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Odd ball: Runners start on 2nd base, tie games, re-entry?

Odd ball: Runners start on 2nd base, tie games, re-entry?

By RONALD BLUM NEW YORK (AP) — Extra innings that start with runners on second base, games ending in ties and re-entry are among the possibilities for a radically altered 2020 Major League Baseball season, one limited to a maximum 60 games by teams that claim they can’t afford more due to the coronavirus pandemic.…read more »

Chill vibe of Hilton Head hides urgency for PGA Tour players

Chill vibe of Hilton Head hides urgency for PGA Tour players

By DOUG FERGUSON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The ambiance of Hilton Head doesn’t change, a most peaceful setting among shade of oaks along the Calibogue Sound. Adding to the serenity this week is the absence of spectators for the second straight week on the PGA Tour. It’s the calendar that makes all the…read more »

College Football Hall of Fame to re-open in July

College Football Hall of Fame to re-open in July

The Associated Press – The College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta plans to reopen July 1 with a new exhibit featuring historically black colleges and universities. The museum closed in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic. The reopening was delayed after the facility sustained damage in riots that erupted the night of May…read more »

The Falcons New Running Back

The Falcons New Running Back

By Lincoln May This offseason the Atlanta Falcons signed Todd Gurley. He is a 2017 offensive player of the year.  The Falcons signed him to a one year $5.5 million dollar deal. The only thing that he had left to finalize his contract was his physical. He passed the physical on Monday but people still…read more »

Ralph Stokes – PGA Tour Superstore Dir. of Marketing

Ralph Stokes – PGA Tour Superstore Dir. of Marketing

The PGA Tour Superstore is reopened with COVID Precautions and the PGA Tour has resumed competition! Ralph Stokes joind Buck & Kincade to discuss the lockdown affect PGA Tour Superstore, how they getting back in the swing of things now that they have reopened, what can we expect from PGA Tour Superstore for Father’s day,…read more »

Fan experience to change profoundly amid COVID-19 pandemic

Fan experience to change profoundly amid COVID-19 pandemic

By DAVE SKRETTA KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dayton Moore remembers so clearly the vast sections of empty seats inside Kauffman Stadium when he took over as general manager of the Kansas City Royals, and he remembers just as vividly — nearly a decade later — how those seats filled and fans roared as the…read more »

The Business of Sports – PGA Tour’s Andy Levinson

The Business of Sports – PGA Tour’s Andy Levinson

The PGA Tour is returning next week from Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, but without spectators. Wht are the challenges of resuming the tour after the lock down, what will it be like to play without the crowds, and what can we expect from the field of players next weekend?Buck and Kincade will bring…read more »

Brees’ anthem comments draw backlash from teammates, others

Brees’ anthem comments draw backlash from teammates, others

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees was sharply criticized by fellow high-profile athletes, including some of his own teammates, on Wednesday after the Saints quarterback reiterated his opposition to kneeling during the national anthem. In an interview with Yahoo, Brees was asked to revisit former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s 2016 protest of police brutality against…read more »

Friends mourn ex-Indiana football player slain during riots

Friends mourn ex-Indiana football player slain during riots

By COREY WILLIAMS and RICK CALLAHAN INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — To those who knew former Indiana University football player Chris Beaty, it was no surprise that he would participate in a protest over the death of George Floyd. That a man they saw as a “gentle giant” who brought positivity everywhere he went would turn up…read more »

Georgia’s Smart: Players will be safer working out on campus

Georgia’s Smart: Players will be safer working out on campus

By PAUL NEWBERRY ATLANTA (AP) — As he prepares to welcome his players back to campus, Georgia coach Kirby Smart insisted Thursday that they’ll be safer working out under the school’s supervision than on their own. Smart also called on fans to comply with guidelines for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, warning that a spike…read more »

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