Restaurants and racing can resume, but new rules abound
Restaurants can reopen in New Orleans, a city famous for its cuisine, but they must take reservations and limit the number of diners. Auto and horse racing tracks in New … Click to Continue »
New MLB rules: shower at home, don’t spit, Mr Met stay away
Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and players possibly arriving in … Click to Continue »
AP Exclusive: MLB projects $640K per game loss with no fans
Major League Baseball told players their prorated salaries would contribute to an average loss of $640,000 for each game over an 82-game season in empty ballparks, according to a presentation … Click to Continue »
Preakness rescheduled for Oct 3, one month after Derby
The 145th Preakness Stakes has been rescheduled for Oct. 3, an announcement delivered Saturday less than hour before the original post time for the Triple Crown race. Traditionally held at … Click to Continue »
New date set for Preakness. See when the second leg of the Triple Crown will be run.
A new date has been set for the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown. The 145th Preakness Stakes will be run on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Pimlico Race Course … Click to Continue »
Phyllis George, former Kentucky first lady and a pioneer in sports broadcasting, dies
Phyllis George, who used her celebrity status as Miss America 1971 and her pioneering experience for women in sportscasting to help John Y. Brown Jr. win Kentucky’s 1979 race for … Click to Continue »
Giants’ DeAndre Baker surrenders in armed robbery case
New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker surrendered to police Saturday after being charged with robbing people of money and valuables at a cookout he was attending with another NFL player. … Click to Continue »
Ethiopian athletes raise funds to fight virus in virtual run
Tirunesh Dibaba ran in an empty stadium and Kenenisa Bekele inside his own home as the former Olympic champions raised funds Saturday for Ethiopia’s fight against the coronavirus outbreak. The … Click to Continue »
Stefanidi overcomes heat to win pole vault Garden Clash
The strategy of reigning Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi throughout a fast-paced, race-against-the-clock pole vault competition: keep cool. Not exactly easy on a sweltering day or with a shaky hand struggling … Click to Continue »
UK All-American Rodger Bird, an AFL champ with the Raiders, dies at 76
Rodger Bird, a former University of Kentucky football standout who won an AFL championship with the Oakland Raiders, died Saturday. He was 76. Before an All-American career as a halfback, … Click to Continue »
Soccer reboot in Germany: No fans, lonely goal celebrations
Erling Haaland scored the Bundesliga’s first goal in more than two months and then celebrated. Alone. The 19-year-old’s Borussia Dortmund teammates stayed away, mindful of the strict hygiene measures amid … Click to Continue »
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