SALT LAKE CITY-Friday, the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, slated for August 3-9, 2020, was canceled, per a press release. The release confirms this is because of public health concerns that have arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Tour of Utah is the only multi-day men’s cycling stage race […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Friday, per announcements from the Salt Lake City-based Larry H. Miller Group of Companies confirmed it was laying off employees from some of its 80 companies, including the NBA’s Utah Jazz. These statements were confirmed by ESPN NBA analyst Adrian Wojnarowski in a series of tweets Friday. The […]
LOS ANGELES (AP)-Los Angeles Dodgers third-baseman Justin Turner has a game-changing idea for how Major League Baseball can avoid long games. Turner says, if teams are still tied after the 10th inning, games should end in a home run derby. With coronavirus shortening the MLB season and likely forcing teams […]
NEW YORK (AP)-Major League Soccer has extended its training moratorium through April 24 because of the coronavirus outbreak. Team facilities are closed to players and staff — except for players requiring treatment that cannot be administered at their homes. Players are expected to remain in market with their teams during […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)-Athletic directors at the nation’s biggest sports schools are bracing for a potential financial crisis related to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a survey released Thursday by LEAD1, an association of athletic directors from 130 major college football schools, 63% forecast a worst-case scenario in which their revenues decrease […]
LONDON (AP)-Wimbledon was canceled on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time since World War II that the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament won’t be played. The All England Club announced after an emergency meeting that the event it refers to simply as The Championships is being scrapped […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP)-Knowing when the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics will be solves one problem for USA Basketball. And it creates a few others. Let’s assume that the 2020-21 NBA season is over by next July, a premise that also assumes some sort of normalcy returns to the sports world and […]
CHICAGO (AP)-The documentary looking at Michael Jordan’s last championship season with the Chicago Bulls is set for release nearly two months sooner than expected with no sports to air due to the coronavirus pandemic. ESPN and Netflix announced on Tuesday that the 10-part documentary series called “The Last Dance” will […]
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Tuesday, former Utah college basketball stars Yoeli Childs and Sam Merrill were named to the Senior CLASS Award All-American Team. Merrill, one of the brightest stars in Utah State men’s basketball history, made the first team and Childs checked in on the second team. Merrill, a former Bountiful […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.-Former Utah State signal-caller Jordan Love has engaged in video-calls with six NFL teams ahead of next month’s NFL Draft. Statements from Matt Miller of the Bleacher Report confirm Love has connected with the Los Angeles Chargers, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers, Las Vegas Raiders and New […]
