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Giants DB Baker surrenders to police in armed robbery case

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker surrendered to police Saturday after being charged with robbing people of money and valuables at a cookout he was attending with anothe...

May 16, 2020

AP Exclusive: MLB projects $640K per game loss with no fans

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball told players their prorated salaries would contribute to an average loss of $640,000 for each game over an 82-game season in empty ballparks, according to a presentati...

May 16, 2020

Fist bumps and masks: Professional soccer returns in Germany

BERLIN - Germany's Bundesliga soccer season resumed Saturday after a two-month break caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Ruhr derby between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke kicked off in an empty sta...

May 16, 2020

Tokyo Olympic CEO: Games next year may not be 'conventional'

TOKYO - Almost two months after the Tokyo Olympics were postponed, organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto said Friday he still could not give an estimate of how much the one-year delay will cost. Figur...

May 16, 2020

Masks, tests, empty stadiums: Bundesliga resumes amid virus

BERLIN - No fans, no hugging, no spitting. The Bundesliga will be very different when it resumes Saturday following a two-month suspension caused by the coronavirus pandemic. There will be no children...

May 16, 2020

Trainer Casse happy for Woodbine horsemen finally have a season to shoot for

Mark Casse and other trainers at Woodbine Racetrack finally have a thoroughbred racing season to prepare for. Woodbine Entertainment is full steam ahead with its plans to offer both har...

May 16, 2020

Autopsy: Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash had no alcohol, drugs

LOS ANGELES - The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament outside Los Angeles did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all sustained immediately fatal injuri...

May 15, 2020

Rugby Canada cuts player payments, says it will need financial help later in 2020

TORONTO - Citing financial pressures due to the global pandemic, Rugby Canada has cancelled "training support payments" for its centralized men's and women's players as of May 1. The players get a mon...

May 15, 2020

NFL teams can reopen facilities Tuesday - with provisos

NFL teams can begin reopening their facilities on Tuesday if state and local governments will allow it. In a memo sent to the 32 teams Friday by Commissioner Roger Goodell and obtained by The Associat...

May 15, 2020

CHL settles lawsuits filed by current and former players over backpay

TORONTO - The Canadian Hockey League has settled three class-action lawsuits filed by current and former junior players seeking backpay for minimum wage. The CHL - an umbrella organization for th...

May 15, 2020