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NBA: Players OK league negotiations on 22-team return-to-play plan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) agreed to further talks with the NBA on a proposed 22-team return-to-play format on Friday, another step towards resuming a seas...
Jun 05, 2020
Texans special teams coordinator Seely retires
Houston Texans special teams coordinator Brad Seely is retiring after 31 seasons as an NFL assistant coach. Seely, 63, was part of three Super Bowl-winning teams -- all with the New England Patriots -...
Jun 05, 2020
Retired OL Long denies interest in joining Jets
The New York Jets are trying to coax offensive lineman Kyle Long out of retirement, the New York Daily News reported Friday. However, asked by WGN News in Chicago on Friday whether there was any truth...
Jun 05, 2020
NBA players approve 22-team plan for season’s finale
The NBA is officially going to Walt Disney World after the league's players approved a 22-team restart plan on Friday. On Thursday, the league laid out its plan for the resumption of action in a seaso...
Jun 05, 2020
California to allow pro sports, day camps as coronavirus shutdowns ease
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California broadly relaxed its coronavirus-related shutdowns on Friday, moving to allow professional sports to be played without audiences and reopen day camps, tribal c...
Jun 05, 2020
‘We were wrong’: Goodell says league failed to listen to players on protests
NEW YORK (Reuters) - National Football League (NFL) Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league made mistakes in not listening to players, in a video on Friday denouncing racism in the United States am...
Jun 05, 2020
Woods not in field for PGA Tour’s return next week
(Reuters) - Tiger Woods will not compete next week when the PGA Tour swings back into action after a three-month COVID-19 hiatus as he was not listed in the field released on Friday for the event in F...
Jun 05, 2020
Jordan announces $100 million donation to fight for racial equality
(Reuters) - Basketball great Michael Jordan and his Jordan Brand on Friday pledged $100 million over the next 10 years to organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality. The announcement came as ...
Jun 05, 2020
Memorial cleared to be first PGA Tour with fans amid COVID-19
(Reuters) - Next month's Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio will be the first on the PGA Tour's revamped schedule to allow spectators amid the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers announced on Friday. "Than...
Jun 05, 2020
‘NO KNEELING’: Trump renews criticism of protests during U.S. anthem
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday lobbed barbs at protesters who kneel during the national anthem, after NFL quarterback Drew Brees apologized for remarks he made ab...
Jun 05, 2020
