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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…
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…
Cavaliers’ Thompson wants to see NBA playoffs
By The Associated Press Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson wants the NBA to have its postseason, even if he and his Cleveland teammates aren’t included in the playoffs. “Guys want to play,” Thompson s…
NBA switching to Wilson basketballs starting in 2021-22
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…
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 …
