9:04 pm: Jeff Banister was one of those who fired the pirates, Mackey tweeted. Banister was once a player and coach in the organization, but recently worked as a special assistant in his main office. He is best known throughout the game for his career as a Rangers manager from …

The closer we get to training camp, the worse the numbers are for Clemson. One of the nation’s top college football programs announced Friday that it had 14 more positive tests for the new coronavirus this week. He brings the total of the Tigers to 37 players, nearly a third …

A group of Kansas State student-athletes of color say their members won’t participate in “all athletics-related events” unless the university takes action in the wake of a tweet from a student mocking the death of George Floyd . In a statement released Friday by senior advocate Jonathan Alexander, the group …

Iraqi military authorities have confirmed that elite forces have detained 14 members of the militia who remain in custody amid an ongoing investigation. Friday’s statement from the Iraqi Joint Operations Command came hours after sources said that Counterterrorism The Service (CTS) had raided a base in southern Baghdad of Kataib …

European health officials say they were reluctant to acknowledge the silent spread because the evidence was coming and the consequences of a false alarm would have been serious. “These reports are seen everywhere, around the world,” said Dr. Josep Jansa, a senior health official for the European Union. “Whatever we …