Plus tôt ce matin, nous vous rapportions que le journaliste et insider Jeff Marek aurait quitté Sportsnet abruptement durant le weekend du repêchage de la LNH pour des raisons inconnues et qu’il ne serait pas de retour à l’antenne du réseau.

On se rappellera que Marek était sur place lors de la couverture télé et interviewait les jeunes espoirs sélectionnés après leur descente du podium, puis a semblé soudainement disparaître lors du weekend.

De plus, quelques jours plus tard, lors de la parution du populaire podcast 32 Ideas, le journaliste et insider Elliotte Friedman était curieusement seul à l’animation pour faire le résumé du repêchage. Aucun signe de vie du podcast depuis, alors que Marek n’a rien publié sur les réseaux sociaux non plus.

Le website Day by day Hive est allé aux sources et a contacté le réseau.

Un représentant de Sportsnet a confirmé cet après-midi que Marek n’était officiellement plus à l’emploi avec eux, ne précisant pas cependant s’il avait démissionné ou s’il avait été congédié.

Dans tous les cas, il s’agit d’une énorme perte pour le réseau et d’une véritable onde de choc dans le monde du hockey puisqu’il est l’un des journalistes et insiders les plus respectés dans la LNH.

Plus de détails suivront.

USWNT vs. Zambia – Paris 2024 Olympics – Group B
Date: July 25, 2024
Venue: Stade de Good; Good, France
Broadcast: USA Community, Universo, Peacock
Official Kickoff Time: 9 p.m. native / 3 p.m. ET

Beginning XI vs. Zambia: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 2-Emily Fox, 4-Naomi Girma, 5-Trinity Rodman, 7-Crystal Dunn, 9-Mallory Swanson, 10-Lindsey Horan (Capt.), 11-Sophia Smith, 12-Tierna Davidson, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Sam Coffey

Accessible Subs: 3-Korbin Albert, 6-Casey Krueger, 8-Lynn Williams, 13-Jenna Nighswonger, 14-Emily Sonnett, 18-Casey Murphy, 20-Croix Bethune

