For the first time since 1945, there will be no MLB All-Star Game in 2020, according to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on Friday. Without a season, and with no play in July until July 25, there really was no alternative other than to re-schedule the annual event. The game scheduled for July 14 at Dodger …
Chris Kirk, who fired his best PGA Tour round in eight months during Thursday’s opening round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic with a 67, went two shots better on Friday, and jumped ahead of the pack in spectacular style, holing out on consecutive holes to leapfrog a thick herd at Detroit Golf Club. By day’s end, Kirk …
In an unexpected announcement made by Austin Peay State University Athletics Director Gerald Harrison on Friday, Mark Hudspeth has resigned as head football coach at the Clarksville, TN, school effective immediately. No reason was offered for the one-year coach’s act, other than a desire to spend more time with family. In his only year on …
The NCAA announced Thursday that, due to recruiting violations, Texas A&M will be on probation for one year, pay a $5,000 fine and a 10-day off-campus recruiting ban for the entire coaching staff for the fall 2020 period. Head Coach Jimbo Fisher was hit with a six-month show-cause penalty, which would end Jan. 1, 2021. Fisher …
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The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues announced Tuesday that minor league seasons in 2020 have been canceled because of the coronoavirus pandemic., and the head of the governing body said more than half of the 160 teams are in danger of failing without government assistance or private equity injections. Pat O’Conner, association president, said …
MLB players and staff will report to their respective teams starting Wednesday. Clubs can begin full workouts on Friday with Opening Day games on either July 23 or 24., and a regular season schedule of 60 games. Normally, the 30 MLB teams each play 162 games from late March or early April to late September …
Executive Director Bernard Childress sent the following memo to member schools on Tuesday regarding the status of high school athletics amidst the Governor’s latest State of Emergency order. “Yesterday, the Governor’s office extended Tennessee’s COVID-19 State of Emergency until August 29, 2020. The Governor’s prior order (No. 38) includes limitations and restrictions on contact sporting events and …
