GREEN BAY, Wis. – After two consecutive days off the practice field – one scheduled, one to discuss societal issues – the Green Bay Packers got back to work on Friday. "One thing we talked about as a team afterwards is when you are away for a significant ...
As he spoke Friday afternoon, Danny Green was careful to illustrate the many nuances of the previous 48 hours. Yes, the Lakers were willing to walk out on the bubble if that was the right thing to do. No, they had no intention of forcing rest of the NBA's hand if ...
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings won't have fans at their first two home games, if not for the entire year, the jarring result of the global pandemic that has turned 2020 upside down. Still, they'll try to keep U.S. Bank Stadium as much of an advantage for ...
Quandre Diggs has played football in sold-out stadiums and in front of TV audiences numbering in the millions since his college days at Texas. He has made millions of dollars during his five-year NFL career, and he was a Pro-Bowl alternate in his first season ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Southeastern Conference has announced a number of game operations guidelines for its 14 member schools, following up on its initial medical protocols and fan guidelines announced earlier this month, as the Conference continues ...
MIAMI (AP) — Ryan Yarbrough and two relievers combined on a five-hitter, and AL East leader Tampa Bay won its third game in a row by beating the Miami Marlins 2-0 Friday night. Top Marlins prospect Sixto Sanchez struck out 10 in seven scoreless innings ...
It was a dizzying couple of days for the Lakers. In a nearly 24-minute interview Friday, Danny Green described the hectic two days that determined the fate of the NBA playoffs. It all started Wednesday afternoon when the Milwaukee Bucks decided to stay in ...
BUFFALO, N .Y. -- Randal Grichuk hit a two-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning, lifting the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night. With Reese McGuire standing on second base, Joe Panik popped out on a bunt ...
Giants Blue White Scrimmage - August 28, 2020. New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley (left) and quarterback Daniel Jones (8) during the first quarter of the Giants Blue White Scrimmage inside an empty MetLife Stadium on Friday, August 28, 2020 in ...
SANTA CLARA -- It was not an easy decision for 49ers running back Tevin Coleman to continue his football career this season. Coleman has sickle cell trait. His young daughter, Nazaneen, has sickle-cell anemia. With the concerns and uncertainty ...
While professional athletes across the country declined to stage games to protest racial injustice and police brutality after the shooting of Jacob Blake, the Angels were idle. Their game against Houston on Wednesday was postponed because of Hurricane ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Dominic Smith followed powerful words with a powerful swing — and nothing could have prompted bigger cheers from the New York Mets. "It's an honor to be around him," teammate Michael Wacha said. Smith hit the go-ahead home run ...
The Cubs offense, for how up and down it has been lately, has shown its tantalizing potential in back-to-back games this week, making late rallies that have come up just short. A three-run ninth on Wednesday put the Cubs within one of the Tigers before ...
Bob Bradley had a few things he wanted to get off his chest Friday. Two days earlier the LAFC coach had seen his team, and nine others in Major League Soccer, refuse to play to call attention to racism, social inequality and police brutality. Bradley stood with ...
The NBA is looking to create more awareness of social issues through thought-provoking discussions and more planned events in the Orlando bubble. The last two days have been spent meeting and discussing action plans in hopes of making changes ...
Former New York Jets wide receiver Rob Carpenter believes the NFL protests by the team and throughout the NFL will continue into the regular season. He spoke to Sports Illustrated's "Jets Country" on Friday, the day after the Jets walked out on their ...
The Brewers placed catcher Manny Piña on the 10-day injured list Friday with torn meniscus in his right knee, an injury that could knock him out for the remaining 30 games of the season. To replace Piña on their roster, the Brewers recalled catcher Jacob ...
TAMPA, Fla. — A little more than two weeks away from the start of the NFL season, Tom Brady is settling into a new home. Not the sprawling mansion the six-time Super Bowl champion is renting from baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter, but rather Raymond ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Two people with knowledge of the trade tell The Associated Press that the Oakland Athletics have acquired infielder 2019 All-Star infielder Tommy La Stella from the Los Angeles Angels for infielder Franklin Barreto. Support our journalism.
When last we saw the Los Angeles Clippers, they were dismantling the Mavericks in Game 5 of the first-round series. Since then, the world has taken another strange turn, players have boycotted the game they love, and then realized playing basketball is a ...
Braydon Coburn was polite but stern in declining to answer the question. A day after NHL players showed a united front, prompting the league to postpone two nights of playoff games to focus on racial injustice concerns, the veteran Tampa Bay Lightning ...