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

• USWNT Beginning XI Cap Numbers (Together with this match): Horan (151), Dunn (150), Naeher (107), Lavelle (102), Swanson (95), Davidson (61), Fox (52), Smith (51), Rodman (41), Girma (35), Coffey (20)
• Tonight’s beginning lineup averages 27.4 years of age and 78 caps per participant, making it the youngest lineup to begin for the USWNT at any world championship occasion – Olympics or World Cup – for the reason that 2008 Summer season Video games.
• This beginning lineup options three three-time Olympians (Dunn, Horan, Naeher), three two-time Olympians (Davidson, Lavelle, Swanson) and 5 first-time Olympians enjoying of their first-ever Olympic match (Coffey, Fox, Girma, Rodman, Smith).
• Lindsey Horan will captain the staff for the twenty ninth time in profession and her fifth time ever at a world championship occasion, having captained the staff in all 4 video games on the 2023 FIFA Girls’s World Cup. This will probably be Horan’s eleventh look in an Olympic match and her seventh begin, most not too long ago beginning and tallying an help in opposition to Australia within the bronze medal match of the delayed Tokyo Olympics.
• A 3-time Olympian, Alyssa Naeher is ready to earn her 107th cap as she makes her sixth profession begin on the Olympics. Naeher began the USA’s first 5 matches of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics earlier than struggling an damage within the first half of the semifinal in opposition to Canada, which sidelined her for the rest of the match. Naeher had one shutout in Tokyo and heads into the Olympics with back-to-back clear sheets within the USA’s Ship-Off Matches in opposition to Mexico and Costa Rica.
• Emily Fox is ready to make her Olympic debut as she earns her 52nd cap for the USWNT. Fox, who ranks fourth amongst all-field gamers in complete minutes performed this yr, began all 4 matches on the 2023 Girls’s World Cup, which marked her first senior-level world championship.
• Naomi Girma is ready to make her thirty fifth worldwide look as she performs in her first-ever match on the Olympic Video games. Considered one of three subject gamers to play each minute on the 2023 Girls’s World Cup, Girma helped lead a U.S. backline that allowed solely two photographs on purpose and one purpose all match and has gone the gap in 26 of 34 matches to date in her USWNT profession.
• Trinity Rodman will make her Olympic debut as she makes her thirty first consecutive look for the USWNT. Rodman, the one participant to look in each match for the USWNT for the reason that begin of 2023, led the U.S. with 10 complete purpose involvements in 2023 (5 objectives, 5 assists) and made 4 appearances – three of them begins – on the 2023 Girls’s World Cup. She is tied for the staff lead with three assists in 2024.
• Crystal Dunn will turn into the twenty sixth participant in USWNT historical past to succeed in 150 caps as she makes her seventh begin of 2024 and eleventh look all-time on the Olympics. Dunn appeared in all 4 matches on the 2016 Olympics and was the one U.S. participant to begin all six matches on the delayed Tokyo 2020 video games, the place she additionally led the staff in minutes performed.
• Mallory Swanson will make her first Olympic look in 2,904 days as she earns her ninety fifth cap for the USWNT. Swanson was the youngest participant on the U.S. roster for the 2016 Olympics the place she performed in three matches – and made two begins – and scored in opposition to Colombia on the age of 18 to turn into the youngest U.S. participant ever to attain within the Olympics. Swanson has two objectives and two assists in six appearances to date this yr, returning to motion for the USWNT in April after lacking the 2023 World Cup as a consequence of damage.
• Sophia Smith enters her first Olympics tied for the staff lead in scoring with 5 objectives this yr. Smith, who is ready to make her 51st worldwide look, began all 4 matches on the 2023 Girls’s World Cup and tallied a brace in opposition to Vietnam within the opening match. Smith heads into this match with 5 purpose contributions in her final 5 matches for the USWNT (4 objectives, one help).
• A two-time Olympian, Tierna Davidson will make her tenth look of 2024 – all of them begins – as she earns her 61st cap for the USWNT. This will probably be Davidson’s sixth profession look and fifth begin on the Olympics, enjoying in all however one match on the delayed Tokyo 2020 video games and enjoying each minute of the semifinal and bronze medal matches to shut out the match.
• Rose Lavelle will make her seventh look and fifth begin all-time on the Olympics as she earns her 102nd cap for the USWNT. Lavelle appeared in all six of the USA’s matches on the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics and scored her first Olympic purpose within the USA’s group stage win over New Zealand.
• The 2024 Olympics marks the primary world championship roster at any degree for Sam Coffey, who is ready to make her twentieth worldwide look. Coffey will probably be making her eleventh begin of 2024 – second on the staff to solely Lindsey Horan – and enters the match third on the staff in complete minutes performed.
• Ahead Jaedyn Shaw (leg damage) is unavailable for the match in opposition to Zambia and will probably be changed on as we speak’s 18-player roster by alternate Croix Bethune.

From one field workplace juggernaut to a different, Taylor Swift is praising the staff behind “Deadpool & Wolverine.”

“Over the previous few years I’ve watched one among my greatest pals on this planet pour each little bit of his coronary heart, soul, sweat, time, vitality, jokes, ache, pleasure, rebel, darkness, and magic into this movie. He’s created the perfect work of his life, and this movie looks like an precise pleasure portal, a wild escape from actuality, and an abs sandwich. I don’t understand how he did it. However that’s simply Hugh for you!” Swift wrote on Instagram, jabbing her good good friend Ryan Reynolds within the course of.

“These different randoms crashed the picture and we had been too well mannered to ask them to depart,” quipped Swift, who posted a photograph of her standing with Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Blake Energetic and director Shawn Levy to her Instagram story.

“‘Deadpool and Wolverine‘ is out TOMORROW! Right here’s the place to purchase tickets for those who like issues which can be unspeakably superior,” wrote Swift. “Shout out to Wade Wilson, aka my godkids’ sperm donor!”

Encouraging her 283 million followers to hit the cinemas, Swift even included a hyperlink to purchase tickets to the superhero threequel. Field workplace analysts may need to begin juicing up these estimates.

Opening July 27, “Deadpool & Wolverine” unites Reynolds’ filthy Merc With a Mouth with Jackman’s clawed hero. The movie can be the primary “Deadpool” film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so there are certain to be some thrilling cameos and crossovers.

