Byron Buxton’s trip back to Minnesota included an early morning wakeup, a flat tire on his rental car on the way to the airport, nearly 5-km walk and a changed flight, followed by the need to get his car out of security when he got back to the Twin Cities. The long, tiring trip was […]
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New York Mets second baseman Neil Walker will miss the rest of the season because of surgery for a herniated disk in his back, the latest in a series of severe injuries to strike the defending NL champions this year. Walker made the announcement Thursday before the wild-card contenders played Miami. “It just wasn’t getting […]
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Keenan Robinson, twice the head athletic trainer for the U.S. Olympic swimming team, has been hired by USA Swimming for the new position of high performance director for the national team. His duties announced Thursday include providing information, programs and services to help coaches and athletes optimize performance. Robinson will manage USA Swimming’s high performance […]
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Miami Heat star Chris Bosh sought to give public proof of his fitness on Thursday, sharing videos of on-court workouts online as he targets the new season. The 11-time All-Star finished the last two seasons sidelined after undergoing treatment for blood clots. Bosh was at loggerheads with Miami last season, publicly pushing to return to […]
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino said “football history” was made by a successful test of video replays in France’s 3-1 win over Italy in a friendly on Thursday. While the test was labeled offline, Infantino cited an instance where video was examined when Italy protested for a perceived handball by Layvin Kurzawa following a header from […]
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New Jersey Devils farmhand Ben Johnson was found guilty Thursday of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in the washroom of a Windsor bar in March 2013. Justice Kirk Munroe delivered the guilty verdict against the 22-year-old Johnson in a nearly three-hour ruling. The former Windsor Spitfires junior player was released under his current bail conditions […]
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Colin Kaepernick and San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid kneeled during the national anthem Thursday night, continuing the quarterback’s preseason protest of American racial injustice and minority oppression. Kaepernick and Reid dropped to one knee while a naval officer sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” and dozens of military members unfurled an oversized flag at Qualcomm Stadium. […]
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