Ace Speedway has been ordered closed by the administration of North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper after the small stock-car track again allowed a large crowd to gather for races last Saturday amid the coronavirus pandemic.
ATLANTA (AP) — El corredor Todd Gurley aprobó su examen fÃsico y superó el último obstáculo para regresar a Georgia, ahora con los Falcons de Atlanta. Los Falcons indicaron el martes que Gurley superó las pruebas fÃsicas el lunes en Atlanta.
Wednesday’s draft will have 5 rounds instead of the usual 40, which means there will be far more players fighting for fewer college and minor league spots.
The MLBPA is making a proposal to MLB for a season of 89 games with a full prorated share of salary and expanded playoffs, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
The Toronto Raptors have an NBA championship to defend, a very long stay at the Disney complex awaiting them and plenty of unanswered questions on how the restart of the season will work. Raptors coach Nick Nurse said Tuesday that his team is still working through various scenarios for having workouts before heading to Disney World near Orlando, Florida along with 21 other teams next month for the restart of the season. Teams are expected at Disney around July 7, though the expectation is that the league will permit practices before that date.
Apparently, Michael Jordan is pretty good at fishing, too. The six-time NBA champion and the crew of his 80-foot fishing boat named ”Catch 23” hauled in a 442.3-pound blue marlin on Tuesday at the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, an event held annually off the coast of Morehead City, North Carolina, that attracts anglers from across the world. Jordan’s boat had been in fifth place until a boat came in later Tuesday with a 450-pound blue marlin.
Leon Rose took over as Knicks president on March 2, which should have given him a month and a half of season to evaluate his team. The Knicks played only six games before the season was suspended because of the coronavirus. The Knicks finished 21-45, extending the worst stretch in franchise history by missing the playoffs for the seventh straight season.
The Warriors’ $17.2 million trade exception arguably is their best non-player asset at the moment.
Former reliever Ryan O’Rourke, who pitched for the Twins and Mets, announced his retirement on Twitter on Monday evening.
Rich MLB owners crying poor? Nobody’s buying that. It’s convenient that the often quiet billionaires are suddenly speaking up about profitability amid this salary standoff.