See Swift’s Instagram submit beneath.

Le jour et la nuit, Caleb Evans et Davis Alexander. Les Alouettes ont entamé le match avec le premier, avant de faire entrer le second à la mi-temps. Le changement a porté ses fruits, et les Moineaux s’en sont tirés avec une victoire de 20-16 sur les Roughriders de la Saskatchewan.

Les carottes semblaient cuites pour les Alouettes. L’offensive était coincée, la défensive, permissive. Puis, Davis Alexander fut. Le quart de 25 ans, troisième dans la hiérarchie de l’équipe à sa place, allait compléter sa première, puis quatorze autres passes pour permettre aux siens de l’emporter.

« C’est un second que j’ai attendu toute ma vie, a commenté le héros du jour après la partie. On a les meilleurs receveurs de la ligue, tout ce que j’ai eu à faire, c’est trouver une façon de leur donner le ballon », a-t-il modestement analysé.

Dès sa première possession, on a cru Alexander victime d’un sac du quart, poursuivant dans les traces de son prédécesseur. Mais à la dernière seconde, Alexander s’est échappé à la pression, a décoché une passe en plein centre à Tyson Philpot, pour un achieve de 30 verges. La séquence s’est terminée avec un touché de Reggie White Jr.

Le même chorus s’est répété quelques instants plus tard : autre longue passe à Philpot, autre touché de White Jr. Et coup de théâtre, malgré une efficiency difficile, les Moineaux prenaient l’avance 17-16.

« Je vous jure, si on avait une machine pour tester la pression sanguine, il aurait la plus basse de toute l’équipe, a badiné son coéquipier Wesley Sutton. D’être débarqué dans le match de cette manière, d’avoir accompli ce qu’il a accompli, c’est vraiment incroyable. »

Dans le vestiaire, l’ambiance était à la fête. Alors que les représentants des médias entouraient Alexander, ses coéquipiers le prenaient en picture, semblant eux-mêmes stupéfaits du dénouement de la soirée. Le directeur général Danny Maciocia était particulièrement souriant.

« Quand on l’a mis sur nos listes de négociations, j’avais le sentiment que c’était un jeune qu’on pouvait développer, a-t-il raconté. Je ne suis pas surpris de son niveau de efficiency. Il y a de ces joueurs qui sont des players. Lui, il en fait partie. Je pense qu’il pratique encore mieux qu’il ne joue. »

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Rien ne sert de tourner autour du pot : en première demie, Caleb Evans a été exécrable. Lors de plusieurs possessions, il regardait à gauche, à droite, courait tant bien que mal à la recherche de coéquipiers à qui distribuer le ballon. Pourtant, les choices à découvert étaient souvent nombreuses.

Lorsqu’Evans parvenait à décocher, ses passes étaient souvent trop hautes, ou dans les pieds de ses coéquipiers. Résultat des programs, il a terminé la première demie avec une mince récolte de 91 verges en 17 tentatives de passe. Victime de deux sacs du quart. Et cloué au banc.

« Il y a des séquences où on a été victimes de manque de communication. Ça n’a juste pas cliqué. J’ai l’impression que tout cliquait davantage à la deuxième demie. Parfois, c’est comme cela », a-t-il décrit.

« Je pense que tout n’est pas sur Caleb, mais je pense aussi qu’il sait qu’il peut faire certaines choses d’une meilleure façon, a commenté l’entraîneur Jason Maas. C’est très difficile d’en vouloir à un quart-arrière, sachant que le soccer, c’est un jeu d’équipe. »

« Ce n’est pas toujours la faute du quart-arrière, mais parfois, tu as besoin d’une étincelle, a-t-il poursuivi. À ce moment-là, c’est clair qu’on avait besoin que quelque selected se passe. »

L’entraîneur a refusé de révéler qui serait son quart partant en vue du prochain match, contre les Tiger-Cats à Hamilton, le 2 août. « On regardera les movies, on ne se basera pas juste sur notre sentiment actuel », a-t-il indiqué.

