When the Nordiques left Quebec nearly 30 years ago, the hockey team’s departure fueled the kind of mythologizing and nostalgia familiar to fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Nordiques’ stint in Quebec, playing there in the N.H.L. from 1979 to 1995, overlapped with the French-speaking province’s two failed attempts to secede from the rest of…

CNN  —  Coco Gauff continued her run of emphatic victories at the US Open on Tuesday, breezing past Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets. The world No. 6 didn’t lose a game in the opening set before wrapping up a convincing 6-0 6-2 victory to book her first ever semifinal spot at the US Open. With…

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Victor Wembanyama’s latest one-man carnival show packed a month’s worth of spectacular acts into a single night. During the San Antonio Spurs’ nationally televised 125-121 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday, the 7-foot-4 Frenchman threw an alley-oop to himself off the backboard, dunked over…

World’s only openly gay active pro footballer is concerned for LGBTQ community ahead of Qatar 2022 The only openly gay player in men’s top flight football Josh Cavallo has told CNN that the World Cup shouldn’t be held in a country like Qatar that criminalizes homosexuality. Cavallo speaks exclusively to Amanda Davies.

CNN  —  Novak Djokovic’s straight-sets victory over Cameron Norrie in the Italian Open boiled over when the British tennis star hit the back of the world No. 1’s leg with a smash. The incident occurred at the start of the second set and despite an instant apology from Norrie, Djokovic did not respond well, proceeding…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The News4JAX Super 6 girls soccer rankings will be published every Thursday during the regular season — except during Christmas week. Records are through Jan. 10 games. News4JAX Super 6 girls soccer rankings Rank, school, record, classification 1. (1) Ponte Vedra (13-1-1, Class 6A) Notable wins: Bartram Trail, Beachside, Bishop Kenny, Bishop…