Month: June 2020

4:51 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Stacey Allaster is the US Open’s new tournament director, the first woman to hold that job at the American Grand Slam tennis tournament. Allaster is a former CEO of the WTA women’s tour and has worked at the U.S. Tennis Association since 2016, pushing for changes such
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Jun 10, 2020 Alexis Lafreniere, the likely No. 1 pick for the 2020 NHL draft, received the Canadian Hockey League’s Dave Branch Player of the Year Award for the second consecutive season. The Rimouski Oceanic winger joins former Oceanic star Sidney Crosby as the only players to have earned the honor in back-to-back seasons. Lafreniere,
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Jun 10, 2020 Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella once threatened to bench any player who protested during the national anthem. But as he’s watched protests against racial injustice grow around the globe, he said his stance has changed. Tortorella told The Athletic on Wednesday that he would no longer punish a player that protested
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2:48 PM ET Four Clemson football players, including star quarterback Trevor Lawrence, are set to lead a protest march on campus Saturday, following in the footsteps of other demonstrations around the country in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Lawrence helped set the stage for an outpouring of support for social justice reform
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10:52 AM ET Dez Bryant defended Jerry Jones this week after questioning his absence at a protest in Austin, Texas, while Richard Sherman spoke out against the Dallas Cowboys owner’s silence on racial injustice in the United States. On Sunday, Bryant, who attended the march in Austin, the capital of Texas, tweeted: “Somebody should have
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1:56 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Maxfield was discovered to have an injured ankle after a workout Wednesday at Keeneland and will miss the rescheduled Triple Crown series. The 3-year-old colt was X-rayed after a half-mile workout, and a nondisplaced condylar fracture was found in his right front cannon bone. Maxfield will undergo
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2:21 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Atlanta Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk said Tuesday morning that the NBA has told the league’s general managers that the 2020-21 NBA schedule could be condensed in order to allow the league to remain as close as possible to its current schedule format. “Because of this circumstance, I think the
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