Month: July 2020

4:25 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Taking a chance to review instant replay, Major League Baseball doubled the number of isolated cameras available for video reviews to 24 this year. MLB also arranged for high-frame-rate cameras to stream directly to the new replay operations center and ballpark video rooms, and for MLB-controlled 4K
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he does not have much respect for Arsenal‘s behaviour off the pitch. City chiefs have been frustrated with some of Arsenal’s conduct this season, first in their approach for Mikel Arteta in December and also with their suspected role in a letter from Premier
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5:17 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo is still reconsidering his decision to opt out of the NBA’s restart, but coach Nate McMillan expects to see him in the lineup for the team’s first scrimmage this week. “I do. He’s going through the practices and he’s looking good,” McMillan said. “Our first
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1:49 PM ET Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook traveled to Orlando, Florida, on Monday to join the team at the NBA’s Walt Disney World campus, coach Mike D’Antoni said. Westbrook announced last week that he tested positive for the coronavirus before the Rockets’ departure, writing on social media July 13 that he was “feeling well”
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6:54 PM ET LeBron James was playing his best basketball of the season when the coronavirus pandemic put the NBA schedule on hold and the Los Angeles Lakers still had 19 games left to play. With the NBA set to restart in Orlando, Florida, next week with 22 teams instead of all 30, the league
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5:27 PM ET The NBA and its union said Monday that COVID-19 tests of 346 players at its bubble in Orlando since July 13 have yielded zero positives. When the league announced its initial batch of bubble tests July 13, it said two had tested positive of 322 players tested total. The NBA season is
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6:11 PM ET Days after receiving a warning for not wearing a face covering in common areas at the NBA campus, Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard continued to question the need for a mask inside the league’s so-called “bubble” in Orlando, Florida. “They sanitize everything,” Howard said on an Instagram Live video he posted
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5:35 PM ET Associated Press The University of Texas says it anticipates hosting football games this season at 50% capacity in the stands. Athletic Director Chris Del Conte emailed season ticket holders Monday telling them the school is working closely with Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and is following state guidelines on social distancing amid the
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6:03 PM ET A former Nebraska volleyball player is among nine women who filed a lawsuit Monday against the University of Nebraska alleging the school mishandled complaints of sexual assault and harassment, including reports involving accusations against at least five athletes. The lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska
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