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Rapinoe, Press among players out of NWSL Challenge Cup

stars cite uncertainty of COVID-19 for decision

June 23, 2020

Professional Sports

Nuggets star Nikola Jokic positive for coronavirus

Serbian center in quarantine in home country

June 23, 2020

Professional Sports

No charges in NASCAR noose incident involving Black driver

finds no crime committed in Wallace’s garage

June 23, 2020

Professional Sports

No. 1 Novak Djokovic, wife have coronavirus after public exhibitions

of social distancing at recent events

June 23, 2020

Sports

MLB plans 60-game slate, shortest since 1878, as union balks

Six days after Commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark negotiated to expand the playoffs from 10 teams to…

June 22, 2020

Sports

Blaney wins at Talladega after NASCAR unites behind Wallace

Blaney nipped Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at the finish line for his fourth win and first since Talladega in October, albeit…

June 22, 2020

Sports

NASCAR rallies around Wallace as FBI investigates noose

The entire 40-driver field and their crew members followed. After the car came to a stop, Wallace climbed out, sat…

June 22, 2020

Sports

Balk in baseball coronavirus talks, July 19 start off

Major League Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark, answers questions in 2017 at a news conference in Phoenix. In email…

June 22, 2020

Sports

Eli Tomac wins AMA Supercross title in Salt Lake City

from Cortez gets his first SX title at age 27

June 21, 2020

Outdoors

John Peel releases new edition of ‘Hiking Trails of Southwestern Colorado’

‘The bible of hiking for this part of the world’

June 20, 2020

Sports

N.Y.-bred Tiz the Law wins barren Belmont Stakes

Tiz the Law (8), with jockey Manny Franco up, crosses the finish line to win the152nd running of the Belmont…

June 20, 2020

Sports

Union leaders’ vote and coronavirus threat loom over MLB’s pitch for a 60-game season

The union’s 38-member executive board – an eight-member executive subcommittee and representatives from each of the 30 teams – met…

June 20, 2020

Outdoors

Burn the legs on Burnt Timber Trail

Arborglyph Grove and Burnt Timber Trail a warmup for the high-alpine season

June 20, 2020

College Sports

Fort Lewis College cycling funding hits steep downhill

BMX, track cycling eliminated as part of $60,000 budget cut

June 19, 2020

Professional Sports

NHL’s focus shifts to Canadian cities as possible hubs

The uncertainty raised by coronavirus pandemic leads to experts providing a bleak short-term assessment on the NHL’s financial bottom line,…

June 19, 2020

Sports

Around sports world, Juneteenth celebrated like never before

Athletes unite in time of activism

June 19, 2020

Sports

Trump administration backs Idaho transgender sports ban

The Idaho House of Representatives in the Idaho Statehouse in Boise, Idaho.Keith Ridler/Associated Press file The support came in the…

June 19, 2020

Sports

U.S. Olympic training centers to start gradual reopening June 26

Only a small number of prospective Olympians will be permitted in the first phase of reopening following the shutdown to…

June 19, 2020

Professional Sports

Belmont sets pace for Triple Crown

the Law favored

June 19, 2020

Professional Sports

Japan opens baseball season after 3-month pandemic delay

After a three-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s second-most famous baseball competition opened a season Friday that…

June 19, 2020

Professional Sports

Black MLS players form coalition to fight systemic racism

Toronto FC soccer player Justin Morrow speaks to the media during an end of season availability in Toronto.Chris Young/The Canadian…

June 19, 2020

Professional Sports

NCAA expands ban, joins SEC in targeting Confederate flag

Mississippi has big choice to make

June 19, 2020

College Sports

Southeastern Conference pushing Mississippi to change flag

Confederate-based flag has been under scrutiny for years

June 18, 2020

Professional Sports

Birdies in bunches at Hilton Head’s RBC Heritage

needed them badly

June 18, 2020