Month: August 2020

6:55 PM ET The Houston Texans on Thursday signed defensive tackle P.J. Hall, who was waived by the Las Vegas Raiders earlier this month after a trade with the Minnesota Vikings fell through when he failed a physical. Terms of Hall’s contract with the Texans were not disclosed. The Vikings were poised to send a
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7:14 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers open up against the New Orleans Saints one month from Thursday, but have yet to go offense versus defense in practice. They’ll do so Friday, with padded practices coming Monday. How concerned is coach Bruce Arians about star quarterback Tom Brady missing an offseason and
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3:41 PM ET Associated Press Reigning US Open champion Bianca Andreescu pulled out of the Grand Slam tournament Thursday, saying the coronavirus pandemic prevented her from properly preparing for competition. Andreescu joins 2019 men’s champion Rafael Nadal in skipping the US Open. A year ago at age 19, Andreescu became the first woman in the
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6:18 PM ET Associated Press Robert Ryland, the first Black professional tennis player and later a coach to such stars as Arthur Ashe and Serena and Venus Williams, has died. He was 100. Ryland died Aug. 2 at his stepson’s home in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, his wife, Nancy Ingersoll, confirmed to The New
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6:38 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert said on Thursday there won’t be fall NCAA championships because there’s not enough schools participating because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — a decision that impacts 22 championships, including FCS football. “The Board of Governors also established if you don’t have half of the schools playing a sport,
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5:15 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Steve Stricker birdied the final hole for a 2-under 68 and a share of the lead Thursday in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship, the PGA Tour Champions’ first major of the season. “Didn’t hit it all that good, though. I scraped it around, got it up-and-down a
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4:00 PM ET As it typically does each summer, the College Football Playoff on Thursday announced recusals for 10 of its 13 selection committee members. However, in a preseason that continues to be unlike any other, four of them have asterisks by their names because their affiliated schools aren’t playing this fall — including committee
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