Month: July 2020

5:51 PM ET College football teams can count two games against qualifying FCS teams toward bowl eligibility during the upcoming season, the NCAA’s Division I Council announced Wednesday. The council approved a blanket waiver request only for the 2020-21 bowl season, which allows all FBS teams to count two games against FCS opponents that average
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3:24 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for 15 days by the Arkansas Racing Commission after two of his horses tested positive for a banned substance. The commission said Wednesday in a ruling that the suspension runs Aug. 1-15. It found Baffert violated Rule 1233,
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3:53 PM ET Tiger Woods hasn’t been this big of a long shot at the Memorial Tournament-an event he’s won five times–in a long time, and bettors can’t get enough of him. Woods is set to return to the PGA Tour this week after a five-month layoff initially caused by a stiff back and extended
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4:45 PM ET PGA commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday that he’s hopeful of having at least some spectators in attendance during tour events before the end of 2020. “I mean, we’re doing everything we can to be prepared to have fans at our tournaments certainly in the final quarter of the year post-Tour Championship,” Monahan
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7:36 PM ET UFC analyst Paul Felder will leave the broadcast location Wednesday — in the middle of the show — to corner a teammate. Felder, a UFC lightweight fighter and one of the promotion’s top on-air analysts, will temporarily step away as color commentator and man the corner of longtime friend Jared Gordon, who
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4:09 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Amid face masks, disinfectant and temperature checks for the coronavirus, Dominic Thiem defeated Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4) 6-4, 10-8 in the men’s final of a grass-court exhibition tournament on Wednesday. The Steffi Graf Stadium in Berlin’s Grunewald district was largely empty for the match with spectator numbers restricted.
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3:45 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Considering they are about to resume the season amid a pandemic, the Blue Jackets are healthier than they have been in a long while. When the NHL halted play in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic, injuries to top players had piled up and coach John Tortorella
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