By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Malcolm Jenkins is determined to walk his talk. The three-time Pro Bowl safety and two-time Super Bowl champion has been on the front lines fighting for social jus…
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NBA restart likely to provide TV audience new sights, sounds
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer During a normal NBA season, the sights and sounds of arenas serve as both a showy backdrop and home court advantage for its teams. But with no fans allowed in the st…
At least 3 MLB games postponed amid Marlins’ virus outbreak
By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — The Marlins scrambled for roster replacements as they coped with a coronavirus outbreak. The New York Yankees had an unscheduled day off in Philadelphia wh…
Yanks, Nats kneel in Black Lives Matter salute; Fauci’s toss
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Nationals and Yankees knelt in unison before the first game of the baseball season as part of an opening day ceremony Thursday night that feat…
Opening day amid virus: Masks, empty parks, social justice
By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer Opening day, at last. A baseball season that was on the brink before it ever began because of the virus outbreak is set to start Thursday night when excitable Max Sche…
Pandemic can’t stop Uecker from 50th year in Brewers’ booth
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bob Uecker describes the most unique season of his half century as a Milwaukee Brewers’ broadcaster with the wit that has helped make him one …
Lakers’ LeBron James speaks out: ‘Nothing is normal in 2020’
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — LeBron James keeps hearing the same questions. How’s it going? How’s the bubble? He now has a one-size-fits-all answer. “I just say i…
AP Source: NFL offers players to scrap all preseason games
By ROB MAADDI and BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writers The NFL has offered to scrap all preseason games, a person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press. The players’ association had so…
‘Yes we exist’ – Black fans eye NASCAR’s work to diversify
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Kevin Johnson became enamored with NASCAR as a kid through clips on “ Wide World of Sports,” decades before billion-dollar broadcast deals when auto racing shared preci…
NCAA lays out plan for playing but warns of surging pandemic
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The NCAA handed down its latest guidelines for playing through a pandemic while also sounding an alarm: The prospect of having a fall semester with footbal…