NFL vice president Troy Vincent has sent a letter to several prospects inviting them to participate "live" in the NFL draft in three weeks.
The Associated Press on Tuesday obtained the letter sent by the league's football operations chief to prospective early selections in the draft, which will be held ...
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FIFA says it has a "duty" to use its vast financial reserves to assist a football industry ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic wiping out games and creating unexpected economic hardship in the world's biggest sport.
The spread of COVID-19 has impacted the wealthiest clubs, with Barcelona and Juventus players ...
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FIFA is looking to tap into its vast financial reserves to assist a football industry ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic wiping out games and creating unexpected economic hardship in the world's biggest sport.
The spread of COVID-19 has impacted the wealthiest clubs, with Barcelona and Juventus players taking wage ...
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The long-awaited look at Michael Jordan's last championship season with the Chicago Bulls is finally set for release.
ESPN and Netflix announced on Tuesday that the 10-part documentary series called "The Last Dance" will run in the U.S. over five consecutive Sunday nights starting April 19 and running through May ...
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida girls high school coach secretly recorded videos of a female student on his cellphone, authorities said.
Darrell Andrew Crews, 38, was jailed Sunday on a charge of video voyeurism, news outlets reported. He has since been released on a $1,500 bond.
Crews coached ...
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Andy Hunter, founder of a new online sales outlet for independent booksellers, had seen a crisis building well before the coronavirus pandemic shut down many of the country's stores.
""Between 2015 and 2018, I saw this big jump in the percentage of weekly sales for physical books that were ...
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Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy says salaries for non-playing staff are being cut due to the coronavirus pandemic as the club has disclosed his pay package more than doubled to 7 million pounds ($9 million) last year.
The disclosure on Tuesday about Levy's salary and bonus for the north London club's ...
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Florida sheriff is asking for new leads in the disappearance of the former husband of a big cat sanctuary owner featured in the new Netflix series "Tiger King."
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister posted on his personal Twitter account Monday that the popularity of the ...
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Organizers of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Roger Federer's hometown of Basel say ticket sales will start on schedule on Thursday.
The tournament is due to run from Oct. 26 to Nov. 1. Organizers ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - With schools shuttered for another six weeks due to the new coronavirus, North Carolina's public television network is airing educational programs designed to complement work that students are doing at home or online.
University of North Carolina Television started airing shows this week on its ...
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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 that the global ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Dutch museum says Vincent van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 5-11:
April 5: Horror filmmaker Roger Corman is 94. Country singer Tommy Cash is 80. Actor Michael Moriarty ("Law and Order") is 79. Singer Allan Clarke of The Hollies is 78. Actor Max Gail ("Sons and Daughters," ''Barney Miller") is 77. Actress Jane ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony rescheduled for July 23, 2021; closing ceremony on Aug. 8.
NEW YORK (AP) - The Yemeni-American poet Threa Almontaser has won the Walt Whitman Award for best first book. Almontaser's "The Wild Fox of Yemen" comes out in April 2021.
Presented by the Academy of American Poets, the award includes a six-week residency in Umbria, Italy, and $5,000. In ...
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MINSK, Belarus (AP) - With most sports around the world shutting down because of the coronavirus pandemic, longtime Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is proudly keeping soccer and hockey arenas open.
The Eastern European nation of nearly 9.5 million even started a whole new soccer season this month as coronavirus cases ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Police are investigating a break-in at a Dutch art museum that is currently closed because of restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, the museum and police said Monday.
It wasn't immediately clear if any paintings or art were stolen in the raid ...
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LONDON (AP) - Formula One team Mercedes has helped to develop a breathing aid that could keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care and ease some pressure on Britain's strained health service.
Mercedes worked with engineers at the University College London and clinicians at University College London Hospital to adapt ...
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BUSAN, South Korea (AP) - The table tennis world team championships have been postponed again after the sport's governing body suspended all planned events involving international travel until June 30 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The world team championships in Busan, South Korea, had already been delayed from May 22-29 to ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt University in Tennessee named Lorenzo Candelaria as dean of the Blair School of Music.
Candelaria has been a tenured professor of music and dean at Purchase College, State University of New York, for two years. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale and also taught at ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo Olympic President Yoshiro Mori said Monday he expects to talk with IOC President Thomas Bach this week about potential dates and other details for the rescheduled games next year.
The International Olympic Committee and Japanese organizers last week postponed the Olympics until 2021 because of ...
