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On this day: Born May 16, 1955: Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
By Rohith Nair (Reuters) - At the 1972 Munich Olympics, an unheralded 17-year-old gymnast broke the Cold War stereotype that the Soviets were stone faced performers who displayed no emotions as she so...
May 15, 2020
Former baseball All-Star, GM Watson dies at 74
Bob Watson, a former All-Star player who became the first African American general manager to win a World Series, died Thursday at age 74. The Houston Astros, for whom he played 14 years and served as...
May 15, 2020
Giants’ Baker, Seahawks’ Dunbar wanted for armed robbery
New York Giants cornerback Deandre Baker and Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar are wanted by the Miramar (Fla.) Police Department on charges of armed robbery with a firearm after an alleged i...
May 14, 2020
Djokovic confident he will claim Grand Slam record
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic believes he will win the most Grand Slam titles and become the longest-reigning world number one by the time he retires, the 32-year-old Serb said in an inte...
May 14, 2020
NASCAR releases May-June schedule
(Reuters) - NASCAR will hold 13 races between May 30 and June 21 but no fans will be in attendance in an effort to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, organizers said on Thursday. The races incl...
May 14, 2020
NASCAR releases June schedule
NASCAR teams finally know their next step after the upcoming run of four races in 11 days in Darlington, S.C., and Charlotte. They're headed to Bristol. Bristol follows a pair of races in Charlotte, i...
May 14, 2020
Ferrari looking at IndyCar, says Binotto
(Reuters) - Ferrari is exploring the possibility of entering the North American IndyCar series, its Formula One team principal Mattia Binotto said on Thursday. Binotto said Formula One's new budget ca...
May 14, 2020
‘A big responsibility’: Charity match aims to set standard amid pandemic
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - Televised golf returns in the United States on Sunday with caddies barred from the course and a barrage of screening measures plus organisational changes to ensure ...
May 14, 2020
‘I’m not playing unless I get mine’: Snell balks at pay cut
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Blake Snell is unwilling to put his physical and financial health in jeopardy to take the mound in a shortened season that would likely include a ste...
May 14, 2020
President’s football shirt irks leader of Brazilian club
(Reuters) - The head of a progressive football club from Brazil's impoverished northeast expressed unease on Thursday at seeing his team's shirt worn by the country's far-right president on the same d...
May 14, 2020