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – Shortly after signing his second-round scorecard at Olympia Fields Country Club, Kevin Kisner untucked his shirt, grabbed a bottle of water, sauntered over to the interview area and drew a line in the sand. "I think even par wins the golf ...
Rockets star Russell Westbrook happily bounced a ball back and forth, a few crossover dribbles he adorned with exaggerated fakes and a broad smile. Then, as with the NBA season itself, he stopped. There were more important issues at hand demanding his ...
BOSTON — Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts narrated a Jackie Robinson tribute video that is being showed in stadiums across baseball Friday to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day. The Red Sox played the video on their Jumbotron before their game ...
About 30 minutes before the Lynx were supposed to board the bus for their game Wednesday, the news broke. In the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting Sunday in Kenosha, Wis., the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks weren't going to play their playoff game against the ...
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Rory McIlroy doesn't need fans to keep his head in the game at the BMW Championship. Olympia Fields is so tough it won't allow anything but his full attention on every shot. McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay made their share of mistakes ...
DAVIE — This wasn't how the morning was supposed to go. The Miami Dolphins were supposed to practice for a couple of hours, coach Brian Flores had said. After that, they would sit down and talk about the issue the sports world is talking about. Not that ...
Whatever happens during the regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway, Jimmie Johnson has lived a charmed life in a death-defying sport. A record-tying seven championships, $150 million in winnings, universal popularity among fans and ...
Until their U.S. Open Cup final at Atlanta a year ago, Minnesota United players knew not of chartered air travel, which is a way of life in the NFL, MLB, NBA and MLB. A new MLS labor agreement reached last winter required teams charter eight one-way flights ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal appeals court has upheld the decision by Churchill Downs stewards that made Country House the winner of the 2019 Kentucky Derby. This year's Derby is Sept. 5 after being rescheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Cardinals are back at the .500 mark, sitting at 11-11 as we enter the final weekend of August. The final leg of this St. Louis homestand brings in the home team's toughest matchup: the Cleveland Indians. The 19-12 Indians come to Busch Stadium on ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Tennessee football did not practice as scheduled this afternoon after an increase in positive cases within the program prompted Jeremy Pruitt to cancel practice. Pruitt would not disclose the number of positives that warranted a ...
Urias will hit leadoff in Friday's game against the Pirates. Urias has not higher than seventh since making his season debut Aug. 10, but he will get a chance to head up the batting order Friday. Urias has slowed some since getting off to a hot start, but he has ...
There appears to be a winner. Steve Cohen, a hedge fund billionaire and lifelong New York Mets fan, has won the bidding for the team, according to a New York Post report. Cohen beat out, among others, a group led by celebrity couple Alex Rodriguez and ...
Via Albert Breer of SI.com, former Giants linebacker Alec Ogletree was among a group of guys to try out for the Bears. They also had Devante Bond and Gabe Sewell in for a look as well. Ogletree was released by the Giants in February in a cap-saving move.
NICE, France — International Cycling Union (UCI) president David Lappartient is confident that the Tour de France can be completed despite concerns over a possible second wave of the coronavirus in the country. The number of new daily cases has been ...
The college football season for 2020-21 appears to be taking more turns of craziness. Initially, the Big Ten and Pac-12 became the first two Power Five conferences to cancel their fall seasons and plan for a spring season. Then, a report stated the Big Ten was ...
Former LSU and Washington Football Team running back Derrius Guice was arraigned on charges of assault and battery, strangulation and destruction of property on Friday. In the spring, Guice allegedly strangled his girlfriend at the time, and Justin Jouvenal ...
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association released its sport-specific guidelines for the fall athletic season on Friday. MIAA President Jeff Granatino and Executive Director Bill Gaine approved the modifications that were established by the ...
The Seattle Seahawks have not been held back on their praise of second-year wide receiver D.K. Metcalf, who emerged as a star last season as a rookie. His extraordinary physical tools and athleticism caught eyes from Day 1, but his work ethic continues to ...
OXFORD,Mississippi — Sports teams across the country this week walked away from games and practices to protest police brutality and racial injustice. Today, members of the Ole Miss Football team left practice to march through Oxford. Some fans told ...
It's finally going to happen Saturday night in Las Vegas. After two COVID-19 caused cancellations, Avenal native Jose Ramirez will defend his WBC and WBO world 140-pound belts against former division champion Viktor Postol of Ukraine. They were first ...
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