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The most famous timeout called in the history of the NCAA Tournament has been variously called the biggest mistake, the biggest choke, the most embarrassing gaffe, all because that timeout didn't actually exist.
Eric Montross calls it a perfectly executed defensive strategy.
It was the waning seconds of the 1993 ...
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MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Rachel Folden figured something out early on during her first spring training with the Chicago Cubs - long before the coronavirus pandemic wiped out team activities.
None of the players care all that much that one of their coaches is a woman. As for the girls ...
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A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The following game was voted No. 3 and the ...
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Public Television says it will be offering more academic programming since the virus outbreak has forced officials to close schools for the rest of the academic year.
An announcement released Friday said the network is modifying the schedule on its main channel starting April ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Not everybody would be up for eating a hundred-year-old piece of meat or a mouthful of corn chips from the golden age of disco, but Gary Mitchell, better known as "Old Smokey," loves that kind of thing.
The 37-year-old Mason County native is the co-host of ...
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MADRID (AP) - Atlético Madrid says former defender José Luis Capón has died. He was 72.
The club has not disclosed the cause of death.
Capón was part of the Atlético team that won the Spanish league in 1973 and 1977. He also helped the club win the 1974 Intercontinental ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan pop star and opposition leader Bobi Wine, who released a song urging Africa's people to wash their hands to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, is criticizing African governments for not maintaining better health care systems for the continent's 1.3 billion people.
In his ...
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James Dolan, the executive chairman of Madison Square Garden Company and owner of the New York Knicks, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Knicks announced Dolan's diagnosis Saturday night. It is not clear when he was tested or when he received the diagnosis.
Dolan is the first U.S. major ...
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Italy's sports minister is planning to extend the ban on games and competitions in the country through all of April.
The current nationwide lockdown is due to expire on Friday but Italian health experts have ...
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's leading composer and conductor, Krzysztof Penderecki died Sunday after a "long and serious illness," sources close to his family said. He was 86.
In a statement emailed to The Associated Press, the Ludwig van Beethoven Association called Penderecki as "Great Pole, an outstanding creator ...
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The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas will stick with coach Shaka Smart next season after the Longhorns won five of their final six games and were fighting for a spot in the NCAA Tournament before it was canceled amid the coronavirus scare.
Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte told the Austin ...
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Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity laid into Gov. Andrew Cuomo on his eponymous program late Friday, accusing the New York Democrat of "whining, bitching and complaining" about how the federal government is handling the growing number of COVID-19 patients in his state as it becomes the epicenter of the ...
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A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The following game was voted No. 4 and the ...
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Two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka says she is disappointed that the Olympics in her native Japan were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, but she supports the decision to delay the Summer Games to ...
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The decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics until next year because of the coronavirus pandemichas left American cyclists with an abundance of mixed feelings.
Relief that a move had been finally made. Disappointment that a lifetime ambition will be delayed. Frustration that months and even years of planning have been ...
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The Walt Disney Company said Friday that both Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida will remain closed indefinitely due to the novel coronavirus.
"While there is still much uncertainty with respect to the impacts of COVID-19, the safety and well-being of our guests and employees ...
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Henry Ton was looking for a way to help himself and neighbors stay fit and active after his gym closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The 46-year-old software engineer in suburban Phoenix organized a small running group he jokingly calls his "Social Distance Distance Running Club."
Runners across the country ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - By themselves, each has an impressive story.
Mayu Fielding started with the Pirates as an administrative assistant in 2007 and quickly moved into her current role as education coordinator, helping foreign players transition to life in America. Kinza Baad graduated from the University of Virginia in 2017 ...
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In less than two weeks, the coronavirus has claimed six lives at one Long Island retirement community and left residents there isolated from loved-ones barred from visiting.
"I have a feeling that I very likely may never see my mother again," said children's author James Preller, whose 94-year-old mother, Ann ...
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GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) - In a quiet suburb just north of Richmond, Virginia, a mother and her three children spend a weekday afternoon planting a small garden of spinach, red cabbage and lettuce. Across town, a dad teaches his kids how to play volleyball on an empty court. In ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - An A-League soccer player has become the first Australian professional footballer to test positive for the new coronavirus.
The unnamed player, who plays for the Newcastle Jets in New South Wales state, was tested Friday as a precaution before an international flight. He played in recent A-League ...
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A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The following game was voted No. 5 and the ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Even though the protests have stopped amid the coronavirus outbreak, many Bayern Munich fans are still pushing for their club to take its Qatari sponsor to task for human rights abuses in the country.
