Month: July 2020

4:45 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — On Richmond’s Monument Avenue, the collection of towering statues honoring Confederate veterans was interrupted by one noticeably different: a monument to Black tennis legend and civil rights activist Arthur Ashe. The Ashe statue seemed safe from defacement during recent protests over racism and police brutality, when protesters
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1:39 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting left tackle Donovan Smith, the man responsible for protecting Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady‘s blind side, said Friday morning that “risking my health, as well as my family’s health, does not seem like a risk worth taking” by playing during the coronavirus pandemic. In an
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4:25 PM ET The ACC expects to make a decision “in late July” that will determine how its college football schedule will look, according to a statement from conference commissioner John Swofford released on Friday. The timetable comes a day after the Big Ten announced it adopted a conference-only model for fall sports this season
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1:40 PM ET Associated Press ATZENBRUGG, Austria (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez moved into position to break his own record as the oldest winner of a European Tour event when the 56-year-old shot 7-under 65 to take the second-round lead in the Austrian Open on Friday. Spain’s Jimenez made nine birdies in his first 13
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3:42 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Blue Jays infielder Travis Shaw says he’s not interested in confining himself to the hotel attached to the Rogers Centre for the summer if major league baseball is granted an exemption from the Canadian government to play baseball in Toronto amid the pandemic. The Blue Jays have created
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