Month: July 2020

2:20 PM IST Australian cricket’s Indigenous leader, Justin Mohamed, believes that Cricket Australia’s work to improve Aboriginal involvement in the game will not have lasting effects until representation extends to the management office and the boardroom as well as on the playing field. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement
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11:57 PM ET Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are discussing expanding the 2020 playoffs from 10 teams to 16, according to multiple reports. The news, which was first reported by MLB Network, comes as the league is set to start its abbreviated 60-game regular season on Thursday. During negotiations for a return
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12:00 AM ET Free-agent wide receiver Antonio Brown wrote an Instagram post Wednesday night in which he indicated he wants to play in the NFL again and urged the league to resolve its investigation into his conduct. The post came two days after Brown teased his potential retirement from the NFL in a tweet. In
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11:23 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After his COVID-19 diagnosis caused a delay in travel, Milwaukee Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe has arrived here for the NBA restart. Last Thursday, Bledsoe told ESPN that he was asymptomatic but “feeling fine.” The team on Wednesday night posted a video of Bledsoe walking through the lobby
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11:38 PM ET The independent group that advises the NFL on matters of diversity and inclusion on Friday will formally request that the league investigate whether the Washington franchise adhered to a new rule in hiring two high-ranking executives earlier this week. The Fritz Pollard Alliance, which assists the NFL in enforcing compliance of the
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11:25 PM BST World Rugby has recommended a revised international calendar following the disruption due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the sport’s ruling body said on Wednesday A temporary international window between Oct. 24 and Dec. 5 has been proposed by World Rugby’s executive committee. The Six Nations Championship can resume at the end of October
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8:13 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Umpire Angel Hernandez, who has sued Major League Baseball over a lack of top assignments, will serve as an interim crew chief this season after a dozen umps decided to sit out amid the coronavirus pandemic. Eight crew chiefs and four other umpires have opted out. The
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9:35 PM ET Grayson Murray, who announced over the weekend that he had tested positive for COVID-19, was the only player to do so this week in advance of the 3M Championship. Murray took his test at home and never traveled to the tournament site, where tests for those competing in the tournament are mandatory.
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3:23 PM ET NYCFC issued a statement on Wednesday saying they will investigate claims of sexual harassment made via social media by a former intern against David Villa when the former World Cup winner played for the MLS side. A team source confirmed that the woman making the accusations did work at the club. The
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