Month: September 2020

3:25 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House approved a bill Tuesday to create national medication and safety standards for the horse racing industry to discourage use of performance-enhancing drugs that can lead to horse injuries and deaths. The “Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act” comes after the racing industry has been hit by a
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4:47 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chad Knaus will move into a management role with Hendrick Motorsports after the season, ending his crew chief career after a record-tying seven NASCAR championships. Hendrick on Tuesday announced Knaus will become vice president of competition. He will replace Jeff Andrews, who has been in the role
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4:29 PM ET A Tampa Bay Lightning fan whom police called on for screaming “Shoot!” at the television during the Stanley Cup Final is using the misunderstanding to help raise money for domestic violence organizations. Devon Garnett, 26, was watching Wednesday’s Game 3 of the Lightning-Dallas Stars series at a friend’s third-floor apartment in Tampa,
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4:52 PM ET South Alabama has postponed Saturday’s scheduled home game against Troy after pausing its football workouts because of COVID-19 issues. South Alabama, which also paused football activities in July to do an additional round of COVID-19 testing, said the latest pause will be temporary. Both teams and the Sun Belt are working on
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4:56 PM ET A Georgetown football player was arrested by U.S. Marshals in suburban Atlanta on Monday and is awaiting extradition to the District of Columbia for his alleged role in a homicide in July, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to ESPN. Senior Dijon Williams was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive
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3:52 PM ET The Atlanta Falcons placed veteran cornerback Darqueze Dennard on injured reserve with a hamstring injury, meaning he’ll be sidelined at least three weeks and unavailable for Monday night’s matchup at Green Bay. Dennard, who signed a one-year deal with the Falcons before the season, is coming off his best game with an
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4:37 PM ET The Los Angeles Chargers placed cornerback Chris Harris Jr., on injured reserve Tuesday with a foot injury. Harris suffered the injury midway through the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to Carolina and was out the rest of the game. The team did not put a timetable on how long he’d be out,
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3:16 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In an injury-riddled season that has led to a major slump on offense, the Denver Broncos (0-3) will start their third different quarterback in four weeks when Brett Rypien opens the game behind center Thursday night against the New York Jets. Broncos coach Vic Fangio told the team Tuesday
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