"Lebanon will not last to the autumn," read a headline in leading Beirut daily An Nahar. Data by currency monitor lirarate.com showed the pound, also ...
A string of top retail shops in Lebanon announced temporary closures on Thursday after the country's currency lost five sixths of its value, triggering ...
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced the availability of a new training course, ...
Texas A&M football was placed on one year probation and coach Jimbo Fisher was given a six-month show-cause order after he and the football program were found to have violated NCAA recruiting and athletic-related activity rules. The findings, which was ...
The NBA's bubble plan to resume the 2019-20 season in Orlando is uncharted territory, but for some, the circumstances will further heighten an already make-or-break year. Teams and players' previous aspirations got put to the backburner once the season ...
The latest punishment of the New England Patriots came with no press release or other announcement from the NFL. Although the league confirmed reports regarding the price to be paid by the Patriots for the taping of the Cincinnati sideline a week before ...
You haven't truly arrived as a member of the Boston sports media until you've picked up your pen or microphone and declared the Patriots' dynasty dead. Lots of people you know and love have done this, but I believe I hold the record. And it can't be broken: ...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- To understand the concerns of Illinois linebacker Milo Eifler, it's important to know where and from whom he's getting his factual information from. Before arriving back on the University of Illinois campus for the voluntary workouts that Illinois ...
Nine more NBA players tested positive for the coronavirus last week, the league announced Thursday. The nine positive tests found between June 24-29 brings the overall total to 25 players out of a pool of 351 that have been tested since June 23.
The pressure is on Washington football team owner Dan Snyder to change the team's name. While calls to change the team's name have existed for years, the situation escalated Wednesday, as officials told Snyder he couldn't build a new stadium on the RFK ...
Chicago Cubs left-hander Jose Quintana needed surgery to repair a laceration he suffered washing dishes. The team said the 31-year-old was injured at his home in Miami, suffering a laceration on his left thumb that required five stitches. "This morning in ...
With the NBA heading to Orlando next week, there is no shortage of storylines to follow in the leadup to the league's late-July restart. Everyone will be closely monitoring the coronavirus front. Go ahead and brace yourself for silly asterisk talk. Keep an eye on ...
No matter which team wins the NBA title this year, even if it is a team many expected to like the Lakers or Bucks, it is going to feel different. The cornavirus pandemic led to widespread changes to the process of crowning a champ from a shortened regular ...
Rockets guard Russell Westbrook was in the midst of his best stretch of the season before the COVID-19 hiatus, averaging 32.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game in his last 20 contests. And when play resumes on July 30, Houston head coach ...
Kaidon Salter (Texas) made the trip from the Lonestar State to Murfreesboro (Tenn.) to compete in the nationally prestigious Elite 11 Finals. The event concluded yesterday afternoon, and late last night, the Elite 11 List was released, with Salter's name being ...
Boise State is cutting its baseball and swimming and diving programs in a cost-saving measure, athletic director Curt Apsey announced Thursday. The school said cutting the teams is part of a $3 million reduction to the athletic department budget. "This is one ...
FRISCO, Texas – The calendar has flipped to July, and I'm wondering if the Cowboys realize they can't win. Yes, it's time to talk about Dak Prescott again – and more urgently than ever. After an endless amount of discussion, the deadline is finally in sight.
"It's time to decide 'Hey, are we going to start on time or push this thing down the road?'" That was Ole Miss Vice Chancellor of Intercollegiate Athletics Keith Carter, speaking Sports Illustrated's Ross Dellenger yesterday in Washington D.C.. Over the course of ...
According to the transactions list on the Phillies' official website, the team has placed four players on the 10-day injured list. The players are Scott Kingery, Ranger Suarez, Tommy Hunter and Hector Neris. The moves come as the team is about to officially ...
It's starting to feel like basketball is back. And if not all the way back, at least something closer to a reality. Twenty-two teams are scheduled to resume the NBA season at Walt Disney Resort in Orlando at the end of the month -- though they will all be down to ...
Wolves – Arsenal should be an absolute belter on Saturday (start time, 12:30pm ET on NBCSN and online via NBCSports.com) as both teams are in the hunt for Champions League qualification. STREAM WOLVES – ARSENAL LIVE ONLINE. Nuno Espirito ...
The Braves' 2020 season begins Friday when the team holds its first formal workout at Truist Park. It comes 113 days after they played their last game, a 5-3 exhibition win over the Tigers in Lakeland. Much has changed since the pandemic forced MLB to ...
Construction work on SoFi Stadium has continued through the COVID-19 pandemic and is nearing completion, but the number of infected workers has continued to rise. In emails obtained by the Los Angeles Times, Turner-AECOM Hunt, the group overseeing ...
The National Hockey League finds itself in a bizarre scenario, partly self-administered, where the lottery winner for a draft with a clear-cut top player is an unspecific team among a field of 16. They have undermined the purpose of the play-in series, with many ...
The memories range from sitting on the couch to a father/son trip and from hearing a grown man say "here kitty, kitty, kitty" to seeing that same man climb a fence. Regardless the recollection, the memories all point to one location. Indianapolis Motor ...
