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US communities face tough choices on opening public pools
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Public pools will look very different this summer if they open at all with the coronavirus threat still looming, as teenage lifeguards wi…
Hall of Famers reach out to youth with messages of strength
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer It doesn’t matter how the message is conveyed as long as it is communicated. So the Pro Football Hall of Fame will have three members livestream a session Friday…
NFL QBs holding passing sessions minus bonding activities
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Some NFL quarterbacks are still finding ways to hold throwing sessions with receivers during the coronavirus pandemic, though things look much different. Players a…
Utah’s Conley waiting for news, like the rest of the NBA
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Mike Conley is waiting for further instructions. So is the rest of the NBA. The league is continuing to work through multiple return-to-play scenarios, with two pe…
NFL studying helmet face guard that works like surgical mask
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — With an eye toward getting back on the field during a pandemic, the NFL is working on a helmet face guard that might provide the same sort of protectio…
Browns’ Landry ahead of schedule in rehab from hip surgery
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Quarantine has allowed Browns Pro Bowl wide receiver Jarvis Landry to focus even more on his recovery from off-season hip surgery. Landry, who opted fo…
Cruz, Love, McCourty brothers among Ali award finalists
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nelson Cruz of the Minnesota Twins, Kevin Love of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and brothers Devin and Jason McCourty of the New England Patriots are among the nominees for the Muhammad …
NFLPA pres Tretter says “hurdles” remain before NFL’s return
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns center JC Tretter is cautiously optimistic the NFL season — at least some version of it — will take place in 2020. He’s just not certain w…
CupCheck: 10 major leaguers market game, help fight cancer
By JOE KAY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — On an off day in Los Angeles four years ago, a group of major leaguers players went to Manhattan Beach and played the prototype for a new game. Curt Casal…
Virus has NFL prospects pondering threat of a lost season
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joe Burrow was a competent if unspectacular quarterback as a backup at Ohio State and during his first post-transfer season at LSU. In 2019, he tr…
Browns hire former 49ers exec Adofo-Mensah as assistant GM
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have hired former 49ers executive Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as their new vice president of football operations — a top assistant to first…
Mayfield huddles Browns teammates in Texas for workouts
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Baker Mayfield isn’t waiting around for the NFL to re-open facilities. Cleveland’s quarterback invited several of his Browns teammates, inc…
