feb 12, 2025
Winner of the Boston Marathon, legendary Canadian runner Jerome Drayton dies at 80
TORONTO - Legendary long-distance runner Jerome Drayton, who won the Boston Marathon in 1977 and held the Canadian men's marathon record for 43 years, has died. He was 80. Drayton died unexpectedly on...
Feb 12, 2025
Leger poll: Canadians anxious but ready to rally against Trump's threats
OTTAWA - Canadians are collectively biting their fingernails and ready to wave the flag as they face down repeated threats from the White House. A new Leger poll suggests a surge in both anxiety level...
Feb 12, 2025
Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by makin...
Feb 12, 2025
8 inspectors general fired by Trump file a federal lawsuit claiming their terminations were unlawful
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight government watchdogs sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over their mass firing that removed oversight of his new administration. The lawsuit filed in federal court in W...
Feb 12, 2025
Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, imagine and likeness by mak...
Feb 12, 2025
Blue Bombers, Stampeders open second day of free agency with early moves
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders opened the second day of CFL free agency with moves. For a second straight day, Winnipeg kicked things off by agreeing to terms on a one-year contract ...
Feb 12, 2025
Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, imagine and likeness by mak...
Feb 12, 2025
Storylines galore as Toronto Blue Jays kick off spring training in Florida
DUNEDIN - Question marks hover over the Toronto Blue Jays as the team kicks off spring training Thursday when pitchers and catchers hold their first official workout at the club's player development c...
Feb 12, 2025
Austrian far-right leader's efforts to form a new government collapse
VIENNA (AP) - Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl said Wednesday that his talks on forming a coalition government with a conservative party have collapsed. Austria's president gave Kickl a mandate...
Feb 12, 2025
