- Tom Brady still tops with seventh title as Buccaneers rip Chiefs in Super Bowl 55
Detroit Free Press, Sunday - 02/07/2021 - 10:12 PMTom Brady and the Tampa Buccaneers won Super Bowl 55 with a 31-9 rout of the Kansas City Chiefs. The win gives Tom Brady seven career championships.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NBA players vote to approve Dec. 22 start date for 2020-21 season
Daily Oklahoman, Monday - 11/09/2020 - 05:51 AM
By Jeff ZillgittUSA TODAYThe start of the 2020-21 NBA season is right around the corner. NBA players on Thursday voted to approve the league’s plan to start the season on Dec.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'This is our year': Dodgers defeat Rays in Game 6 to win first World Series title since 1988
Des Moines Register, Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 02:36 AMSpurred by a controversial pitching, the Dodgers scored two runs in the sixth inning to win 3-1 and take their first championship in 32 years.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Big Ten shakes up College Football Playoff picture with decision to play this fall
Daily Oklahoman, Thursday - 09/17/2020 - 08:19 AM
By Paul MyerbergUSA TODAYThe Big Ten's regular-season reboot will reintroduce some of the best teams in the Bowl Subdivision and dramatically alter the state of the College Football Playoff, which for the first two weeks of the 2020 season seemed destined to be dominated by the ACC and SEC. There is still a chance that holds true.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Novak Djokovic out of U.S. Open after hitting lineswoman with tennis ball
Des Moines Register, Sunday - 09/06/2020 - 05:50 PMThe top-ranked Djokovic was defaulted from the tournament after hitting a linesperson with a tennis ball.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Friday's Cardinals-Brewers game in Milwaukee postponed after St. Louis player tests positive for COVID-19
Phoenix Arizona Republic, Friday - 07/31/2020 - 11:40 AMFriday's game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers has been postponed after a member of the Cardinals tested positive.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NFL agrees to cancel 2020 preseason, reduce team roster sizes to 80 for training camp
Phoenix Arizona Republic, Tuesday - 07/21/2020 - 07:42 PMOwners accept players' demand to play no exhibition games amid COVID-19 pandemic, will reduce training camp roster sizes to 80 amid social distancing concerns.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NFL, NFL Players Association agree on COVID-19 testing protocols
Des Moines Register, Monday - 07/20/2020 - 04:44 PMThe NFL and the NFLPA agree on daily COVID-19 testing protocols as rookies begin reporting to training camp.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Opinion: Uncertainty of starting college football on time grows as NCAA hands off hard questions
Daily Oklahoman, Thursday - 07/16/2020 - 02:34 AM
By Dan WolkenUSA TODAYAs the calendar turns to July, a month that is slated to bring the opening of college football preseason camps, social media feeds of coaches and administrators across the country have been filled with messages imploring fans to wear masks if they want the season to begin on time. But the campaign to mask up is more than just a public service announcement.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Red Sox dogged by claims of racism, sexual abuse
Daily Oklahoman, Wednesday - 07/15/2020 - 04:04 AM
Last month, when former Major League All-star Torii Hunter said he’d been called the N-word “a hundred times” at Boston’s storied Fenway Park, the Red Sox were quick to back him up with a promise to fight racism. “Torii Hunter’s experience is real,” the team said in a June 10 Twitter post, adding that there were at least seven incidents as recently as last year where fans used racial slurs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott tests positive for coronavirus
Daily Oklahoman, Tuesday - 06/16/2020 - 08:52 AM
By Michael Middlehurst-SchwartzUSA TODAYDallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has tested positive for COVID-19 but is "feeling good," his agent confirmed to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. At least two Cowboys players and four Houston Texans players have tested positive for coronavirus, a person with knowledge of the results told USA TODAY Sports' Mike Jones.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell responds to players' request for league support in fight against racism
Des Moines Register, Friday - 06/05/2020 - 07:26 PMA day after players challenged the NFL to join their fight against racism and systematic oppression, Roger Goodell said he wants to do his part.
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