Month: April 2020

6:28 PM ET Associated Press North Texas has more to offer than just the new Rangers ballpark should MLB decide to start the pandemic-delayed 2020 baseball season with teams grouped together in different regions. Among the different plans looked at by Major League Baseball is to use Texas as a mid-American hub. “Depending upon a
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6:20 PM ET Associated Press The San Jose Sharks have announced a plan to provide grants to 1,800 part-time workers at the team’s arena and practice facility who are unable to work because of the new coronavirus pandemic. The Sharks say that ownership, players, coaches, front office staff and corporate partners have already pledged more
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5:56 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks released president and CEO John McDonough, the team announced on Monday. McDonough was hired Blackhawks in 2007 and was seen as a major architect of the Blackhawks Stanley Cups in 2010, 2013 and 2015. Before that, the team hadn’t won a Cup since 1961. McDonough came to the Blackhawks
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4:47 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball As NFL teams begin virtual organized team activities, Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay has a few ideas to keep his players entertained and engaged during the
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4:42 PM ET Associated Press Longtime Cincinnati Reds scout and former Seattle Mariners executive George Zurow has died in Florida. He was 89. The Reds confirmed that he died Friday. No further details were available. Zurow started his scouting career with the Pittsburgh Pirates and worked for Cincinnati from 1968 to 1988 during the glory
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3:50 PM ET Associated Press Clemson has canceled all its in-person, on-campus athletic and academic camps due to the coronavirus pandemic. That includes two weeks of coach Dabo Swinney’s football camps where the Tigers coaches have the chance to meet and watch prep athletes work out each summer. The university announced its decision Monday. It
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3:27 PM ET After the Atlanta Hawks were unwilling to immediately re-open the franchise’s practice facility for players to return for limited workouts, the NBA sent a memo to teams pushing back its re-opening date to May 8. The league had been planning to re-open facilities beginning with the Hawks, because of the state of
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