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Conference commissioners tell Pence no football before campuses open
College officials spoke to Vice President in conference call Wednesday
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In COVID-19 world, anti-doping goes to in-home testing
World-champion sprinter Noah Lyles is one of 15 American athletes who have volunteered for in-home drug testing as part of a pilot program being run by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.Martin…
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Rescheduled Tour de France hoping to make nation smile again
Organizers on Wednesday announced new dates of Aug. 29-Sept. 20 for the race, a day after it was postponed. And Prudhomme is still optimistic that the three-week event will be…
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Athletes, teams, celebrities are ‘All In’ to feed hungry
The “All In Challenge” was started by Philadelphia 76ers partner Michael Rubin on Tuesday, and some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment have answered the call. After 24…
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Rob Manfred ‘to turn over every stone’ for MLB season
Major League Baseball is cutting the salary of senior staff by an average of 35% for this year and is guaranteeing paychecks to its full-time employees of its central office…
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NFL has discussed playing in empty or half-full stadiums
Fauci gives contingent endorsement for return of sports
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Dusty Baker laments lack of blacks in MLB on Jackie Robinson Day
10% decrease in black players from 1990s
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Report: Roy Halladay on drugs, doing stunts when plane crashed
Hall of Fame pitcher from Colorado died in 2017
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Sepp Kuss cooped up in Spain as Tour de France is postponed
Durango cyclist has Tour de France debut postponed
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John Elway free to focus on O-line, receivers in NFL draft
Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock (3) will gladly take offensive line help as well as another play maker at wide receiver through the draft this year.Elaine Thompson/Associated Press file LAST…
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Tour de France postponed by coronavirus
The three-week race could still take place this year, however, with French newspapers reporting late Tuesday that a new start date has been set for August. Both L’Equipe and Le…
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University of Cincinnati drops men’s soccer in virus fallout
College are grappling with revenue losses from spring sports cancellations, including the lucrative NCAA basketball tournament. Eliminating sports is considered a last resort by athletic directors who face difficult choices.…
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FIFA: International games could be off until 2021
Victor Montagliani, a Canadian who is president of the governing body for North and Central America and the Caribbean, has been heading a FIFA working group formulating plans to deal…
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XFL files for bankruptcy, cites COVID-19 crisis
The filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware estimates the organization has between $10,000,001 and $50 million in both assets and liabilities. Former coaches Bob Stoops and Marc Trestman are…
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ESPN and NFL Network will combine for NFL draft telecast
The April 23-25 draft was originally scheduled to be in Las Vegas but has been moved because of the coronavirus pandemic. It will now originate from ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol,…
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Tokyo 2020: ‘No B Plan’ for another Olympic Postponement
Masa Takaya, the spokesman for the Tokyo Olympics, said organizers are proceeding under the assumption the Olympics will open on July 23, 2021. The Paralympics follow on Aug. 24. Those…
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For an Olympic canoeist, training alone its own kind of social distancing
It’s the other 20-some hours each day that remind him how abnormal things really are. Right about now, Eichfeld, a 30-year-old slalom canoeist and three-time Olympian, should be in Rio…
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Unfiltered Michael Jordan gets last word in ESPN’s ‘Last Dance’
Michael Jordan was unfiltered in the upcoming 10-part documentary titled “The Last Dance.”Chuck Burton/Associated Press file Chicago Bulls General Manager Jerry Krause was standing near a Gatorade cooler with medicine…
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NFL, union approve virtual offseason workout program
The NFL and its players union have agreed to conduct “virtual” offseason workout programs until every team is permitted to open its facilities. Teams can hold classroom instruction, workouts and…
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Young’s sudden sayonara to Skyler the Skyhawk
Student mascot doesn’t get goodbye to Fort Lewis College fans he had hoped
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Tiger Woods gets emotional during CBS broadcast of 2019 Masters
Nantz, Woods conducted video chat during TV event
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Memorable shots at the Masters from every club in the bag
A walk around Augusta National with the best
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‘Undrafted but undaunted’: Oilers’ Colby Cave dies at 25
Brain bleed cause of hockey player’s death
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Tiger’s last Masters about family as much as green jacket
Woods capped return to glory with win a year ago
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40 years later, vote to skip Moscow Olympics still ‘horrible’
Famous vote in Colorado Springs backed President Carter
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Minnesota Duluth star Scott Perunovich wins Hobey Baker
Perunovich, a junior from Hibbing, Minnesota, who recently signed with the St. Louis Blues, edged North Dakota forward Jordan Kawaguchi and Maine goalie Jeremy Swayman for the award announced on…