The round of 16 on Thursday at the US Amateur saw one of the most brutal eliminations in the history of the century-old event, as the Argentine amateur Segundo Oliva Pinto was eliminated on the 18th hole due to an unexplained error by his caddy. On the 18th hole, Oliva …
Read More »UAB freshman linebacker Allen Merrick dies at 19 after accidental shooting
UAB freshman linebacker Allen Merrick has died after suffering a gunshot wound during a visit to his home on Thursday. Police in Gadsden, Alabama, call the incident a random shooting. Merrick died Friday morning at UAB Hospital. He was 19 years old. Blazers coach Bill Clark issued a statement Thursday …
Read More »Heat’s Derrick Jones Jr. diagnosed with neck strain, ‘better moving’ after narrow collision vs. Pacers
Watch Now: Thursday Night NBA Recap (7:11) Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr. needed to be taken off of the floor of Friday’s game against the Indiana Pacers after a hard fall. The apparent injury came after a collision with Pacers center Goga Bitadze. Jones was chasing Doug McDermott around …
Read More »Even athletes now know the quality of social-distance sports
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask says it best: “To be honest with you, it doesn’t really feel like play-off hockey.”Photo: (Getty Images) If you are a hard time to get sports because they started again during the coronavirus pandemic, you are not alone. The athletes who play also have difficulty with …
Read More »Cardinals are coming back from outbreak with a daunting scheme ahead
If we count it and agree on a champion, the baseball season in 2020 will first have been about elements other than baseball. That there can be no champion yet, that the season would rather end in a sad show city and a six-foot wave, was part of the deal …
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