Month: September 2020

5:26 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka played in Wednesday night’s crucial Game 6 against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Ibaka was listed on the injury report with a sprained left ankle and was in a walking boot while he addressed the media on Tuesday. Coach Nick Nurse said
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5:05 PM ET Justin Timberlake has joined an investment group working toward bringing a Major League Baseball franchise to Nashville, Tennessee, The Tennessean reported Wednesday. Music City Baseball, a collective of business and civic leaders as well as entertainers that has an impressive roster already, jumped at the opportunity to add another marquee name, and
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2:58 PM ET Brooks Koepka, who has been hampered by a knee problem for the better part of a year, withdrew from next week’s U.S. Open at Winged Foot, tweeting, “I’m looking forward to getting healthy and competing at 100% again very soon.” Koepka has won two of the past three U.S. Opens and finished
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10:00 PM ET The Louisiana Tech–Baylor season opener, set for Saturday in Waco, Texas, has been postponed because of a recent increase in positive COVID-19 tests at Louisiana Tech. No makeup date has been set. Both teams will continue to monitor dates later in the season. Louisiana Tech saw a rise in positive tests once
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1:05 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The United States Golf Association announced Wednesday that it will move its equipment testing center and other offices to North Carolina as part of a $36 million investment within the iconic golfing village of Pinehurst. The USGA Research & Testing Center, along with the association’s foundation and
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1:34 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Senate’s top Republican and a handful of senior lawmakers in both parties are making a late-session push for legislation to create national standards for the horse racing industry to prevent fatalities and discourage illegal medication practices. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., whose state is home to the
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12:03 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United‘s hopes of having fans back at Old Trafford for the start of the new season have been dented after the UK government and the Premier League both urged caution over test events. Talks have taken place over permission to use United’s game against Crystal Palace on Sept. 19
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