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MLB roundup: Reds post DH sweep of Brewers
Wade Miley allowed one hit over four strong innings, while Nick Castellanos and Jesse Winker provided offensive help as the visiting Cincinnati Reds completed a doubleheader sweep of the Milwaukee Bre...
Aug 28, 2020
Mets GM Van Wagenen apologizes for Manfred criticism
After a video surfaced of him criticizing Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen apologized Thursday for misconstruing the situation. In a vid...
Aug 28, 2020
A week to change my life’: Lawlor on European Tour debut
(Reuters) - Brendan Lawlor shot a 12-over-par 84 in the first round of the UK Championship but the 22-year-old, who became the first golfer with disabilities to compete on the European Tour on Thursda...
Aug 28, 2020
Reports: Hall of Fame coach Olson dead at 85
Hall of Fame college basketball coach Lute Olson, who won 776 games over 34 seasons and led the Arizona Wildcats to the 1997 NCAA championship, died Thursday, multiple outlets reported. He was 85 year...
Aug 28, 2020
Racial injustice hits home for U.S. athletes
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When former NBA star Robert Horry's son showed him the video of a police officer shooting Jacob Blake in the back in Wisconsin on Sunday, he said he felt compel...
Aug 27, 2020
Matsuyama grabs first-round lead on tough day at Olympia Fields
(Reuters) - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama drilled a 67-foot birdie putt on his last hole to grab a one stroke lead at the BMW Championship on Thursday, a day when only three players managed to break par. M...
Aug 27, 2020
Seven MLB games postponed on Thursday
Seven Major League Baseball games were postponed Thursday night as part of an athlete boycott following the recent shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin. Led by Dominic Smith and Billy Hamilton, the Ne...
Aug 27, 2020
Four Lotto-Soudal team members sent home from Tour after positive coronavirus tests
By Julien Pretot NICE, France (Reuters) - Four staff members of the Lotto-Soudal team were sent away from the Tour de France after two of them tested positive for coronavirus, the Belgian team said on...
Aug 27, 2020
Williams drivers welcome team sale
(Reuters) - George Russell and Nicholas Latifi welcomed their Williams team's change of ownership as a positive step that will help the former Formula One champions climb back up the competitive order...
Aug 27, 2020
NHL postpones games, joins waves of protests against racial injustice
TORONTO (Reuters) - The National Hockey League said it has postponed playoff games that were scheduled for Thursday and Friday, joining similar moves by other leagues in protest over the police shooti...
Aug 27, 2020
