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Don’t let MLB owners cry poor. They can afford to do what’s right for baseball.

It’s time for a basic lesson in baseball arithmetic and the incredible, shameless greed of major league owners. The bosses are - again - on the verge of bashing their sport to maximize their...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Champ Bailey intercepts College Football Hall of Fame ballot

Freeney, Sproles also first-timers on ballot; Salaam returns

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Virginia changes athletics logo design linked with slavery

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The University of Virginia is changing the logos it uses for its athletics teams just two months after they were unveiled after criticism that a design element referre...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Mike Gundy’s OAN support angers star Oklahoma State running back

Hubbard gets attention of college’s administration

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Commissioner Rob Manfred says baseball season in jeopardy

NEW YORK – Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says there might be no major league games this year after a breakdown in talks between teams and the players’ union on how to split up money in a...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

It would be a ‘catastrophic mistake’ if NBA players balk at resuming season, Charles Barkley says

The NBA is planning on returning to action next month despite the novel coronavirus pandemic, but some notable players are opposed to the idea. In turn, Charles Barkley is very much opposed ...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Kevin Durant joins ownership group for Philadelphia Union

Basketball star gets in the soccer game

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

WNBA plans to play 2020 season in Florida starting late July

NEW YORK – The WNBA on Monday announced plans to play a reduced season, with a 22-game schedule that would begin in late July without fans in attendance because of the coronavirus pandemic. ...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Ben Carson thinks Trump will ‘get there’ on athletes kneeling

WASHINGTON – The lone African American member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet said Monday he would work with the president on the issue of athletes taking a knee during the national anth...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Oregon, Arizona State athletes challenge NCAA in federal court

Attorneys filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in federal court Monday that seeks to prevent the association from limiting the amount of money athletes can make off their names, images and liken...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NASCAR wants 30,000 fans at All-Star race in Tennessee

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – NASCAR is set to allow up to 30,000 fans at the track in Bristol next month when it moves the All-Star race out of Charlotte Motor Speedway for just the second time in the ...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

PGA Championship staying at Harding Park, but without fans

FORT WORTH, Texas – The silence that greeted the return of the PGA Tour at Colonial will be a familiar sound for the first major of the year. The PGA of America has submitted plan...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports