The Associated PressDoug Ferguson The British Open will not be played this year for the first time since 1945, with the R&A choosing to play golf’s oldest championship next year at Royal St. George’s and move the 150th Open at St. Andrews to 2022. It was a major piece of […]
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The Associated PressBarry Wilner The NFL is gearing up for a normal season and playoffs–with two additional wild-card teams in the Super Bowl chase. NFL team owners voted Tuesday to expand the playoffs by one team in each conference for a total of 14 next season as they continue to […]
The Associated PressStephen Hawkins Rangers veteran Shin-Soo Choo is helping out financially strapped minor league players with the season on hold, giving $1,000 each to 191 of them who are in the Texas organization. Choo said yesterday that he remembers the financial struggles when he was in the minors. The […]
The Associated PressRalph D, Russo Athletic directors at the nation’s biggest sports schools are bracing for a potential financial crisis related to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a survey released Thursday by LEAD1, an association of athletic directors from 130 major college football schools, 63 per cent forecast a worst-case […]
The Canadian PressJoshua Clipperton The Ottawa Senators say four additional members of the organization have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to six. The team announced yesterday that the people in question travelled with the team to California before the NHL suspended its season March 12 because of the […]
The Associated Press PERTH, Australia–The coronavirus pandemic ended any chance of Rachael Lynch competing for Olympic gold in Tokyo this year. Now she’s switching into the medical mode to take on the virus. Lynch, the goalkeeper for Australia’s women’s field hockey team, is a registered nurse. So after the Olympics […]
The Associated PressJanie McCauley OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland Athletics minor league manager Webster Garrison is hospitalized in Louisiana and on a ventilator with the coronavirus, according to his fiance. Nikki Trudeaux posted her latest update Monday night on social media. She said the 54-year-old former major leaguer still required a […]
By Stephen Whyno The Associated Press The NHL has extended its guideline for players and staff to self-quarantine until April 15 and it is possible the coronavirus pandemic could push that back even further. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the extension to the Associated Press in an email Tuesday. It […]
The Canadian Press Toronto’s ban on city-led events through June 30 does not prohibit sporting events at private facilities. That means the Maple Leafs and Raptors still could hypothetically play games at Scotiabank Arena and the Blue Jays could play at the Rogers Centre. The same could hold true for […]
The Canadian PressJoshua Clipperton Brady Tkachuk is hunkered down with family in St. Louis trying to wait out the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ottawa Senators winger has also been keeping close tabs on a pair of teammates who tested positive for the disease. “Those guys, they’re doing well,” Tkachuk said on […]
The Associated PressStephen Wade TOKYO–The countdown clocks have been reset and are ticking again for the Tokyo Olympics. The model outside Tokyo Station, and others across the Japanese capital, were switched on almost immediately after organizers announced the new dates–July 23 to Aug. 8, 2021. The clocks read 479 days […]
The Associated PressJenna Fryer CHARLOTTE, N.C.–Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead sang the national anthem from a remote location. Troy Aikman, borrowing Matthew McConaughey’s trademark phrase “All right, all right, all right,” commanded drivers to start their, uh, simulators. NASCAR’s new normal resumed yesterdat with another virtual event, the second […]
