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Playing for free, salary drop, 2022 lockout possible for MLB

June 15, 2020 Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Jeffress, Jordan Montgomery, Kevin Plawecki could be playing for free this season, earning salaries lower than what they already received as advances. Mookie Betts, George […]

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Green Bay Packers Pro Shop, closed by virus, set to reopen

June 14, 2020 Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers Pro Shop is scheduled to reopen with new safeguards in place to help limit the spread of the coronavirus. Precautionary measures […]

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Despite far more support, kneeling might not be widespread

June 12, 2020 Associated Press

NFL players who want to kneel during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racism have far more support than Colin Kaepernick did four years ago. Still, it might […]

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Trempealeau County hunting ranch quarantined, after two bucks test positive for Chronic Wasting Disease

June 11, 2020 Rick Solem

Two deer from a Trempealeau County ranch have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. That, according to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). All 505 animals on […]

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Rights groups, athletes ask NCAA to move tourney from Idaho over law banning transgender women competing

June 11, 2020 Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Groups that advocate for civil rights and women’s rights have joined notable athletes in asking the NCAA to move 2021 men’s basketball tournament games out of […]

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Mid-American schools create separate conference for esports

June 11, 2020 Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Aiming to recruit and engage more competitive video gamers, a dozen schools in the Mid-American Conference are creating a standalone esports conference to offer structured competition […]

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US Soccer repeals rule that banned kneeling during anthem

June 10, 2020 Associated Press

U.S. Soccer’s board of directors has voted to repeal a 2017 policy that required national team players to stand during the national anthem, a rule adopted after Megan Rapinoe kneeled […]

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Manfred says ’100%′ chance of MLB season, new proposal soon

June 10, 2020 Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says there is a “100%” chance of big league ball this year. Major League Baseball will make another proposal to start the […]

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NASCAR bans Confederate flag from its races, venues

June 10, 2020 Associated Press

For more than 70 years, the Confederate flag was a familiar sight at NASCAR races. Through the civil rights era right on through the season opener at Daytona in February, […]

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Packers’ Kirksey benefits from familiar face in new location

June 10, 2020 Associated Press

Green Bay’s Christian Kirksey believes his history with his new defensive coordinator will help the veteran linebacker make a smooth transition as he switches teams for the first time. Kirksey […]

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