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NZ gives sports sector $157 million boost to get through COVID-19
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's struggling sports sector has received a NZ$265 million ($157 million) injection from the government to help it mitigate some of the worst financial effects of the ...
May 16, 2020
Former Bears CEO Michael McCaskey dies at 76
Former Chicago Bears president and CEO Michael McCaskey, a grandson of George Halas, died after a lengthy battle with cancer, the team announced Saturday. He was 76. McCaskey, the eldest of Bears owne...
May 16, 2020
Report: Former Redskins star Manley has coronavirus
Former Washington Redskins star Dexter Manley has tested positive for the coronavirus, The Athletic reported on Saturday. The entity said Manley was tested after feeling ill about 10 days ago. The rep...
May 16, 2020
Former PGA pro Gonzalez dies at 59
Former PGA Tour golfer Ernie Gonzalez has died. He was 59. Gonzalez reportedly died on Friday. The PGA Tour said Gonzalez died in a Chicago hospital due to causes related to Alzheimer's disease. The l...
May 16, 2020
MLB – League proposes rigorous testing among guidelines for return
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - Players may have to skip the showers and spitting will not be allowed under guidelines proposed by Major League Baseball to bring America's pastime back during the ...
May 16, 2020
New York to reopen auto, horse-racing tracks without fans
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's Watkins Glen International auto race circuit and several horse racing tracks in the state can reopen without fans from June 1, Governor Andrew Cuomo said...
May 16, 2020
MLB plan: No showers, no spitting and social distancing
Major League Baseball will perform thousands of tests for the coronavirus each week and require social distancing among players and staff, according to its road map of how the league can return to pla...
May 16, 2020
Veteran Hemsky makes retirement official
Fifteen-year veteran Ales Hemsky officially retired from the NHL. Hemsky, 36, was the No. 13 overall pick in the 2001 NHL Draft by the Oilers and spent 10-plus seasons in Edmonton. He also played for ...
May 16, 2020
No soundtrack but NASCAR hopes for a hit on return
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Like a movie with no musical score, NASCAR returns from a two-month novel coronavirus-forced hiatus on Sunday for a race without the fans who provide the background soundt...
May 16, 2020
NFL – Redskins’ Latimer arrested on assault, firearm charges
(Reuters) - NFL wide receiver Cody Latimer was arrested shortly after midnight on Saturday on charges including assault in the second degree and illegal discharge of a firearm, according to a Douglas ...
May 16, 2020
