Month: August 2020

10:49 AM ET A group of Big Ten football parent associations on Wednesday sent an open letter demanding information around the league’s decision to postpone the fall football season and a “structured discussion” with first-year commissioner Kevin Warren. A large majority of Big Ten parent associations participated in the letter, which uses the banner #B1GParentsUnited
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10:22 AM ET Tiger Woods is attempting to play back-to-back events for the first time this year, hoping to make next week’s 30-man Tour Championship field — which would mean three straight tournaments for the first time since 2018. It is not an easy task, as lack of play and so-so results in 2020 have
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Aug 24, 2020 WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has said champion Tyson Fury has “no restrictions” ahead of his undisputed bout against Anthony Joshua next year after Dillian Whyte’s stunning defeat to Alexander Povetkin. Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) was due to face Whyte (27-2, 18 KOs) in a mandatory defense early in 2021 but the latter’s
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10:37 PM ET CHICAGO — White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito threw his first career no-hitter on Tuesday night, shutting out the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-0, on 101 pitches. Giolito, 26, walked one while striking out 13 using a combination of his fastball and changeup to hold the Pirates in check en route to the shortened season’s
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9:28 AM ET Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Mackensie Alexander, who left the team Tuesday after his father was reported missing, has been arrested in Florida on one count of battery. Alexander was arrested Tuesday by the Collier County Sherriff’s Office, according to jail records. Alexander, 26, was in custody as of Wednesday morning. An arrest report
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4:20 PM ET Vanderbilt linebacker Dimitri Moore, the Commodores’ leading tackler from a year ago, has changed his mind and decided to play this season after initially opting out. Moore made his announcement Tuesday on Instagram and said his grandfather’s death from COVID-19 led to his earlier decision to opt out of the 2020 season.
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1:57 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders Dustin Johnson ran away with the first event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, cruising to an 11-shot victory at The Northern Trust on Sunday after finishing an astonishing 30 under for the week. There are now 70 players remaining in the hunt for the title as the
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6:53 AM ET Tuesday night in the 2020 NHL playoffs included a doubleheader that brought the heat — including two of the nicest goals we’ve seen in the playoffs yet. And today, we get a triple threat: the return of afternoon hockey (yay!), the second of a back-to-back, plus a pivotal game for the Colorado
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