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Big Ten scraps nonconference football games due to pandemic
By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conf…
Judgment error: Indians’ Reyes sorry for not wearing mask
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Franmil Reyes’ first error this season was in judgment. The Indians’ free-swinging slugger and outfielder apologized Thursday for endangeri…
How to make 1 golf course look like 2 different tournaments
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Muirfield Village will look the same to those watching at home, minus the grandstands and thousands of spectators spread across the course Jack Nicklaus built. The chal…
More positive tests, canceled workouts add to MLB unease
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer As baseball nears the two-week countdown to the start of its delayed season, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep more players, including Boston Red Sox projected o…
Ohio High School Athletic Association changes leadership
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced that its executive director has been replaced by an interim leader while the organization searches for a permanent replacement…
As schools ponder cutting sports, tennis proves vulnerable
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer The promise of college tennis lured Abhimanyu Vannemreddy from his home in India to the United States, where he settled in at Winthrop in South Carolina. Now he’s po…
Indians’ Carrasco on another journey, this time in pandemic
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Not even a mask can hide Carlos Carrasco’s smile or muffle his joy. For now, baseball’s back. And he is as well. A year after a leukemia di…
Ohio school district dropping Redskins name for sports teams
ANDERSON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school district has decided that its high school sports teams should no longer be known as the Redskins. The Forest Hills Board of Education voted 4-1 on Thursday to “ret…
NFL players raise concerns on playing, others ignore advice
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Some NFL players are raising concerns about playing football amid the coronavirus pandemic while others are ignoring advice of medical experts by working out with …
Suspect accused of football game threat enters guilty plea
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man who used Facebook to threaten a shooting at Ohio State University and vowed to hurt players on the football team and then-head coac…
‘A dark past’: MVPs say time to pull Landis name off plaques
By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Something still bothers Barry Larkin about his Most Valuable Player award. The other name engraved on the trophy: Kenesaw Mountain Landis. “Why is it o…
GM Berry, Browns launch racial justice initiative for change
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Andrew Berry was moved emotionally, and eventually into action. Dismayed by George Floyd’s tragic death in Minneapolis, yet strengthened by the n…
