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MLB

As MLB ponders post-virus season, players worry about health

March 31, 2020 Associated Press

As Major League Baseball and the players’ union contemplate various ways to create a schedule for whenever the coronavirus pandemic subsides, Cincinnati Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart raised a concern that is surely shared by others around the sport: Could trying to cram in games, and maybe extend the season into late November or December, lead […]

COLLEGE

NCAA to give spring sport athletes — not winter — extra year of eligibility

March 31, 2020 Associated Press

The NCAA will permit Division I spring-sport athletes — such as baseball, softball and lacrosse players — who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus pandemic to have an additional year of eligibility. The NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to give spring-sport athletes regardless of their year in school a way to get back the […]

NEWS

All-Decade Team a dicey proposition, other than a few stars

March 31, 2020 Associated Press

All-Decade teams are a dicey proposition. Some all-time greats never made such a team because of, basically, bad timing. Maybe they broke into the NFL in mid-decade, such as Curtis Martin in 1995 or Fred Dean 20 years earlier. Both are Hall of Famers without ever making an All-Decade squad. Others happened to play in […]

NEWS

The countdown clock is clicking again for the Tokyo Olympics

March 31, 2020 Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — The countdown clocks have been reset and are ticking again for the Tokyo Olympics. The model outside Tokyo Station, and others across the Japanese capital were switched on almost immediately after organizers announced the new dates — July 23 to Aug. 8, 2021. The clocks read 479 days to go. This seems […]

BLOGS

WKTY’s Dave Carney reads Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”

March 30, 2020 Dave Carney

https://wktysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/200329_Murder-Most-Foul_Daves-POEM-version.mp3On Thursday March 26th at the stroke of midnight, Bob Dylan released a 17 minute epic about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In hopes of giving our audience a chance to perhaps hear Dylan in a way they may not otherwise Dave has decided to recite the first three verses as a beat-style […]

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NEWS

Athletic trainers step up: App aids overworked hospitals

March 30, 2020 Associated Press

Athletic trainers across the country are changing their routines and joining the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The National Athletic Trainers Association has partnered with the Go4Ellis platform on an app aimed at helping trainers assist understaffed hospitals. The app was intended to give health care providers a database to look for help nationwide. More […]

NEWS

Call to the wild: Great outdoors an escape in tough times

March 30, 2020 Associated Press

Jim Klug’s office phone rings off the hook with anxious anglers inquiring about the status of their upcoming fly-fishing trips. It’s a stressful time for the co-owner of a fishing travel company as he postpones and re-books international and domestic expeditions due the coronavirus pandemic. The best way for him to slip away from the […]

NEWS

IndyCar goes iRacing as latest series to offer fans content

March 30, 2020 Associated Press

The walk to the starting grid for Tony Kanaan began in his Indianapolis kitchen, through the foyer, past the trophy case, up the stairs, down the hall, through the master bedroom, master bathroom and finally into the closet. That’s where the former Indianapolis 500 winner tucked away Saturday to participate in a full day of […]

NEWS

Detroit signs ex-Packers WR Geronimo Allison

March 30, 2020 Rick Solem

He was an undrafted free agent pickup by the Green Bay Packers in 2016. It’s hard to say Geronimo Allison never worked out for the Packers, given that fact. Now, the 26-year-old receiver is headed to the Detroit Lions. Allison signed a one-year, $910,000 contract with the NFC North rival, according to the NFL Network. […]

NBA

AP Source: 20% base salary reductions for top NBA executives

March 27, 2020 Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Top NBA executives are having their base salaries reduced by 20% for the foreseeable future, a person with knowledge of the details said Thursday. The reductions affect the roughly 100 highest-earning executives, as the NBA joins the NHL and NASCAR in cutting salaries while competitions are on hold because of the […]