11:49 AM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour has announced a deal with Sanford Health to conduct coronavirus testing of players, caddies and essential personnel five days before the season resumes. That applies to every stop on the PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions and the developmental Korn Ferry Tour. Sanford Health is based in South
11:26 AM ET Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said “we owe a tremendous amount” to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick for taking a stand against police brutality and racial oppression in 2016. “I think that there was a moment in time that a young man captured. He took a stand on something, figuratively took a
10:26 AM ET Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Chris Archer underwent surgery Tuesday to address thoracic outlet syndrome and will not pitch again until 2021. The Pirates announced Wednesday that Archer had the operation after “consulting with several leading vascular and orthopedic surgeons in recent weeks.” The surgery was performed in St. Louis by Dr. Robert Thompson.
11:07 AM BST New Zealand Rugby is “optimistic” about hosting northern hemisphere teams in an international schedule later in 2020 as the country edges closer to lifting social distancing restrictions. New Zealand will decide on Monday whether it is ready to lower its COVID-19 alert system a notch to level 1, which would end curbs
9:21 AM ET The Official World Golf Ranking will resume next week as the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tours restart their schedules in the United States. The OWGR was frozen in March following week 11 of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and its shutdown of all of the major golf tournaments. The rankings
6:45 AM ET THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION knew it needed to step in and help. As the NBA has become more international in recent decades, its ranks have grown in kind. About a quarter of players on opening night rosters — 108 of 450 — hail from 38 countries and territories other than the
8:25 AM ET Exactly a year ago, the Washington Nationals started the day seven games under .500, seven games out of first place, with a disastrous bullpen. But some key players came back from injury, and general manager Mike Rizzo made some pivotal deals for bullpen help, adding, among others, Daniel Hudson, who would go
10:28 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -John Majors, who coached Pittsburgh to a football national championship in 1976, starred as a player at Tennessee in the 1950s and then later returned to his alma mater as coach to lead the Vols back to national prominence, died Wednesday morning. He was 85. John Majors, who returned to
10:12 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Retired Carolina Panthers middle linebacker Luke Kuechly is considering a front office job as a pro scout, the team announced Wednesday. Kuechly, 29, surprisingly retired in January, saying he wasn’t sure if he could play as “fast, physical and strong” as he did during his eight NFL seasons that
7:30 AM ET This NHL season provided one of the more compelling, back-and-forth rookie races I can remember — and between two defensemen, no less. Quinn Hughes and Cale Makar were the first two defensemen in the modern era to finish first and second in the rookie scoring race. They each walked directly into the