MLB sluggers slow out of the box to start 60-game season
Yelich in league’s worst slump
DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
MLB postpones Blue Jays-Phillies series after more positives
NEW YORK – Major League Baseball has postponed this weekend’s scheduled series between Toronto and Philadelphia because of concerns about the coronavirus after two Phillies staffers tested p...
DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
NFL medical boss not surprised by positive cases, opt outs
The NFL’s chief medical officer says it’s not surprising there have been positive tests for COVID-19 among players reporting to training camp.
Dr. Allen Sills notes that the disea...
DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Knicks bring Tom Thibodeau to New York as new head coach
NEW YORK – Tom Thibodeau brought the Chicago Bulls to their greatest success since Michael Jordan.
He returned the Minnesota Timberwolves to the playoffs after a 13-year absence. ...
DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Criminal case opened against FIFA president Gianni Infantino
GENEVA – A criminal case against FIFA president Gianni Infantino was opened by a Swiss special prosecutor on Thursday, plunging the soccer body into a new scandal and potentially threatening...
DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Inquiry finds racial bias, bullying in Iowa football program
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Iowa football program under Coach Kirk Ferentz has suffered from a culture that perpetuated racial bias against Black players and allowed some current and former staff ...
DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports
Players describe abusive environment of Oregon State volleyball
Athletes and others with ties to the program told The Associated Press that the head volleyball coach at Oregon State University runs an abusive program that has seen 11 players quit or tran...
DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports
Ben’s Down N Out: New trail name a birthday present to Sonntag
Pro cyclist would have turned 40 on Thursday
DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Wilderness Life Support offering two Durango classes
Wilderness Life Support will hold two wilderness medicine training courses in Durango during the next two months for individuals who want to learn how to be safe recreating outdoors. The
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DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Tennis, softball gain CHSAA approval
Contact sports the big question still to be answered this week
DATE: Jul 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports
MLB doubleheaders could get shortened to 7-inning games
NEW YORK — Ernie Banks famously said: “Let’s play two.”
Baseball players just might not want to play nine innings twice in one day during this pandemic-delayed season.
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DATE: Jul 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Throwback 5-game series force NHL players to ‘embrace the grind’
Fans counted down the seconds to the final buzzer, “Brass Bonanza” played over the speakers at Hartford Civic Center and Whalers players Dave Tippett, Joel Quenneville and Dean Evason celebr...
DATE: Jul 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
