Tag: Sports
NBA Finals ratings up from 2020 pandemic, down from 2019
NEW YORK — The NBA Finals has gained some, but not all, of its audience back after last year's trip to the pandemic bubble.
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Kraken on track for home arena to be ready by mid-October
SEATTLE — Seats have been bolted into position throughout the upper deck and into the lower bowl. All the concrete has been poured and...
Alonso bests Mancini, Ohtani for 2nd straight HR Derby title
DENVER — Pete Alonso danced to his second straight Home Run Derby title, besting Shohei Ohtani, Trey Mancini and Juan Soto on a night...
Gymnast Oleg Verniaiev out of Olympics after doping ban
KYIV, Ukraine — Olympic champion gymnast Oleg Verniaiev is set to miss the Tokyo Games because he has been banned following a failed drug...
This Date in Baseball
July 14
1916 — St. Louis Browns pitcher Ernie Koob went...
Wild buying out final 4 years of Parise and Suter contracts
After signing with Minnesota together, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter are being bought out together.
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Canadiens give Dominique Ducharme 3-year deal as head coach
MONTREAL — Dominique Ducharme has been hired as the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens after leading the club on a playoff run all...
Man charged with criminal recklessness in July 4 shooting
The prosecutor's office filed charges against the Greenwood man who shot a woman on the Fourth of July in Clark Township.
Levi C. Griffith, 21, is...
Southgate’s penalty plan backfires in England painful final
LONDON — It all ended in a familiar consoling embrace for Gareth Southgate. Wrapping his arms around Bukayo Saka, the England coach felt the...
Racist abuse targets 3 English players who missed penalties
LONDON — Three Black players who missed penalty kicks for England in the decisive European Championship shootout against Italy on Sunday night were subjected...