A’s owner John Fisher to pay club’s minor leaguers after all
Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher has decided to pay his team’s minor league players after all, saying he made a mistake. Club spokeswoman Catherine Aker confirmed Fisher’s plans Friday, when … Click to Continue »
Kansas agrees to $2.55M settlement with ex-football coach
The University of Kansas announced late Friday it had reached a settlement with former football coach David Beaty, who had filed a lawsuit against the school alleging athletic department officials … Click to Continue »
‘Black lives matter, and they matter to me a great deal.’ Kentucky football marches.
Nearly 53 years after Wilbur Hackett, Houston Hogg, Nate Northington and Greg Page made the University of Kentucky’s football team the first to integrate in the Southeastern Conference, members of … Click to Continue »
Kentucky’s Calipari calls for internships for minorities in athletic departments
Responding to social unrest sparked by systemic racism in this country, Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari proposed creating an internship program for minorities in college athletic departments as a … Click to Continue »
NAIA cuts football regular season to nine games for 2020
In what it says is a cost-cutting measure, the NAIA is reducing the number of regular-season games its football teams can play from 11 to nine. Football Scoop reports that … Click to Continue »
Is Oklahoma State penalty a sign of things to come for Louisville and Kansas?
For programs fingered in the FBI investigation into college basketball corruption, the NCAA gave a possible peek into the future on Friday. Oklahoma State was hit with a 2021 postseason … Click to Continue »
Lawsuit involving Zion Williamson and Duke takes another turn
The Zion Williamson/improper benefits case experienced another legal bounce Thursday night. The Associated Press reports that a Florida appeals court granted the NBA rookie a temporary stay in a suit … Click to Continue »
‘He’s a lot better than I was.’ Son of MLB veteran from Kentucky a top draft prospect.
Much of the news emanating from the sports world during the coronavirus pandemic has skewed toward tales of hardship and disappointment. Whether it’s high school and college seniors who’ve had … Click to Continue »
Players send video message to NFL about racial inequality
Patrick Mahomes, Saquon Barkley and Michael Thomas are among more than a dozen NFL stars who united to send a passionate video message to the league about racial inequality. The … Click to Continue »
Bills rookie QB apologizes for racially insensitive comment
Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm apologized for using the phrase “elite white people” in a text conversation from more than a year ago, and posted on social media early … Click to Continue »
High temp sidelines Tedesco in NRL; Te’o signs for Broncos
Australia fullback James Tedesco is the first player to miss a game under the National Rugby League’s new health protocols in the coronavirus pandemic because he woke up with a … Click to Continue »
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