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Who is Uncle Pappy? Meet 30-year-old Floridian Blair Carlyle
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (727+ words) Many of Uncle Pappy's social media videos start with a shirtless old Florida man in a lily-pad-filled pond sharing messages of positivity, philosophy and a love for nature. In the last two years, his Instagram audience has grown to 1. 1 million…...
Rod Brind'Amour was already Carolina Hurricanes royalty. Now he's won a Stanley Cup as head coach
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (1040+ words) The image of Rod Brind'Amour screaming triumphantly while raising the Stanley Cup as the Carolina Hurricanes' captain had been the franchise's defining image for the past two decades. Now there's another: Brind'Amour raising the Cup again, this time as the…...
Move over, Red Sox Nation. Scotland's Tartan Army arrives at Fenway Park
9+ hour, 46+ min ago (462+ words) Thousands of Scottish revelers marched from a public park about a half-mile away from Boston's 114-year-old baseball stadium and down a street behind the center-field bleachers before filling the bars behind the fabled Green Monster. On Saturday night, John Mc…...
Havertz sparks Germany's 7-1 rout of Cura'ao after underdogs' historic 1st goal in World Cup
8+ hour, 58+ min ago (623+ words) Kai Havertz scored two goals as Germany pulled away from World Cup first-timer Cura'ao and piled it on in a 7-1 win in group play. The smallest country to ever appear in the tournament hung tight at 1-1 until the 38th minute. "We…...
Once a journeyman, Brandon Bussi backstops the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup championship
5+ hour, 54+ min ago (437+ words) By STEPHEN WHYNO and MARK ANDERSON "Haven't had to use him, (and) to be honest, I hope we don't because something's gone wrong," Brind'Amour said. Turns out the late-blooming goaltender came out of the bullpen after all and backstopped the…...
Daichi Kamada's late goal gives Japan a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in World Cup opener for both
4+ hour, 34+ min ago (686+ words) His tying goal will be remembered for a long time in his homeland, especially if the country with some soccer momentum reaches the round of 16 again. Kamada scored when a header by teammate Koki Ogawa deflected off his head into…...
Rockies set club record for runs with 23-9 victory over A's in Las Vegas heat
10+ hour, 26+ min ago (139+ words) Orlando Sentinel Goodman and Castro each hit two of Colorado's six homers. Troy Johnston and TJ Rumfield also went deep for the last-place Rockies (27-45), who ended a three-game losing streak. Castro finished with four hits, including a grand slam in…...
A big trade swing, then a bold reset that powered the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (719+ words) The coach is the same. The system is the same. The core is the same. That is nothing against Rod Brind'Amour, considered one of the best behind the bench in the NHL, or Jordan Staal, Jaccob Slavin, Sebastian Aho and…...
Bud Cauley wins the Canadian Open to cap long comeback from 2018 car accident
11+ hour, 18+ min ago (180+ words) The 36-year-old Cauley won in his 239th tour start " just over two years after he finally returned to the PGA Tour following the accident. He was a passenger in a car when he sustained six broken ribs, a collapsed right lung…...
Troy ramps up its offense to rally for 12-8 win that knocks Mississippi out of College World Series
11+ hour, 9+ min ago (350+ words) OMAHA, Neb. " Jabe Boroff hit the tiebreaking double in a four-run seventh inning and Troy and its potent offense kept the program's first College World Series appearance going with a 12-8 win over Mississippi in an elimination game Sunday. The Trojans…...