Sports Stories from September 16, 2020 (Change date)
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Maryland businesswoman leading launch of Japanese leagueSep 16, 2020 6:05 pm - The woman leading Japan's ambitious effort to launch a professional women's soccer league lives some 6,700 miles away from where the players will ultimately take the fie...
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MLB joins alliance pushing for higher voter turnoutSep 16, 2020 4:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball has joined the Civic Alliance, a nonpartisan group of businesses pushing for higher voter turnout. MLB also announced Wednesday tha...
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ACC teams look to fix opening-week miscues for Week 2 gamesSep 16, 2020 11:40 am - North Carolina coach Mack Brown knows his team started the season with too many penalties and turnovers. Now the 12th-ranked Tar Heels and the rest of the Atlantic Coast...
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Swiss bank set to pay US justice to settle part in FIFA caseSep 16, 2020 7:05 am - ZURICH (AP) - A Swiss bank linked to corruption by former international soccer officials at FIFA said Wednesday it is in talks with United States authorities about payin...
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Nationals look to end 3-game skid against RaysSep 16, 2020 2:30 am - Washington Nationals (17-29, fifth in the NL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (31-17, first in the AL East) St. Petersburg, Florida; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES:...
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Jets rookie LT Becton limited at practice with knee issueSep 16, 2020 5:10 pm - FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - New York Jets rookie left tackle Mekhi Becton was limited at practice Wednesday with a knee issue after being injured in the season-opening los...
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Mourinho coy as Bale pursues return to Tottenham from MadridSep 16, 2020 7:05 am - LONDON (AP) - Jose Mourinho was keen to take the credit Wednesday for Real Madrid signing Gareth Bale. The Tottenham manager was more coy on the team's moves to bring th...
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Werner settling in at Chelsea ahead of visit of LiverpoolSep 16, 2020 1:05 pm - If the world had not been gripped by a pandemic, Timo Werner might easily have been walking out in a red jersey when Chelsea meets Liverpool in the first blockbuster mat...
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Skubal scheduled to start as Detroit hosts Kansas CitySep 16, 2020 2:30 am - Kansas City Royals (20-29, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (21-26, fourth in the AL Central) Detroit; Wednesday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Kansas Cit...
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Column: College football whiffs in tackling the coronavirusSep 16, 2020 6:00 pm - When it came time to confront a global pandemic, we should've known college football would whiff on the tackle. This flimsy collection of largely autonomous fiefdoms, ea...