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Canadian Premier League postpones start of 2020- season due to COVID-19

TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League has postponed the start of the 2020 season, with no replacement kickoff date as of yet. The Canadian pro league was set to start its second season on April 11. Th...

Mar 20, 2020

AP source: Falcons agree to 1-year deal with Todd Gurley

ATLANTA - Todd Gurley didn't wait long to find his new NFL home. The Atlanta Falcons didn't wait long to celebrate the deal. "WE GOT HIM," the Falcons exclaimed on their Twitter account early Friday, ...

Mar 20, 2020

Without games, NBA players using their platforms in new way

Cleveland's Kevin Love did his best to reassure a skittish and scared public. Denver's Jamal Murray sat at his piano and played theme songs. Atlanta's Trae Young shot balled-up socks into a trash can....

Mar 20, 2020

English rugby in turmoil as season cancelled below top flight

English rugby was plunged into financial turmoil and uncertainty on Friday after the season was cancelled at all levels below the top-flight Premiership because of the coronavirus outbreak. Rugby Foot...

Mar 20, 2020

Top Flyer: Dayton's Obi Toppin leads AP All-American team

Dayton star Obi Toppin is the lone unanimous first-team choice to The Associated Press college basketball All-America team announced Friday. Toppin was joined on the first team announced by Iowa's Luk...

Mar 20, 2020

LPGA reschedules major in California desert to September

Amid a slew of postponements and cancellations in golf, the LPGA Tour announced a September date for what traditionally is its first major championship of the year. The ANA Inspiration, previously sch...

Mar 20, 2020

Possibilities of how NHL's potential return could look 'almost endless': Daly

At least Bill Daly's commute is a lot easier. That's perhaps the only silver lining for the NHL's deputy commissioner amid the COVID-19 pandemic that's swept the globe, crippl...

Mar 20, 2020

Germany leads the way on soccer salary cuts as virus hits

DSSELDORF, Germany - European soccer's biggest leagues continue to be suspended and players are coming under pressure to take pay cuts. Sometimes it's voluntary, like at German title challenger Boruss...

Mar 20, 2020

Belarus plays on as world soccer shuts down due to virus

MINSK, Belarus - Almost all of Europe has suspended soccer games amid the coronavirus pandemic, but Belarus is just getting started. The crowd attending Energetik-BGU's 3-1 win over former Champions L...

Mar 20, 2020

'New football journey': Tom Brady signs with Tampa Bay Buccaneers

TAMPA, Fla. - Six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady has signed a two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, saying he is embarking on a "new football journey." The 42-year-old quarterback who s...

Mar 20, 2020