Si les Alouettes se débrouillaient sans leur quart partant Cody Fajardo, il en allait de même pour les Roughriders, compte tenu de la blessure de Trevor Harris. Shea Patterson assurait sa relève.

Les unités spéciales des Alouettes étaient particulièrement dépeuplées. Tyrell Richards, Régis Cibasu et Frédéric Chagnon manquaient notamment à l’appel. De même que le receveur Kaion Julien-Grant, blessé à l’épaule.

L’équipe pouvait toutefois compter sur le retour du demi défensif Wesley Sutton et du maraudeur Marc-Antoine Dequoy.

Les Als n’ont perdu qu’une seule fois depuis le début de la saison, lors de leur match précédent, contre les Argonauts de Toronto.

Taylor Swift is headed to the films this weekend to observe Deadpool & Wolverine. On Thursday, the musician shared a candy publish celebrating her shut buddies Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman‘s Deadpool & Wolverine.

“Over the previous few years, I’ve watched one among my finest buddies on this planet pour each little bit of his coronary heart, soul, sweat, time, vitality, jokes, ache, pleasure, rebel, darkness, and magic into this movie,” she wrote over a photograph of herself with Jackman, Reynolds, Blake Full of life, and director Shawn Levy. “He’s created one of the best work of his life, and this movie appears like an precise pleasure portal, a wild escape from actuality, and an abs sandwich. I don’t understand how he did it. However that’s simply Hugh for you!”

Swift was truly referring to Reynolds, who’s one among her closest buddies, alongside his spouse Blake Full of life. “These different randoms crashed the picture and we have been too well mannered to ask them to go away,” Swift joked. “Deadpool and Wolverine is out TOMORROW! Right here’s the place to purchase tickets for those who like issues which can be unspeakably superior.”

Swift shared a hyperlink to a web site to purchase tickets, and ended her be aware by referencing Full of life and Reynolds’ Deadpool character: “Shout out to Wade Wilson, aka my godkids’ sperm donor!” she wrote.

Additionally on Thursday, Reynolds and Jackman visited the set of Sizzling Ones and shared some behind-the-scenes secrets and techniques of their movie (and their friendship), all whereas Reynolds fulfilled his dream of desirous to “mouth-sex a volcano” with the spicy wings.

“I’m shocked that we managed to get by this with out a few of our largest surprises, even hypothesized on-line,” Reynolds mentioned of filming the most recent Deadpool film. He even revealed the unique plan to cover the movie by fake-filming one other film titled Alpha Cop. “The unique thought with this film was to shoot a pretend film known as Alpha Cop, that was deliberately unhealthy… It was about two guys that have been sharing one mind, and collectively they make the last word cop… and the poster says Alpha Cop: two cops, one mind, all balls.”

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“And it was meant to be sort of horrible. Like ten individuals in America would go to see this film on opening weekend, and 5 minutes into the film, the Marvel brand would flip up, and it might truly be Deadpool & Wolverine,” Reynolds added.

Jackman shared that he knew that Wolverine might come again to do a double-act comedy after watching Deadpool for the primary time. “That’s when all the things got here flashing to me. That’s once I noticed 48 Hours, Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy…I noticed The Odd Couple,” Jackman mentioned. “I used to be like, these two characters need to be collectively, and I actually introduced my retirement three days earlier than…it took us six years to get there, however we bought there.”

A fan invasion within the opening match of the Olympic soccer event between Argentina and Morocco on Wednesday brought about chaos, with Argentina ultimately crushed 2-1 following a VAR evaluation after play was suspended with the rating tied at 2-2.

Argentina’s Cristian Medina scored deep in damage time to salvage what seemed like a 2-2 draw, however the choice ruling out the objective was delivered about two hours after play was suspended when the groups re-emerged on to the pitch to complete the match in an empty stadium.

There have been photos of some Argentina gamers flinching when what seemed to be a flare was thrown. Bottles and cups have been strewn over the sector by the tip.

The Olympics web site additionally confirmed the match as “interrupted.”

About an hour after the incident, organisers on the venue stated the match was not formally over. Gamers have been being saved on the stadium to renew play. Video boards knowledgeable followers the match was suspended they usually needed to go away the stadium.

