Month: June 2020

4:39 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen became the all-time leading trainer at Churchill Downs on Friday, saddling Drop Dead Gorgeous to a win in the first race for his 738th victory beneath the Twin Spires. Asmussen overtook Louisville native Dale Romans, who held the record since Nov. 12,
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3:05 PM ET The NCAA is encouraging its member schools to designate Nov. 3, the date of the U.S. presidential election and other major national and local races, as a day off for major college athletics. “We encourage all member schools to assist students in registering to vote in the upcoming national election and designate
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7:15 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said he regrets not signing Colin Kaepernick in 2017, and denied that a second meeting with the quarterback was scuttled in 2018 because of the team’s uncertainty about whether he planned to continue kneeling during the national anthem. Speaking with reporters via video conference Thursday,
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3:10 PM ET UFC president Dana White officially announced his company’s next two events to ESPN on Friday. Both events will take place at the UFC’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. A heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov will headline UFC Fight Night on June 20, while a highly anticipated lightweight fight between
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2:47 PM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — There was no social distancing and few among the thousands of fans wore face masks — and Novak Djokovic approved. The fans filled the makeshift stands on Friday at Djokovic’s Belgrade tennis club on the banks of the Danube River for the opening day of his charity
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