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NHL Announces Additional Details for 2020 Playoff Format
- June 05, 2020
The league said that it continues to negotiate with the players' union to try and come up with an agreement about how to potentially resume play. The final details of the format answered one question: Players preferred re-seeding throughout a 24-team playoff as a means of fairness, though the league likes the brackets that have been in place since 2014. (more...)
- June 05, 2020
The league said that it continues to negotiate with the players' union to try and come up with an agreement about how to potentially resume play. The final details of the format answered one question: Players preferred re-seeding throughout a 24-team playoff as a means of fairness, though the league likes the brackets that have been in place since 2014. (more...)
Coaching staffs can return to team facilities beginning Friday
- June 05, 2020
The County has applied for a modified Phase 1 of the Safe Start plan that would allow for limited openings of more business, and which would likely clear the way for the Seahawks to have coaches return to their facility. While most of the sports world has been at a standstill during the coronavirus pandemic, the National Football League has been able to operate business as usual, with some notable changes. (more...)
- June 05, 2020
The County has applied for a modified Phase 1 of the Safe Start plan that would allow for limited openings of more business, and which would likely clear the way for the Seahawks to have coaches return to their facility. While most of the sports world has been at a standstill during the coronavirus pandemic, the National Football League has been able to operate business as usual, with some notable changes. (more...)
NBA Gunning For 22-Team Comeback In Orlando, Plan Approval Coming
- June 05, 2020
If the team with the eighth-best combined record in its conference is more than four games ahead of the team with the ninth-best combined record in the same conference, then the team with the eighth-best record would earn the eighth playoff seed. (more...)
- June 05, 2020
If the team with the eighth-best combined record in its conference is more than four games ahead of the team with the ninth-best combined record in the same conference, then the team with the eighth-best record would earn the eighth playoff seed. (more...)
Coutinho wants Premier League return, claims agent
- June 05, 2020
The 27-year-old left the Reds to join the Catalan giants in 2018, but has since found himself on loan at Bayern Munich following a hard 2018/19 campaign in Spain . Barcelona are looking for a loan fee and they want the player's wages covered. Now, according to reports from Mundo Deportivo , the Catalan giants are willing to facilitate a second successive loan move. (more...)
- June 05, 2020
The 27-year-old left the Reds to join the Catalan giants in 2018, but has since found himself on loan at Bayern Munich following a hard 2018/19 campaign in Spain . Barcelona are looking for a loan fee and they want the player's wages covered. Now, according to reports from Mundo Deportivo , the Catalan giants are willing to facilitate a second successive loan move. (more...)
Premier League to allow five substitutions on June 17 restart
- June 05, 2020
Also, there will be nine substitutes allowed on the bench instead of seven. Sky Sports has announced 25 of its 64 matches will be free-to-air on its Pick channel, while the BBC has the rights to screen four games on terrestrial TV. Football's world governing body Fifa had proposed the solution last month to "protect player welfare", with a large number of matches packed into a few weeks to clear the backlog of a three-month layoff due to the coronavirus pandemic. (more...)
- June 05, 2020
Also, there will be nine substitutes allowed on the bench instead of seven. Sky Sports has announced 25 of its 64 matches will be free-to-air on its Pick channel, while the BBC has the rights to screen four games on terrestrial TV. Football's world governing body Fifa had proposed the solution last month to "protect player welfare", with a large number of matches packed into a few weeks to clear the backlog of a three-month layoff due to the coronavirus pandemic. (more...)
Report shares Klopp’s plan on Werner to Liverpool
- June 04, 2020
Chelsea have agreed a deal in principle to sign Timo Werner from RB Leipzig . Fourth-placed Chelsea and the three sides above them are the only clubs to have scored more than 50 goals in the Premier League this season, but Lampard is heavily reliant on England striker Tammy Abraham , whose 15 league goals put him eight ahead of the next highest scorer in the squad. (more...)
- June 04, 2020
Chelsea have agreed a deal in principle to sign Timo Werner from RB Leipzig . Fourth-placed Chelsea and the three sides above them are the only clubs to have scored more than 50 goals in the Premier League this season, but Lampard is heavily reliant on England striker Tammy Abraham , whose 15 league goals put him eight ahead of the next highest scorer in the squad. (more...)
RB Leipzig boss Nagelsmann: Losing Werner like Lewandowski leaving Bayern Munich
- June 04, 2020
Chelsea are right to attempt to sign Timo Werner but Liverpool is undoubtedly the best club for the German, according to former West Ham goalkeeper Shaka Hislop. Hislop admits that would be the case but believes Werner would eventually be a regular for Liverpool as their famous front three are several years older than the 24-year-old. (more...)
- June 04, 2020
Chelsea are right to attempt to sign Timo Werner but Liverpool is undoubtedly the best club for the German, according to former West Ham goalkeeper Shaka Hislop. Hislop admits that would be the case but believes Werner would eventually be a regular for Liverpool as their famous front three are several years older than the 24-year-old. (more...)
Aubameyang is "too good" for Arsenal - Jamie Carragher
- June 04, 2020
Aubameyang has been once again impressive in the Premier League as he has scored 17 goals but the gunners however found themselves in a similar contract saga like that of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez which led to some things that the club have presently regretted for a long time and so they will be careful to make the right choice. (more...)
- June 04, 2020
Aubameyang has been once again impressive in the Premier League as he has scored 17 goals but the gunners however found themselves in a similar contract saga like that of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez which led to some things that the club have presently regretted for a long time and so they will be careful to make the right choice. (more...)
Tiger Woods Calls for a "Safer, Unified Society" Amid Protests
- June 04, 2020
Many well-known figures in the sport world, including National Basketball Association star Michael Jordan, have expressed their condemnation and voiced their support for the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Woods watched the Los Angeles riots near his home in Southern California as a promising teenage golfer in 1992, witnessing looting, violence and protests following a brutal police attack on construction worker and activist Rodney King. (more...)
- June 04, 2020
Many well-known figures in the sport world, including National Basketball Association star Michael Jordan, have expressed their condemnation and voiced their support for the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Woods watched the Los Angeles riots near his home in Southern California as a promising teenage golfer in 1992, witnessing looting, violence and protests following a brutal police attack on construction worker and activist Rodney King. (more...)
Mercedes' Vettel interest not lip service - Wolff
- June 04, 2020
He condemned his fellow drivers for their silence on the events in the U.S. and on Tuesday wrote an impassioned denunciation of racism, stating that he had been "overcome with rage" after Floyd's death. "Our priority lies on the Mercedes drivers, Valtteri and Lewis, and then obviously George and the Williams situation we're looking at with interest". (more...)
- June 04, 2020
He condemned his fellow drivers for their silence on the events in the U.S. and on Tuesday wrote an impassioned denunciation of racism, stating that he had been "overcome with rage" after Floyd's death. "Our priority lies on the Mercedes drivers, Valtteri and Lewis, and then obviously George and the Williams situation we're looking at with interest". (more...)
Liverpool will not ease up after sealing EPL title - Klopp
- June 04, 2020
Nike had been set to replace New Balance as Liverpool's kit supplier on May 31, but with the Premier League season set to continue to late July because of the coronavirus pandemic, all three parties have agreed to the change of terms. He added: "If we become champions, whatever celebrations are possible we will do as a team internally and with all our supporters in the moment we are allowed to do so again". (more...)
- June 04, 2020
Nike had been set to replace New Balance as Liverpool's kit supplier on May 31, but with the Premier League season set to continue to late July because of the coronavirus pandemic, all three parties have agreed to the change of terms. He added: "If we become champions, whatever celebrations are possible we will do as a team internally and with all our supporters in the moment we are allowed to do so again". (more...)
Keselowski has late luck to win at Bristol Motor Speedway
- June 04, 2020
The highest finisher among those four in the Atlanta race will win an additional $100,000 and automatically earn a spot to try again for another big payday at the next race. After Logano had retrieved his mandatory face mask, he approached Elliott for a brief conversation. "I really apologize to Justin and the (number) 7 team, that's not how I want to race", Gragson said. (more...)
- June 04, 2020
The highest finisher among those four in the Atlanta race will win an additional $100,000 and automatically earn a spot to try again for another big payday at the next race. After Logano had retrieved his mandatory face mask, he approached Elliott for a brief conversation. "I really apologize to Justin and the (number) 7 team, that's not how I want to race", Gragson said. (more...)
MLS, players reach new labor deal, will resume season with tournament
- June 04, 2020
Major League Soccer and the league's players union reached agreement on a labour deal on Wednesday, averting the prospect of a lockout which threatened to scupper a return to play following the coronavirus shutdown. This year's planned minimum salaries of $81,375 for senior roster players and $63,547 for reserve roster players will be pushed back to 2021. One of the sticking points was a clause that allows either side to opt out of the deal because of unforeseen circumstances, like a ... (more...)
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- June 04, 2020
Major League Soccer and the league's players union reached agreement on a labour deal on Wednesday, averting the prospect of a lockout which threatened to scupper a return to play following the coronavirus shutdown. This year's planned minimum salaries of $81,375 for senior roster players and $63,547 for reserve roster players will be pushed back to 2021. One of the sticking points was a clause that allows either side to opt out of the deal because of unforeseen circumstances, like a ... (more...)
