Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts pushed back on the perception that baseball teams are cash cows, telling ESPN on Tuesday that yearly revenues are mostly put right back into the team. "Here's something I hope baseball fans understand," Ricketts said.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — James Conner didn't treat the quarantine caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as an obstacle, but an opportunity. While the shutdown forced the Pittsburgh Steelers running back to cancel a couple of planned vacations, it also gave him ...
Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett is committed to helping the family of David McAtee, a Louisville business owner who was shot and killed by Louisville officers Monday during protests seeking justice for Breonna Taylor and George Floyd:.
On Tuesday morning, former Clemson football player Kanyon Tuttle said on Twitter that Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney "allowed a coach to call a player the N-word during practice with no repercussions." Tuttle's tweet, which quickly made the rounds, ...
Denver Broncos head coach Vic Fangio said Tuesday he doesn't believe there is any racism in the NFL. The 61-year-old provided his thoughts in a Zoom press conference with reporters: Michael Spencer @MichaelCBS4. Vic Fangio: "I don't see racism at all ...
The NBA is set to make its decision on a return to play for the 2019-2020 season, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The league's Board of Governors will reportedly vote on a finalized plan this Thursday. It's expected that the group will approve the ...
The Washington Redskins are officially staying home for training camp. In a move that was completely expected, the Redskins are not going to be visiting the capital of the commonwealth in late July and maybe forever. This was the Redskins last scheduled ...
NCAA President Mark Emmert issued a statement Sunday on the killing of George Floyd and the growing calls for action to address police brutality and systemic racism. Emmert said Floyd's killing "laid bare the continued existence of inequality and injustice in ...
Now comes the hard part for a small market, financially conservative, but competitively feisty major league team: trying to win a five-round draft. Or, at least, winning their top picks in the draft. For the resourceful Cleveland Indians, the June 11 Major League ...
The opening day of the spring meet at Belmont Park rarely attracts much fanfare. It may be a harbinger of the warm, summer days ahead and an aesthetic improvement over winter racing at Aqueduct Racetrack, yet there's rarely been a huge build-up of ...
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have signed tight end Colby Parkinson, the first of the team's 2020 draft picks to sign. Parkinson's signing was listed on the official NFL transactions on Tuesday. Seattle made eight picks in the April draft.
The Tampa Bay Rays announced Tuesday they are committing $100,000 per year to support "causes in the fight against systemic racism," the club released in a statement Tuesday. "Our country demands better than this for its people," the club wrote.
The PGA Tour has reached an agreement with Workday Inc. to be title sponsor of a one-time tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. It would fill a gap in the schedule created by the cancellation of the John Deere Classic. The John Deere is ...
Negotiations between MLS and the MLS Players Association over starting the 2020 season have had "a major breakthrough," according to ESPN's Taylor Twellman. Twellman reported that nothing has been finalized but that it appears a lockout will be ...
The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25 has put a renewed focus on racial injustice, and there have been protests and violent clashes with the authorities in many major US cities. On Sunday Hamilton used social media to challenge "the biggest ...
The Miami Dolphins signed 2020 NFL Draft seventh-round pick Malcolm Perry on Tuesday, according to a tweet from his agent Jason Bernstein. Perry primarily played quarterback for four years at Navy, throwing for 1,311 yards on a 51.3-percent completion ...
NBA star LeBron James on Tuesday slammed women caught on social media posing for photo ops near stores damaged in George Floyd protests. "They'd Do ANYTHING for Clout!!" the LA Lakers star wrote, according to TMZ. "Cardi and Offset tried to tell ...
The Bills will not hold training camp at St. John Fisher in Pittsford under the terms of an NFL directive that requires teams to remain at their facilities, which the league announced Tuesday. Under that scenario, the Bills would have camp at One Bills Drive in ...
Heading into the 2020 season, Chicago Bears fans might think the team's biggest issue or question mark is at the quarterback position. And frankly, why wouldn't they? After all, it is the most important position in all of professional sports and was a major ...
GREEN BAY — Like so many others in America, Davante Adams has been watching on television as nationwide unrest has unfolded in the wake of the death of George Floyd, who died while in police custody a week ago in Minneapolis. The now ex-officer ...
All roads to the NFC East division title must go through Dallas in 2020. That's according to Cowboys Hall-of-Fame quarterback and Fox analyst Troy Aikman. "This is a team that really needs to go prove it out on the field — and they're talented enough," Aikman ...
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The phrase "stick to sports" is no longer possible for many athletes who are shocked and saddened by the tragedy in Minneapolis. By Paul Jones • Published 13 seconds ago • Updated 13 seconds ago. Pause. 1:42. North Texas Sports Figure React to Death ...
The San Francisco 49ers need to offer up whatever money All-Pro tight end George Kittle wants. It's as simple as that, right? Well, it should be. Except for the fact it isn't. If it was so easy, the Michael Silver report saying Kittle and the Niners "remain far apart on ...
ATHENS, GA.----- University of Georgia's Jonathan Cannon and Will Childers have been named Freshman All-America relief pitchers by Collegiate Baseball, the publication announced Tuesday. A 6-6, 207-pound native of Alpharetta, Ga., Cannon did not ...
When the Minnesota Vikings decided to trade back into the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft to select Teddy Bridgewater, the team viewed him as their next franchise quarterback. Everything appeared to be heading in that direction for Bridgewater and the ...
The Eagles know the importance of home-field advantage. It was evident during the 2018 NFC Championship game when defensive end Chris Long hit the arm of Vikings quarterback Case Keenum on his follow through, leading to Patrick Robinson's 50-yard ...
The club furloughed seasonal workers in March as state health officials banned mass gatherings in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. by: Jen Steer, Fox 8. Posted: Jun 2, 2020 / 05:54 PM EDT / Updated: Jun 2, 2020 / 05:54 PM EDT. AddThis Sharing ...
The recent return of oval-based racing has provided entertainment for many. For Felix Rosenqvist, it also has furthered his education. As NASCAR and many sprint car series have hit the track again over the past few weeks, the Chip Ganassi Racing driver ...
As the United States continues to react to the killing of George Floyd and ensuing fall out, the Ohio State football program has lent its voice to the matter. In a video posted to the team's official Twitter account, players and coaches can be seen reciting a ...
Numerous athletes and most of the teams in North America's four major professional sports leagues have released statements condemning racism and addressing events of the past week, following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died on May 25 ...
Billion dollar baby: Boxing's richest fights list shows exactly why they call Floyd 'Money'. Boxing. June 3, 2020 8:41am; by Jack Figg; Source: The Sun. Floyd Mayweather Jr against Manny Pacquiao in 2015.Source: AFP. Floyd Mayweather has well.
Khari Jones says he received death threats while he was the quarterback of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers because of his interracial marriage. The topic of racism was raised with the Montreal Alouettes head coach during a video conference call with ...
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