The boxscore on the Olympics’ media web site stated there can be a video evaluation of Medina’s objective to examine for doable offsides.

Morocco had led the sport 2-0 earlier than Argentina’s battle again.

Giuliano Simeone scored within the 68th minute and Medina leveled the sport deep into stoppage time.

Argentina have been booed by spectators for Enzo Fernández’s video controversy labelled by the French Soccer Federation as “racist and discriminatory.”

The gold medal winners in 2004 and 2008 didn’t show their finest play regardless of lining up current Copa América winners Julián Álvarez, Nicolás Otamendi and Gerónimo Rulli.

Soufiane Rahimi put Morocco forward as Achraf Hakimi set him up from the correct after an excellent passing transfer within the ultimate seconds of the primary half.

Rahimi doubled the benefit and netted his second from the penalty spot within the forty ninth minute earlier than Simeone pulled one again for Javier Mascherano’s facet within the 68th.

Medina then discovered the online 16 minutes into stoppage time earlier than followers stormed the pitch and objects have been thrown at gamers as chaos erupted within the French japanese metropolis.

Israel’s nationwide anthem was loudly jeered earlier than the group kicked off play in a 1-1 draw with Mali later within the day.

The sport started with an enormous safety presence outdoors the stadium amid an more and more strained worldwide local weather that has Paris’ security efforts squarely within the highlight.

The Israel group arrived underneath a heavy police escort, with motorcycle riders on the entrance and a few dozen riot police vans following behind. Armed cops patrolled the Parc des Princes stadium, one with a rifle resting on his shoulder. France’s Inside Minister, Gérald Darmanin, and Paris police chief Laurent Nunez arrived on the stadium at about 7:30 p.m.

The ambiance outdoors the venue was calm, nonetheless. Followers from each international locations mingled, holding up flags and posing for photographs.

Mali followers sang proudly when their anthem was performed first. When it got here to Israel’s anthem, boos and whistles instantly rang out. The stadium speaker system taking part in the anthems then bought notably louder in what appeared like an effort to drown out the jeers.

As soon as play started, Israeli gamers have been booed every time they touched the ball. Safety officers intervened in what seemed to be a heated argument between some followers. The commotion occurred close to the place one girl was holding a Palestinian flag. Two different folks holding Palestine flags then stood subsequent to the girl.

The sport completed 1-1, with Israel taking the lead after an personal objective from defender Hamidou Diallo within the 57th minute. Mali equalized a couple of minutes in a while Cheickna Doumbia’s highly effective header, drawing wild celebrations from the big contingent of Mali followers.

France beat america 3-0 due to a second-half barrage because the groups started play in Group A.

After a scoreless first half, the floodgates opened when Alexandre Lacazette, one among France’s senior gamers within the squad, lashed a shot previous U.S. keeper Patrick Schulte to make it 1-0.

Michael Olise, who simply made a high-profile transfer from Crystal Palace to Bayern Munich, doubled the lead quickly after and Loïc Badé smashed dwelling a header earlier than full-time to present Thierry Henry’s host facet the opening win and high spot in Group A.

Earlier than discovering its stride, France needed to battle exhausting in opposition to a U.S. group that noticed a shot from Djordje Mihailovic hit the cross bar when the sport was nonetheless goalless. Lacazette’s objective got here virtually instantly after.

The USA, making a primary Olympic look in males’s soccer since 2008, is in third behind New Zealand, which beat Guinea 2-1 within the different Group A match of the day.

Spain, who struggled to seek out their tempo within the opening levels of the sport, took the lead within the twenty ninth minute in opposition to Uzbekistan with a close-range end from Marc Pubill off Abel Ruiz’s flicked ball.

Uzbekistan, cheered by an ecstatic crowd, equalised simply earlier than halftime due to Eldor Shomurodov’s penalty following a VAR evaluation for a Pau Cubarsí foul.

Spain wasted a golden likelihood to revive the lead after the break when Sergio Gómez’s penalty effort was saved by Abduvohid Nematov, however the Actual Sociedad participant redeemed himself and located the online within the 62nd minute to earn Spain their first three factors in Group C.