Tobias Harris blasts Drew Brees' comments about kneeling during anthem
- June 04, 2020
It is yet another example of police brutality in this country and the people have had enough as there have been examples of protests all over the world. " Drew Brees , if you don't understand how hurtful, how insensitive your comments are, you are part of the problem", Jenkins stated into the camera. (more...)
- June 04, 2020
It is yet another example of police brutality in this country and the people have had enough as there have been examples of protests all over the world. " Drew Brees , if you don't understand how hurtful, how insensitive your comments are, you are part of the problem", Jenkins stated into the camera. (more...)
President Trump says he visited bunker to inspect it
- June 04, 2020
There have been protests near the White House, and across the USA, for days over the death in custody of George Floyd . "Chokeholds and use of force is important ", she told Newsweek . On Trump's use of hydroxychloroquine, Conley said the president took a two-week course with a course of zinc and vitamin D. "I won't traffic in fear and division". (more...)
- June 04, 2020
There have been protests near the White House, and across the USA, for days over the death in custody of George Floyd . "Chokeholds and use of force is important ", she told Newsweek . On Trump's use of hydroxychloroquine, Conley said the president took a two-week course with a course of zinc and vitamin D. "I won't traffic in fear and division". (more...)
Three West Indies players turn down England tour
- June 04, 2020
West Indies, who will all be tested for the virus before travelling, will head straight to Old Trafford for a three-week training camp which will include their compulsory 14-day spell in quarantine, which could be reduced by the government. (more...)
- June 04, 2020
West Indies, who will all be tested for the virus before travelling, will head straight to Old Trafford for a three-week training camp which will include their compulsory 14-day spell in quarantine, which could be reduced by the government. (more...)
Daughter of George Floyd
- June 04, 2020
As the world struggles to recover from the cruel death of George Floyd in the hands of the Minneapolis Police, the deceased's baby mama has made an emotional plea for justice, sobbing as she insisted he was a good man "no matter what anybody thinks". (more...)
- June 04, 2020
As the world struggles to recover from the cruel death of George Floyd in the hands of the Minneapolis Police, the deceased's baby mama has made an emotional plea for justice, sobbing as she insisted he was a good man "no matter what anybody thinks". (more...)
Dan Carter to play for Blues
- June 04, 2020
Carter , after his first training session with the Blues on a rainswept Alexandra Park, confirmed he is motivated to put his best foot forward for an unexpected last run around in New Zealand rugby, that he is "several weeks" away from being even close to match ready - should his services even be required - and that indeed it felt a little weird to finally be wearing the colours and logo of the northern franchise that chased him pretty hard when he was in the peak of his career. (more...)
- June 04, 2020
Carter , after his first training session with the Blues on a rainswept Alexandra Park, confirmed he is motivated to put his best foot forward for an unexpected last run around in New Zealand rugby, that he is "several weeks" away from being even close to match ready - should his services even be required - and that indeed it felt a little weird to finally be wearing the colours and logo of the northern franchise that chased him pretty hard when he was in the peak of his career. (more...)
Longtime Kings announcer Napear resigns after 'all lives matter' tweet
- June 04, 2020
The Sacramento Kings have reportedly let go of broadcaster Grant Napear , according to Jason Jones of The Athletic . In my knowledge of him ... " Grant Napear , trust me when I say this, this is me, is anything but a racist". Napear issued the following statement through the Kings: "I want to thank the fans for their overwhelming love and support". The tweet came during a weekend of unrest throughout the United States after the May 25 death of George Floyd , who was killed when a ... (more...)
- June 04, 2020
The Sacramento Kings have reportedly let go of broadcaster Grant Napear , according to Jason Jones of The Athletic . In my knowledge of him ... " Grant Napear , trust me when I say this, this is me, is anything but a racist". Napear issued the following statement through the Kings: "I want to thank the fans for their overwhelming love and support". The tweet came during a weekend of unrest throughout the United States after the May 25 death of George Floyd , who was killed when a ... (more...)
Manchester United target Victor Osimhen could be on his way to England
- June 04, 2020
The Nigeria global has scored 18 goals in 38 competitive games for Lille this season, earning links with Napoli , Liverpool , Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United and Everton. "I am not being a sales guy because a year ago people didn't believe that we had the offers we had with [Nicolas] Pepe and it turns out we had multiple of them", Lopez said. (more...)
- June 04, 2020
The Nigeria global has scored 18 goals in 38 competitive games for Lille this season, earning links with Napoli , Liverpool , Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United and Everton. "I am not being a sales guy because a year ago people didn't believe that we had the offers we had with [Nicolas] Pepe and it turns out we had multiple of them", Lopez said. (more...)
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