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Challenge accepted: Durango’s Lauren Milliet ready for big stage in NWSL return
Second-year NWSL pro from Durango sees personal growth, ready for more minutes
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Varner takes 1-shot lead over Spieth at Colonial
Leaderboard stacked with golf’s big names
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NBA gives teams, players more detailed schedule for restart
The league is still working on completing the health and safety protocols that will essentially become the rulebook for the restart at the Disney campus near Orlando, Florida – and…
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Florida governor signs college athlete NIL compensation bill
A bill that would allow college athletes in Florida to be paid for the use of their name, images and likenesses was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis. By…
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MLB offers players 80% of prorated salaries, 72-game season
Marshall Rich leaves the field following a workout at Grand Park on Friday in Westfield, Ind. Proceeds from the event will go to Reviving Baseball in the Inner City of…
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Durango’s Christopher Blevins, Sepp Kuss gain Olympic long team selection
Simmons misses long team, still has chance to prove self
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With a swing and silence, PGA Tour gets back to business
Rose, Varner share first-round lead
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From the Civil War to the football field, we’ve been celebrating the wrong values
It’s not really your fault if you don’t know who Hallowell was. His life and slim writings largely have been buried by “Gone With the Wind” nonsense. They should be…
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Baseball plans game at Field of Dreams, but will they come?
Major League Baseball is building another field a few hundred yards down a corn-lined path from the famous movie site in eastern Iowa but unlike the original, it’s unclear whether…
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NFL extends virtual offseason until June 26
Delayed training camp, shortened preseason possible
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USA Cycling announces long team for delayed Tokyo Olympics
Durango’s Blevins, Kuss selected
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Baseball owners, given a chance to get out of a jam, keep balking
Good ol’ golf – say hello to stellar ratings, and dream fields for PGA Tour events such as this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge. Colonial Country Club is now hosting 16…
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Confederate flag ban fallout: Now comes the tricky part for NASCAR
NASCAR’s decision to ban the Confederate flag from its races and venues grabbed headlines and stars like Witherspoon and New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara were quick to praise…
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U.S. Soccer repeals rule that banned kneeling during anthem
United States’ Megan Rapinoe, right, kneels next to teammates Christen Press (12), Ali Krieger (11), Crystal Dunn (16) and Ashlyn Harris (22) as the national anthem is played before the…
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Martin Truex ends 2020 winless skid with victory at Martinsville
Wallace in 11th on big night for NASCAR
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Tigers draft Arizona State slugger Torkelson with No. 1 pick
Rockies go with Veen with first pick
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Eli Tomac of Cortez finishes third in Salt Lake 4 Supercross
finish pads Tomac’s overall lead as series winds down
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MLS to resume season with Florida tournament starting July 8
Atlanta United defender Jeff Larentowicz, left, and New England Revolution midfielder Scott Caldwell battle for a header during round one of an MLS Cup playoff soccer game in Atlanta.John Amis/Associated…
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USC welcomes back Reggie Bush after 10 years in NCAA exile
Southern California tail back Reggie Bush walks off the field holding the game ball after the Trojans defeated Fresno State, 50-42, at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The former star running…
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Brooks Koepka raises notion of not playing a Ryder Cup without fans
Brooks Koepka hits out of the sand on the 11th hole bunker during practice for the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.…
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Rights groups, athletes ask NCAA to move tournament from Idaho
A letter sent Wednesday and signed by athletes including Megan Rapinoe, Billie Jean King, Jason Collins and Sue Bird calls for the NCAA to take all championship events out of…
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Golf passes initial test with no positive virus results
Very little about the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial resembles the opening round of The Players Championship on March 12, the last professional golf played before the COVID-19 pandemic shut…
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NASCAR bans Confederate flag from races and properties
Wallace’s call for action heard
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Fans return to Montezuma County Speedway despite ordinance
Promoter implements safety precautions, limits audience
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MLB players cut to 89 games, want prorated money
Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Players Association, answers questions at a 2017 news conference in Phoenix.Morry Gash/Associated Press file The proposal by the players’ association, given to…
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USOPC forming group to look into Olympic protests
CEO Sarah Hirshland tweeted the plans for a new group, which is being formed in response to George Floyd’s death last month and the worldwide protests that followed. Floyd, a…
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Ban the Confederate flag? NASCAR could see end of an era
Wallace calls for action
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NASCAR set to allow fans back in Florida, Alabama
Kevin Harvick, third from left, celebrates with members of his crew after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday in Hampton, Ga.Brynn Anderson/Associated Press…
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UFC ‘Fight Island’ revealed in Abu Dhabi, will host 4 shows
Kamaru Usman poses during the ceremonial weigh-in event ahead of his fight against Colby Covington in UFC 245 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal The UFC revealed…