Month: July 2020

5:21 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — Longtime Dallas Stars executive Jim Lites is transitioning from his role as CEO to chairman, a move that will lessen his day-to-day duties with the team. The Stars announced the move Friday. Brad Alberts, the Stars president since March 2018, will remain in that role while also
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5:14 PM ET Florida State football coach Mike Norvell, men’s basketball coach Leonard Hamilton and women’s basketball coach Sue Semrau will take a 10% pay cut as part of wide-ranging reductions announced Friday. In a letter sent to athletic department staff, athletic director David Coburn said the overall operating budget would be cut by 20%,
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4:33 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Former NFL MVP Randall Cunningham has joined the rebranded Las Vegas Raiders as the team’s chaplain. “I’m elated, flabbergasted,” Cunningham told ESPN on Friday. “I’ve already been in on some [Zoom] meetings with the team. I plan on spending a lot of time with the guys when it’s OK.
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4:45 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — On Richmond’s Monument Avenue, the collection of towering statues honoring Confederate veterans was interrupted by one noticeably different: a monument to Black tennis legend and civil rights activist Arthur Ashe. The Ashe statue seemed safe from defacement during recent protests over racism and police brutality, when protesters
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1:40 PM ET Associated Press ATZENBRUGG, Austria (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez moved into position to break his own record as the oldest winner of a European Tour event when the 56-year-old shot 7-under 65 to take the second-round lead in the Austrian Open on Friday. Spain’s Jimenez made nine birdies in his first 13
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