SEACAUCUS, N.J. (AP)-A person with knowledge of the situation says the NBA’s Board of Governors has approved a 22-team format for restarting the league season in late July at the Disney campus near Orlando, Florida. The format calls for each team playing eight games to determine playoff seeding plus the […]
SEACAUCUS, N.J. (AP)-The NBA has told the National Basketball Players Association that it will present a 22-team plan for restarting the season to the league’s board of governors on Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. The teams that will be going to the ESPN […]
NEW YORK (AP)-Major League Soccer players have approved a new collective bargaining agreement that will allow for the league to return this summer with a tournament in Florida. The Major League Soccer Players Association has announced the ratification of the CBA. Players had approved economic concessions for this season. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-The gate dropped at a Supercross race for the first time in two months last weekend, kicking off a stretch of seven races to close out the pandemic-delayed season. The race Sunday in Salt Lake City was unlike any other in the sport’s history. No pre-race pyrotechnics. […]
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Monday evening, former University of Utah quarterback Lee Grosscup passed away at the age of 83. Grosscup, who starred for the Utes in 1957 and 1958, was born and raised in Santa Monica, Calif. and commenced his college football career at the University of Washington in 1955. However, […]
OREM, Utah-Monday, Utah Valley University men’s basketball coach Mark Madsen confirmed that UAB guard Jordan Brinson will join the Wolverines’ program via the transfer portal. Madsen called Brinson “a winner, a leader and a tremendous talent.” The 6-3 175-pound Brinson symmetrically posted 3.4 points and 3.4 rebounds last season for […]
SANDY, Utah (AP)-The National Women’s Soccer League has set the schedule for the opening round of its tournament starting later this month in Utah, with the Portland Thorns playing the defending champion North Carolina Courage on the opening day. The NWSL is scheduled to be the first U.S. pro team […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)-The NBA Board of Governors met again without a consensus opinion emerging on how many teams should be back on the floor for the planned late-July resumption of the pandemic-interrupted season, three people familiar with details of the call said Friday. The people, speaking on condition of anonymity […]
ROSEMONT, Ill./IRVING, Texas/SAN FRANCISCO/GREENSBORO, N.C./BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP)-The Power Five conference commissioners are asking Congress to move forward with federal legislation regarding compensation for college athletes. The commissioners of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference sent a letter dated May 23 to congressional leaders. The […]
SANDY, Utah (AP)-As the National Women’s Soccer League prepares to become one of the first North American leagues to return amid the coronavirus pandemic, testing and tracing are at the core of its plans. The NWSL formed a 15-physician task force to look at health and safety in its preparations […]
