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‘Game-changer’: Rapid, daily virus testing coming to Pac-12

The Pac-12 could be playing football and basketball sooner than expected after the conference announced Thursday that each of the 12 schools will soon have the capacity to perform daily, rap...

DATE: Sep 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NFL requiring coaches, staff near bench to wear masks

The NFL has updated its gameday protocols by requiring every coach and staff member in the bench area to wear a mask and reducing the size of each team’s travel party. Owners also...

DATE: Sep 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NFL teams huddling up to devise plans for social change

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Sam Darnold watched as several of his New York Jets teammates took turns speaking, many of whom got emotional. And, the quarterback did what he thought was hi...

DATE: Aug 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Broncos get practice for opener in empty stadium scrimmage

DENVER – The Denver Broncos got a taste Saturday of what their season opener will be like when they scrimmaged at an empty Empower Field with crowd noise piped in. “Yeah, it was r...

DATE: Aug 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Kenosha unrest hits home for Broncos newcomer Melvin Gordon

ENGLEWOOD – The latest flashpoints in the racial justice movement hit home for Melvin Gordon and the rest of his new teammates. The veteran running back who joined the Denver Bron...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Nebraska players’ lawsuit seeks to restore Big Ten fall football

A group of Nebraska football players filed a lawsuit Thursday asking a jury to force the Big Ten Conference to reinstate a fall football season. The lawsuit in Lancaster County Di...

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NFL teams cancel practice in response to James Blake shooting

Broncos among the teams to step away Thursday

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

College football players discover power together

Dylan Boles planned to hang out with some friends the night the college football season reached a pivotal moment. Stanford has an Olympic Village-style setup for athletes, one that’ll ideall...

DATE: Aug 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Washington Post: Dan Snyder involved in harassment in Washington

WASHINGTON – The Post reported a former cheerleader saying Snyder invited her to a hotel room with one of his friends, and that longtime team executive Larry Michael made extra cheerlea...

DATE: Aug 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Lions skip practice after discussing shooting of Jacob Blake

ALLEN PARK, Mich. – The Detroit Lions decided not to practice on Tuesday, protesting after a Black man was shot by police in Wisconsin. “We came up with this one as a unit,” Detro...

DATE: Aug 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Injury-riddled Broncos lose Strnad for year

ENGLEWOOD – The Denver Broncos’ injury streak kept 11 players out of Monday’s practice and led coach Vic Fangio to suggest the NFL should have mixed in more off days to its training camp ram...

DATE: Aug 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Two more Denver Broncos rookies get hurt, joining Hamler

ENGLEWOOD — More injuries have hit the Denver Broncos’ rookie class. Cornerback Michael Ojemudia missed Sunday’s practice with a thigh injury and linebacker Justin Strnad left practice after...

DATE: Aug 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports