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Pandemic MLB exhibition games have make-it-up-as-you-go feel

A seventh-inning stretch without fans at Yankee Stadium was far from the oddest happening on the second day of summer exhibitions in the majors. The first inning ended at Dodger S...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Dillon takes Texas win in front of fans

NASCAR has success spreading out fans in big stadiums

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Jon Rahm’s wild day ends with win, World No. 1 ranking

Memorial victory stunning on brutally tough Muirfield

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Jack Nicklaus says he had coronavirus

DUBLIN, Ohio – Jack Nicklaus revealed Sunday during the CBS telecast of the Memorial that he and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus at the onset of the pandemic. Nicklau...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NFL tells teams training camps will open on time

The NFL has informed teams their training camps will open on time. League executive Troy Vincent sent a memo to general managers and head coaches on Saturday informing them rookie...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Play ball? Experts send mixed signals on MLB 60-game season

NEW YORK – Thirty baseball teams from 28 cities, trying to play 60 games each amid a coronavirus pandemic that seemingly hasn’t peaked in the United States. Plausible? Worthwhile?...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NBA going with shorter games for Disney openers

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The first exhibition games of the NBA restart will go a little more quickly than usual. The NBA is tweaking the rules for those initial matchups, going wi...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

A story of peaks and ponds: North Snowdon a Durango conquest

As you are driving north up U.S. Highway 550 about to top Molas Pass, look to the east and you will see Snowdon Peak. The mountain is distinguished by the “W” notched into its south ridge. ...

DATE: Jul 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Zusi’s late goal gives Sporting KC win over Colorado Rapids

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Graham Zusi scored in stoppage time to give Sporting Kansas City a wild 3-2 victory Friday night over the shorthanded Colorado Rapids in the MLS is Back tournament. ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports