NEW YORK (AP) — Wilson will begin manufacturing game balls for the NBA again starting with the 2021-22 season. Next season will be Spalding’s 37th and final season in that role for the NBA. Wilson, th…
Ohio Sports
Shuttered casinos, racinos sink Ohio gambling revenues
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gambling revenue at Ohio’s four casinos and seven racinos is down about $229 million for the first four months of 2020 when compared to the same quarter last year, according to f…
Cavs’ Nance grateful for chance to practice during pandemic
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — There’s been a massive void in Larry Nance Jr.’s life that no amount of watching Korean soccer games, practicing yoga, riding a stationary …
American Hockey League cancels rest of season, playoffs
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The American Hockey League canceled the rest of its season Monday because of the coronavirus pandemic and shifted its focus toward next season. While the Calder Cup w…
NBA teams start to reopen, as testing plan begins emerging
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The NBA took tiny steps toward a return to normalcy Friday, as a small number of practice facilities reopened for workouts and at least one team recei…
Browns re-sign WR Higgins after stunted 2019 season
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Rashard Higgins is back on Cleveland’s roster. It remains to be seen if he’s back in the game plan. Higgins’ signing to a one-year, $…
Cavaliers step cautiously into hopeful return to NBA season
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Even if the NBA doesn’t resume this season, and at this point no one knows for sure, the Cleveland Cavaliers believe it’s time to start get…
How does the Big Ten play football without open campuses?
By MITCH STACY and ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writers Less than four months before the scheduled kickoff of the college football season, not one of the 14 schools in the Big Ten Conference can say for sure …
Pro Football Hall of Fame teams with Project Isaiah
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — When David Baker heard about Project Isaiah and its goal of feeding families in need during the coronavirus pandemic, there was no question what the Pro Football Hall of Fame would…
Shula, winningest coach in pro football history, dies at 90
By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Measuring Don Shula by wins and losses, no NFL coach had a better year. Or career. He looked the part, thanks to a jutting jaw and glare that would intimid…