In the meantime, Ben Waine scored the go-ahead objective and New Zealand received their Group A opener 2-1 over Guinea in Good.

New Zealand have been awarded a penalty within the twenty fourth minute, however Guinea goalkeeper Soumaila Sylla dove to punch away captain Matthew Garbett’s try. New Zealand rapidly recovered and Garbett scored a minute later for a 1-0 lead.

Aliou Balde appeared to equalise for Guinea within the 62nd minute, however it was dominated offside after video evaluation. The group lastly broke by with Amadou Diawara’s game-tying objective within the 72nd.

New Zealand answered a minute later with Waine’s objective from out in entrance.

It’s the fourth time that New Zealand are making an Olympic look. The OlyWhites, as they’re recognized, superior to the quarterfinals on the Tokyo Video games earlier than falling to host Japan on penalties.

Guinea have been making their Olympic debut.

In Group C in Nantes, Egypt and the Dominican Republic performed to a scoreless draw.

Peter Gonzalez’s obvious objective for the Dominican Republic early within the match was referred to as again due to a foul within the run-up.

Egypt have been to the Olympics 13 occasions, probably the most by an African nation, however have by no means completed increased than fourth. The group made the quarterfinals on the Tokyo Video games.

It was hoped that Mohamed Salah would be part of Egypt as a senior participant for the Olympics, however he declined to concentrate on Liverpool’s preseason. The group is captained by Mohamed Elneny, the previous Arsenal midfielder.

The Dominican Republic have been making their Olympic debut.

Shunsuke Mito and Shota Fujio scored two targets every in Japan’s 5-0 rout of Paraguay in Group D.

Japan took full benefit of Paraguay being decreased to 10 males in Bordeaux when Wilder Vera was despatched off within the twenty fifth by scoring 4 targets within the second half. Vera was proven crimson following a VAR evaluation of a foul on Yu Hirakawa.

By that time, Mito had already opened the scoring within the 18th. He added a second within the 63rd.

Rihito Yamamoto made it 3-0 six minutes later and Fujio, who got here on for Mito within the within the 73rd, rounded off the win with targets within the 81st and 87th.

Substitute Ali Jasim got here on to seal a 2-1 comeback win for Iraq in opposition to Ukraine in Group B.

Ukraine had led by Valentyn Rubchynskyi’s opener within the 53rd in Lyon, however Iraq was rapidly given the possibility to degree from the penalty spot.

Aymen Hussein transformed within the 56th and Ali struck the winner within the seventy fifth.

Iraq is high of the group, degree with Morocco on three factors.

Data from Reuters and The Related Press was used on this report.

Cynthia Margaret “Cindy” Cherry, daughter of long-time Hockey Night time in Canada host Don, handed away not too long ago on the age of 67.

She was Don’s oldest child and lone daughter. An obituary posted to the Turner and Porter Funeral Administrators web site describes her passing, which occurred on July 15, as “surprising.”

“She was dearly beloved by her son Del (Caroline Lyczek), and his father Roger,” continues the obituary. “A lot beloved daughter of Don and the late Rose. Pricey sister of Tim (Ling), and aunt of Grace.”

The memorial additionally requires donations to be made in Cindy’s reminiscence to Don Cherry’s Pet Rescue Basis. She was a founding father of the group and really concerned all through her life.

“My aim in life, is to do for Animals Points what he does for hockey,” reads a weblog put up made by Cindy on the web site.

Her ardour for serving to others was evident from a younger age, as she donated a kidney to her brother Tim simply after graduating from school.

“I had the chance to assist Tim get his well being again on monitor and let me inform you, if there was something I might do to assist him, no questions requested, I used to be going to do it,” she stated.

Cindy labored with The Kidney Basis of Canada for greater than a decade, per her LinkedIn.

Don is likely one of the most recognizable faces in hockey because the longtime host of Coach’s Nook on Hockey Night time in Canada. He held the place for practically 40 years till he was fired by Sportsnet for xenophobic feedback made on the published.

Earlier than he was on tv, Don loved a protracted profession as an NHL head coach, main the Boston Bruins to 2 Stanley Cup Finals the place they misplaced to the Montreal Canadiens each instances.

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