8:21 PM ET Associated Press ROGERS, Ark. — Jackie Stoelting returned from a 14-month maternity break to take a share of the first-round lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. With her mother with her to look after son Baren, the 34-year-old Stoelting had a bogey-free 7-under 64 — playing her first
Month: August 2020
8:30 PM ET PITTSBURGH — As a chain of players, coaches and staff linked arms and stretched the length of Heinz Field behind him, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin took the microphone on Friday night. For nearly three minutes, Tomlin spoke about social unrest and acknowledged the platform and privilege he and his team have
2:47 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — A diversity report released Friday on Major League Baseball showed a modest increase in its overall diversity hiring practices, spurred by its improved gender diversity. The Institute for Diversity and Ethics and Sport at Central Florida gave MLB an overall score of 80.7, which was a letter grade
1:24 PM ET Houston Astros outfielder Yordan Alvarez, who was already ruled out for the remainder of this season, had arthroscopic surgery on both knees earlier this week, the team announced Friday. Doctors repaired a slight tear in the patellar tendon in his right knee, and performed a “routine cleanup” in his left knee. The
2:25 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Yankees placed right fielder Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list with a strained left calf, just days after the star slugger returned. Judge was activated Wednesday but aggravated the injury in a game at Atlanta and was removed in the sixth inning. He was added
5:12 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal appeals court has upheld the decision by Churchill Downs stewards that made Country House the winner of the 2019 Kentucky Derby. This year’s Derby is Sept. 5 after being rescheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in
3:00 PM ET Editor’s note: Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, expert on sports issues, scholar and author. He is president of the Institute for Sport and Social Justice, chairman of the DeVos Sports Business Management Program at the University of Central Florida and director of the Institute for Diversity
6:30 PM ET Randy Wilkins was frustrated, and at 10:09 a.m. on June 3, he purged his feelings. For 36 minutes, over the course of 16 tweets, Wilkins dissected with great clarity how Major League Baseball had botched its response to George Floyd’s murder and how it was indicative of deeper problems of racism within
4:22 PM ET Patrick Beverley admits there were disagreements during an emotional players meeting Wednesday, but the LA Clippers ultimately wanted to “stay united” with every NBA team and resume the playoffs. “I think collectively as a team, we just wanted to stay united with every other team here in the bubble,” Beverley said of
3:46 PM ET An emotional Chris Paul said NBA players needed “to reset” and “to refocus” over the past few days after another police shooting of a Black man, but they have emerged united and ready to complete the NBA postseason. “It’s definitely been a very emotional past couple of days, not only for myself,
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