TAMPA, Fla. – The USL Championship announced today the opening weekend of games that will kick off the league's resumption of the 2020 season. Nine games are scheduled between July 11-13, with five of those contests to be aired live on ESPN2 and ...
Minnesota United FC defender Ike Opara did not travel with the team to Orlando, Fla., and will not participate in the "MLS is Back" tournament, he announced Thursday. "I want to let the fans know that I am currently not in Orlando with my teammates," Opara ...
The picture at the top of boxing's heavyweight division has become increasingly blurry, with mandatory challengers and planned fights standing in the way of a potential unification bout between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. One thing that is certain, ...
As Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez looks to secure plans for a possible return to the ring in 2020, his opponent will most definitely not be Billy Joe Saunders. The WBO super middleweight titleholder told The Athletic on Wednesday following recent ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers says Lou Williams is expected to join the team for the NBA's restart in Florida. Williams has described himself as "50-50" on whether he would finish out the pandemic-interrupted season because ...
The PGA Tour announced Wednesday that it will alter its health and safety plan to allow asymptomatic players a quicker road to return. FILE PHOTO: Jun 14, 2020; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Cameron Champ plays his shot from the third tee during the final ...
Madrid (AFP) - Inter Milan have signed full-back Achraf Hakimi from Real Madrid, the two clubs announced on Thursday. Inter will pay Madrid 40 million euros ($44.9 million) for Hakimi, with a further five million euros due in variables, according to reports in ...
The NFL is still planning to have training camps kick off in late July with extensive guidelines in place to encourage social distancing. The league has already reportedly chopped the preseason in half. And the NFL is now thinking about having fans sign a ...
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena have tested negative for COVID-19, nine days after returning a positive test, the world number one tennis player's media team said on Thursday. Djokovic, along with Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is set to be the site of the first pro team sporting event in the United States with fans in attendance since March. On Thursday morning, the Real Salt Lake organization announced that Real Monarchs SLC, the winners of the 2019 USL ...
NFL refs are far from perfect. They have cost every team in the league a win with an egregious call at some point in history. Even with today's technology, officials manage to bungle calls. No one expects the referees to be perfect, but they should be pretty ...
Sounds like it won't take much to pause, or even cancel, the 2020 MLB season when it comes to the coronavirus. Appearing on The Dan Patrick Show on Wednesday, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred was asked for how long he could imagine potentially ...
SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton feels it's his responsibility as a global star to keep pushing for more diversity in his profession and beyond. Hamilton has spoken widely about racism in recent weeks following the killing of ...
The former Blues midfielder would love to see the Brazilian remain at Stamford Bridge, but doesn't think the club will give in to his contract demands. Chelsea are likely to allow Willian to join a main Premier League rival this summer, according to Dennis Wise, ...
July is supposed to be a magical month in the N.B.A. The mere mention of it evokes images of the feast known as free agency that, as we all understand by now, means as much (or more) to some fans as the games themselves. The calendar flipped ...
The annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is synonymous with the Fourth of July. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the event is still going to be held, but it's going to look a little bit different this year. Instead of holding the annual competition at the Coney ...
J.R. Smith has joined LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers for their championship push. The Lakers announced their long-anticipated signing of Smith as a substitute player Wednesday, the first day allowed under the rules of the NBA's summer restart.
Much of last season's training camp was spent worrying about the kicking competition the Chicago Bears needed to upgrade their team. Outside of that one challenge, the Bears seemed ready to succeed, however, things backfired badly when the team ...
Yesterday's Zoom meeting gave us an idea of how the Portland Trail Blazers starting lineup could look when the season resumes. How optimistic should we be about that? At this point, the Portland Trail Blazers' trip to Orlando could go a ton of different ways.
The PGA Tour continues its comeback from coronavirus hiatus with week with the Rocket Mortgage Classic at the Detroit Golf Club. The event marks yet another step forward in the PGA's 2020 schedule as it continues to navigate through COVID-19 safety ...
The Mavericks began mandatory individual practice sessions Wednesday knowing that four players who once were in the playing rotation won't be available when they start playing games in Orlando later this month. So how did they come to the decision that ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Kansas City Royals season ticket holders can be in the stands this year without actually being at Kauffman Stadium. Just send in a photo! The Royals launched their Fanbassador program Wednesday. Season ticket holders can ...
While the Virginia High School League remains in limbo due to the coronavirus pandemic, many club teams in the Hampton Roads area have been back in action for weeks. In June, the VHSL delayed a decision on what the fall athletic schedule might look ...
Toronto FC suffered a blow on the eve of flying to Florida for the MLS is Back Tournament with news that Ifunanyachi Achara is out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury. The club said the rookie forward tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left ...
Australia's Steph Catley battles for the ball with England's Lucy Staniforth during an international friendly at Craven Cottage. PA Archive/PA Images. New Arsenal signing Steph Catley says she was looking forward to her move to north London 'for quite some ...
ORLANDO, FL (CBSNewYork)- The New York Red Bulls find themselves in a difficult spot in the group stage of the MLS Is Back tournament. Chris Armas' squad finds itself in Group E with Atlanta United FC and Columbus Crew SC, along with second-year ...
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