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For all the changes, NFL draft kind of looked, well, normal
Apr 24, 2020 by Rick Watts
By BARRY WILNER AP - For all the uniqueness of this NFL draft, including the angst over a potential communications fiasco, things looked and sounded pretty normal Thursday night. Quarterbacks were in demand. Ohio State(the…
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A lost season? Minor league teams, players face bleak future
Apr 23, 2020 by Rick Watts
By JAY COHEN CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Nutter is surrounded by questions everywhere he goes these days. So the longtime president of the Fort Wayne TinCaps is planning for each scenario he can imagine, one…
Spring sports cancelled in Iowa
Apr 20, 2020 by Rick Watts
BY TODD KIMM Following Friday’s recommendations to keep Iowa schools closed for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year due to the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), all spring activities of the Iowa Girls High School…
Hartley Named New Women’s Soccer Coach at Penn
Apr 20, 2020 by Rick Watts
Oskaloosa--William Penn Athletics Director Nik Rule is proud to announce the hiring of Jack Hartley as the University's new Head Women's Soccer Coach. Hartley, who is the eighth coach in the program’s history, comes to…
NFL star Von Miller has COVID-19, is in good spirits
Apr 17, 2020 by Rick Watts
By ARNIE STAPLETON AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Von Miller has the coronavirus and the NFL star wanted to come forward with his diagnosis to show people how serious the disease is. “I’m going to do…
Iowa’s Stanley earns academic honor
Apr 16, 2020 by Rick Watts
BY TODD KIMM Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley has been named to the 2020 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society. The announcement was made Wednesday morning by the National Football Foundation. “Nate has been an outstanding representative…
30 NFL draft hopefuls showed off skills at a virtual pro day
Apr 15, 2020 by Rick Watts
By ROB MAADDI Hours before New Jersey closed all gyms indefinitely last month because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 30 NFL draft hopefuls had a chance to showcase their talents in a virtual pro day at…
Larson fired after sponsors drop NASCAR driver over slur
Apr 14, 2020 by Rick Watts
By JENNA FRYER CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Larson was fired Tuesday by Chip Ganassi Racing, completing a stunning downfall for the budding NASCAR star who uttered a racial slur during a live-streamed virtual race…
Tour de France called off amid virus, no new dates set
Apr 14, 2020 by Rick Watts
By JEROME PUGMIRE PARIS (AP) — After weeks of holding out hope the Tour de France would be able to go ahead as planned despite the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s most famous cycling race was…
NASCAR’s Larson suspended for racial slur in virtual race
Apr 13, 2020 by Rick Watts
By JENNA FRYER CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR star Kyle Larson was suspended without pay by Chip Ganassi Racing on Monday for using a racial slur on a live stream during a virtual race. Larson…
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