National Sports
Big Ten vote
The lawsuit filed this week in a Nebraska court argues that Big Ten Conference football players are losing a chance for development with the delay of the 2020 season. Eight Comhusker players are asking a Lancaster County District judge to reinstate the season. The court filing has revealed the vote to put it out was…
Read MoreWins Daytona
William Byron snaked his way through a smoky crash late Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway and narrowly avoided another melee a few laps later. Those moves got him to victory lane for the first time in his young NASCAR Cup Series career and back in the playoffs for the second consecutive season. They also…
Read MoreTwins lose 5th straight
Former Twins infielder Jonathan Schoop (SKOPE) homered in the sixth inning to lift the Tigers past the Twins 3-2 yesterday in Detroit. Jeimer Candelario also went deep and Miguel Cabrera plated the other run for the Tigers, who swept the three-game series and have won five straight overall. Tyler Alexander picked up the win in…
Read MoreFedex Cup Lead
Dustin Johnson fired a final-round, eight-under-63 to cruise to an 11-shot victory at the P-G-A Tour’s Northern Trust at T-P-C Boston. Johnson finished at 30-under par for the four days. Harris English was second at 19-under, one shot ahead of Daniel Berger. Tiger Woods tied for 58th at six-under after a final round 66. Johnson…
Read MoreTwins Win
The Minnesota Twins built an early 4-0 lead and hung on to beat the Royals 5-4 in Kansas City yesterday. Nelson Cruz’s solo homer in the top of the ninth pushed the lead to 5-3 and proved to be the difference as K-C scored once in the bottom of the ninth to pull to within…
Read MoreNCAA decision
The N-C-A-A will likely make a decision next month about the 2020-21 basketball season as it looks to navigate the global health crisis. N-C-A-A senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt said that mid-September is the target date to announce if a season is plausible, when it would start and what its structure would be.
Read MoreReap Big Benefits
Thanks to his big weekend in Ohio, Madison golfer Jerry Kelly is automatically qualified for The Players Championship next March and he has a five-year exemption into the P-G-A Tour Champions’ season opener in Hawaii. Kelly picked up a 450-thousand-dollar winners’ paycheck after claiming a two-shot victory at the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship in Akron…
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