Month: June 2020

Jun 11, 2020 Associated Press GRAHAM, N.C. — A North Carolina judge on Thursday ordered a small stock-car track to halt racing after state health officials declared large weekend crowds at recent races violated an executive order by Gov. Roy Cooper designed to halt the spread of COVID-19. Superior Court Judge Tom Lambeth said he
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2:18 PM ET In the wake of several controversies, including a recent acknowledgment of an assistant coach using a racist epithet during practice, Clemson football players have rallied to defend coach Dabo Swinney on social media, and on Thursday four Tigers who are organizing a protest for racial justice on campus offered more insight into
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3:17 PM ET The Texas Collegiate League, a wood-bat summer circuit for college players, is being expanded to include several minor league franchises, the league announced Thursday. Five affiliated minor league teams will host newly-created teams in the in a 30-game season that begins July 3. While the league is an amateur circuit, the news
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2:26 PM ET Dominic Thiem, a three-time Grand Slam finalist and the No. 3 ranked player in the ATP, has stepped in to headline the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, a 10-man round robin-style tournament beginning on Saturday in the south of France at the Mouratoglou Academy. ‘With Dominic now, we have four of the top 10
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4:19 PM ET The Memorial Tournament will require fans to wear masks when next month it becomes the first PGA Tour event to allow spectators. The tournament was given approval last week by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to allow a limited number of spectators at Muirfield Village Golf Golf in Dublin, Ohio, a number that
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2:15 PM ET Steve KimESPN Featherweight prospect Chris Zavala (6-0, 3 KOs) has been pulled from Tuesday’s card at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas after testing positive for the coronavirus. He was scheduled to face Eddie Vazquez (7-0, 1 KO) in a six-round contest. Zavala’s trainer, Manny Robles Jr., told ESPN that
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5:58 PM ET As a faction of NBA players hold conference calls to discuss uncertainty about restarting the season in the Orlando, Florida, bubble, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association are agreeing on a plan that would allow players to stay home without consequences, sources told ESPN. There were 40 to 50 players on
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