Sports by Hartley Thursday, September 7th as of 12:05 a.m.
Major League Baseball:
Oakland A’s 5 Toronto Blue Jays 2
The (77-63) Jays went 4-2 on a six-game road trip.
Toronto starts a 10-game homestand Friday night (4:07 PT) against the lowly Kansas City Royals.
With 22 games left, the Blue Jays hold down the third and final wild-card spot in the American League, half a game ahead of the (76-63) Texas Rangers.
The MLB Wild Card standings are here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB schedule/results can be found here.
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule can be found here.
Men’s Basketball:
Canada will play Serbia in the semifinals on Friday at 1:45 a.m. PT at the FIBA World Cup.
The Canadian team beat Slovenia 100-89 on Wednesday in the quarterfinals.
On Sunday, Canada qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, (their first Olympic berth since 2000).
The other semi has the USA against Germany.
Results can be found here under the FIBA World Cup.
NFL:
The NFL kicks off a new season tonight (Thursday 5:20 PT).
The league opener features the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs at home against the Detroit Lions.
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Nick Bosa of the San Francisco 49ers has become the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history.
According to media reports, Bosa and the 49ers have come to terms on a 5-year contract extension worth $170 million with $122.5 million guaranteed.
The NFL schedule is here.
CFL: (Week 14)
Week 14 of the CFL season starts Friday (4:30 PM PT) with (4-7) Hamilton at (3-8) Ottawa.
There are three league games on Saturday.
The (8-4) B.C. Lions are idle this week and will resume action on Saturday, September 16th (at 4 PM) when they host the (3-8) Ottawa RedBlacks.
The Lions are two points behind the (9-3) Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the battle for top spot in the West Division.
The CFL schedule is here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
Junior Football:
The (2-2) Prince George Kodiaks junior football team will visit the (2-2) Langley Rams on Saturday at 4 PM in the BC Football Conference.
It is the first of back-to-back games between the two teams who will also meet on Saturday, September 16th (at 7 PM) at Masich Place Stadium.
The Kodiaks’ schedule is here.
The BC Football Conference (BCFC) league schedule is here.
The BCFC league standings are here.
Hockey:
The Prince George Cougars and P.G. Spruce Kings both start their pre-schedule schedule this weekend on the Lower Mainland.
The Cougars play Vancouver on Friday and Victoria on Saturday with both exhibition games in Port Coquitlam.
The PG Cougars pre-season schedule is here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The Spruce Kings battle the Chiefs on Friday in Chilliwack and the Rivermen on Saturday in Langley.
The Spruce Kings’ pre-season schedule is here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule is here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
The (0-3-1) UNBC Timberwolves host (0-4) Thompson Rivers Friday night at 6:00 and Sunday at noon at Masich Place Stadium in Canada West men’s soccer.
The men’s soccer schedule is here.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.
The (0-2) UNBC women’s soccer team is on the road this weekend as they visit (1-2) Thompson Rivers Friday night at 6:00 in Kamloops and (2-0-1) UBC Okanagan Saturday night at 5:30 in Kelowna.
The women’s soccer schedule is here.
The Canada West women’s soccer standings are here.
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