Month: February 2020

2:53 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, who is the Quicken Loans founder and chairman, is slowly returning to work eight months after he had a stroke. Gilbert, 58, returned to his Detroit office early this year. He’s there one or two days a week, using a wheelchair and accompanied
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1:16 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. spent decades taking risks on the track and in the air. He’s trying to minimize both these days. Earnhardt said Sunday before the Daytona 500 that he has changed his approach to flying after a harrowing crash landing near Bristol Motor Speedway this
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1:36 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers signed left-hander Brent Suter to a two-year contract Sunday, avoiding an arbitration hearing that was scheduled for Monday. Though financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, the deal is worth $2.5 million, according to the Associated Press. Suter had been seeking $1.25 million for the 2020 season while
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1:48 PM ET Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt married Chicago Red Stars midfielder Kealia Ohai in the Bahamas on Saturday. On Sunday morning, he posted several photos and tweeted, “Best day of my life. Without question.” Best day of my life.Without question.❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/hEfQ1N4Bl9 — JJ Watt (@JJWatt) February 16, 2020 pic.twitter.com/xDICcQZau2 — JJ Watt
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12:48 PM ET MESA, Ariz. — Chicago Cubs star Javier Baez promised a better pregame work ethic for himself and his teammates after the club missed the playoffs last season and then switched managers. He often believed they simply weren’t ready for the first pitch last year. “It wasn’t something bad, but we have a
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10:18 AM ET Former Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Tony Fernandez has died of complications from kidney disease. He was 57. The Blue Jays announced his death Sunday morning, saying in a statement that Fernandez was “one of our club’s most celebrated and respected players.” The National Baseball Hall of Fame tweeted that Hernandez died Saturday.
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8:32 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It is race day at Daytona! Perhaps you are a hard-core NASCAR fan who watches every race from Valentine’s Day to Thanksgiving. But chances are higher that your Daytona 500 viewing habits are much more of a Kentucky Derby/Olympics figure skating kind of approach. You watch because it’s
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