Month: May 2019

4:07 PM ET Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. — A Kansas community college agreed under mounting pressure to an independent investigation into the heatstroke death last year of a football player who collapsed after the first day of conditioning practice. Trustees for Garden City Community College voted Tuesday evening to authorize the outside probe into the
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3:21 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, whose coast-to-coast rivalry in the 1980s propelled the NBA to a new level of popularity, will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The league and Turner Sports announced Wednesday that the Hall of Famers and 1992 U.S. Olympic teammates will receive
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2:57 PM ET FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Tiger Woods never showed up at Bethpage Black on Wednesday, the day prior to the PGA Championship, choosing to rest away from the course rather than play a final practice round. Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, denied that Woods was ill or not feeling well, saying “he’s all good, just
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2:22 PM ET Middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez is not getting much time to enjoy his unanimous decision victory over Daniel Jacobs in their world title unification fight that took place on May 4 in Las Vegas. On Wednesday, less than two weeks after the fight, the IBF, whose belt Alvarez won from Jacobs to
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1:37 PM ET Gary and Mary West, the owners of Maximum Security, filed a lawsuit late Tuesday over the disqualification of their horse after crossing the line first at the 145th Kentucky Derby earlier this month. The Wests sued the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, its members, staff and stewards who disqualified Maximum Security for interference.
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8:11 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — McLaren’s return to the Indianapolis 500 was slowed at first by electrical problems. When Fernando Alonso finally got his car up to speed, he hit three walls at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and significantly damaged the celebrated bright orange machine. Mechanics labored Wednesday in the buttoned-down McLaren garage trying
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