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NCAA heeds Division I plea for patience on fall sports
There are more bowl games scheduled for the coming season than ever before in major college football: 42, not including the College Football Playoff championship. College football leaders are in…
College Sports
ACC, Notre Dame eye 2020 football membership
Irish have long gone without a conference
Professional Sports
Record 109 Dominican players on opening day MLB rosters
Major League Baseball said Friday that 288 of 1,026 players on opening-day rosters were born outside the 50 states, which comes to 28.1%. That is down slightly from 28.5% last…
Professional Sports
NFL owners offer opt-out guidelines for players
The NFL logo is on the goal post at Heinz Field before a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Buffalo Bills in Pittsburgh.Keith Srakocic/Associated Press file Players who decide…
Professional Sports
MLB opener most-viewed regular-season game in 9 years
The New York Yankees’ rain-shortened 4-1 win at the Washington Nationals on Thursday night averaged 4 million viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen fast national ratings. The game peaked at…
Professional Sports
Colorado’s MacKinnon makes his MVP case in points
MacKinnon up for hat trick of awards for Avs
Professional Sports
Leaner Nikola Jokic ready to carry load for Nuggets
Denver restarts season in one week against Miami
Sports
McKey lives the Death Ride, sets a new FKT
A record-setting day for Fort Lewis College road cyclist
Professional Sports
Yanks, Nats kneel in Black Lives Matter salute; Fauci’s toss
Players from both clubs wore T-shirts saying Black Lives Matter during batting practice at Nationals Park, and the letters “BLM” were stenciled into the back of the mound at the…
Professional Sports
David Dahl’s health, wife’s pregnancy gave him pause before Rockies season
Slugger balances health with 2020 season
Professional Sports
Donald Trump, Mariano Rivera mark MLB Opening Day at White House
President praises return of sports
Professional Sports
Release the Kraken: Seattle unveils name for NHL team
“The first time in our office, there’s only 10 of us in our office, and we put up our NHL Seattle sign on the front door. And the very next…
Professional Sports
MLB, players agree to expand playoffs to 16 teams
A 2019 World Series champions sign is displayed during the Washington Nationals practice at Nationals Park. This year, 16 teams will have the chance to be crowned the new World…
Sports
Postponed Tokyo Olympics hit 1-year-to-go mark – again
Tokyo observed the original date a year ago. That was before the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the Olympics and pushed back the opening to July 23, 2021. Fireworks cascaded over Tokyo…
Professional Sports
Ex-Redskins become Washington Football Team for 2020 season
This artist’s rendering provided by the Washington Football team shows the back of the NFL team’s new burgundy uniform.Washington Football Gone is the Indian head logo and the name Native…
Professional Sports
Minnesota United, Colorado draw in MLS tournament
Rapids eliminated before 2-2 result
Professional Sports
Rockies reliever Scott Oberg starting season on injured list
Oberg was 6-1 with a 2.25 earned-run average and five saves in 49 games for the Rockies last season. He got a $13 million, three-year contract last winter. “It’s a…
College Sports
Senate wants action on college athlete compensation
Graham: ‘We’ve got to do something’
College Sports
NCAA football oversight asks board for time on fall sports
A letter dated July 21 was sent by committee chairman Shane Lyons, the West Virginia athletic director, to the board before it meets on Friday. The letter was obtained Wednesday…
Professional Sports
Dodgers place their Betts: Outfielder signs massive contract
12-year, $365-million second largest in MLB behind Mike Trout
Professional Sports
MLB returns ball kids to foul lines
Major League Baseball has adjusted its policy for bat-and-ball kids this summer, clearing the way for ball boys and girls to return to the foul lines during games. It recently…
Professional Sports
Pennsylvania won’t allow Blue Jays to play at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park
Toronto without a home on eve of Opening Day
Professional Sports
Indy 500 to reduce capacity to 25%, lift blackout
Simon Pagenaud, of France, leads the field through the first turn on the start of the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis.Darron Cummings/Associated Press file…
Professional Sports
Tokyo head: Olympics not possible under current conditions
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori says the delayed games could not be held next year if conditions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic continue as they are.Kyodo News In an…
High School Sports
Whiteskunk continues basketball career at Midland University
Teagan Whiteskunk, front center, signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball at Midland University in Nebraska this summer while surrounded by his family at Montezuma-Cortez High School.Courtesy…