Sports Stories from July 16, 2020 (Change date)
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Jays closer to home games approved; Canada OK neededJul 16, 2020 4:30 pm - TORONTO (AP) - The Blue Jays have been given clearance by Ontario and Toronto to play regular-season games in Rogers Centre amid the coronavirus pandemic and await appro...
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D Mitchell to wait until next year to join BlackhawksJul 16, 2020 12:30 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Ian Mitchell will have to wait until next season to join the Chicago Blackhawks. The 21-year-old Mitchell, one of the organization's top prospects, agreed...
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This Date in BaseballJul 16, 2020 10:00 am - July 17 1924 - Jesse Haines of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Braves. 1936 - Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak over two years beg...
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WNBA: Georgia senator doesn't have to sell stake in teamJul 16, 2020 3:31 pm - ATLANTA (AP) - The WNBA commissioner says the league has no plans to insist that Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler sell her stake in the team. 'œWe're not going to f...
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After Man City, UEFA back in court for Trabzonspor ban caseJul 16, 2020 7:05 am - GENEVA (AP) - Another European soccer club banned from the Champions League for breaking financial monitoring rules challenged UEFA at sport's highest court on Thursday....
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Liberty rookie Sabrina Ionescu's AP diary: Playing againJul 16, 2020 2:01 am - BRADETON, Fla. (AP) - I'm so glad the wait is finally over. I hadn't been able to play basketball since March when the coronavirus pandemic hit, and now being in Florida...
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James Harden, cleared to play, makes Disney practice debutJul 16, 2020 7:00 pm - LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - NBA scoring leader James Harden of the Houston Rockets practiced with his team for the first time in more than four months Thursday, saying...
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NCAA: Test all athletes for COVID-19 within 72 hours of gameJul 16, 2020 3:20 pm - The NCAA says college football players should be tested for COVID-19 at least 72 hours before a game, players with high-risk exposures to the coronavirus should be quara...
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Tennessee Vols tight end has back surgery for herniated diskJul 16, 2020 5:50 pm - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee tight end Austin Pope says he had surgery Thursday to repair a herniated disk in his back. Pope shared the update in a Twitter post, s...
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Ballparks to use crowd noise from video game during seasonJul 16, 2020 7:30 pm - Big league players will still hear the roar of the crowd even though the stands will be empty when the baseball season opens next week. Taking a cue from two European s...