Sports Stories from May 8, 2020 (Change date)
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Nadal: Djokovic will need vaccine if required by the tourMay 08, 2020 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Rafael Nadal says Novak Djokovic will need to be vaccinated to keep playing if the governing bodies of tennis make coronavirus shots obligatory once they b...
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Lukas Klostermann extends contract at Leipzig through 2024May 08, 2020 7:00 am - LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) - Leipzig defender Lukas Klostermann has signed a contract extension with the club through 2024, the team said Friday. The 23-year-old Klostermann ...
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Locked down, not out: Teenage pro prepares for post-pandemicMay 08, 2020 7:00 am - BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - He caught the attention of Robbie Fowler, a man revered by some, who gave him a shot at turning pro while still in high school. That kind of ...
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Clubhouse Chatter: What's your best piece of memorabilia?May 08, 2020 1:00 am - What our Sports staff has to say while waiting for the games to resume. Though no longer an active collector, I have every Topps baseball card set since 1971. My favorit...
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Former Northwestern football star and Chicago Bears receiver D'Wayne Bates chats about role as Glenbard East ADMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - Former Northwestern star football player and Chicago Bears receiver D'Wayne Bates video chats about memories of his playing days as well as about the challenges he's fac...
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Bergen's reward was watching students growMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - Tom Bergen has a simple explanation for his 42 years coaching and teaching at Lake Park. "I'm a little traditional," said Bergen, who is retiring from the Roselle high s...
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U.S. women's national soccer playersv ows to continue fight for equal pay despite setbackMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - The mess that is U.S. Soccer continues. The 28 women of the highly successful U.S. national team have been pounding the drum in a gender discrimination lawsuit against U...
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Water polo: Cancellation of season that had begun a bitter pill to swallowMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - Everybody out of the pool. That was the edict to water polo teams from the Illinois High School Association on March 12, when all spring sports were suspended due to the...
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Girls track and field: Glenbard West's Hart, others miss out on more successMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - It came to this - arguably Illinois' best female high school distance runner ever, running a time trial on a nearly empty track in a wide-open field with no spectators. ...
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How pandemic is affecting college athletic departmentsMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - The COVID-19 pandemic halted sports as March Madness was to begin. In April we asked athletic directors at Northwestern and Northern Illinois universities about the rami...