Bayern is sponsored by state-owned carrier Qatar Airways and has been holding mid-season ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kristen Bell is hosting a Nickelodeon special with a "kid's-eye view" of the coronavirus pandemic to address youngsters' concerns and help families weather the crisis, the channel said Friday.
Bell and her guests practiced social distancing, using video to connect for the hourlong program airing ...
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FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) - A University of Connecticut doctor has been accused of intentionally coughing on two other UConn Health workers and disregarding social distancing and other safety precautions aimed at preventing spread of the coronavirus.
UConn police issued a misdemeanor breach of peace summons on Thursday to Dr. Cory ...
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ROME (AP) - Doctors and nurses in Italy's overwhelmed northern hospitals have welcomed a slight stabilizing in the number of coronavirus infections but fear the virus is still silently spreading in the south two weeks into the West's most extreme nationwide shutdown.
As the dead in Italy keep piling up, ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona will reduce the salaries of its players amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The Spanish club said late Thursday that its executive board decided to temporarily suspend player contracts, which leads to a "proportional reduction of the remuneration provided for in the respective contracts."
The player contracts ...
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Spanish soccer club Barcelona says it will reduce the salaries of its players amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Barcelona says its executive board has decided to temporarily suspend player contracts. That produces a "proportional reduction of ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Things began to unravel this week when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until next year - a decision announced by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a joint agreement with IOC President Thomas Bach.
The Olympic behemoth involves 11,000 Olympic athletes and 4,400 Paralympic athletes. Add to ...
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A season-ending knee injury had Ben O'Donnell convinced he'd be watching the Tokyo Olympics from a distance, with absolutely no chance of pulling on the Australian jersey for the Rugby Sevens competition.
Forgive him for being a tiny bit pleased this week when the Tokyo Games were postponed to 2021 ...
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PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) - Dreama Denver couldn't tout her new children's book at a pair of canceled events, so she's going online to read it.
The widow of actor Bob Denver is set to read "Four Bears in a Box" on Friday afternoon on Facebook Live.
The book's launch ...
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DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Four German soccer clubs have pledged a combined 20 million euros ($21.9 million) to support other teams struggling to stay afloat after games in the country were suspended because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen will forgo 12.5 million euros ...
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One week before the NFL draft is scheduled to go off without any public events, the WNBA will hold its draft on April 17 in a similar way: virtual only.
The draft was supposed to be hosted at Nike headquarters in New York City. Instead, due to the coronavirus pandemic, WNBA ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The morning dawned bright and sunny over Kauffman Stadium, just to the east of downtown Kansas City. The outfield grass was a perfectly manicured ocean of green, the infield dirt brushed as if by a fine-toothed comb. In the air was a pervasive feeling of ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic, the nightclubs in the German capital have decided to keep the beat going - at least online.
Berlin's nightclubs were closed March 13 to help slow the spread of the virus. In response, some of them formed a streaming platform ...
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DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Even if it takes an extra year, Nino Salukvadze will still be aiming for an Olympic record.
The Georgian shooter has competed at every Olympics since 1988, where she won a gold medal for the Soviet Union. At the Tokyo Olympics - now postponed until 2021 ...
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This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan & Pakistan Region between March 19-25, 2020.
This week's selection includes images from across the region as cases of the new coronavirus appeared in several more countries, leaving ...
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The Turkish Boxing Federation says national team member Serhat Guler and trainer Seyfullah Dumlupinar tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from an Olympic qualifying competition in London.
The federation says the boxing team went ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The Tokyo Olympics need new dates for the opening and closing ceremonies in 2021.
Nothing much can get done until those dates are worked out by the International Olympic Committee, the Japanese government and Tokyo organizers.
"We must decide this soon, otherwise it will be hard to ...
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He survived the Asian financial crisis, which wiped out entire economies and tore his family apart.
As his mixed martial arts promotions go audience free, One Championship founder Chatri Sityodtong says he's finding ways to thrive during the coronavirus pandemic that is shutting down sports around the globe.
Experiences seared ...
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Four-time West Virginia Amateur golf champion Sam O'Dell is among nine people named for induction into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame.
Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick announced the 2020 class on Wednesday.
O'Dell attended Marshall from 1997 to 2000 and led the golf team ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The Santa Fe New Mexican has announced nearly a dozen layoffs, salary reductions and a shortened workweek amid an economic downturn caused by the spread of COVID-19.
Publisher Tom Cross said Tuesday the moves are intended to keep the family-owned newspaper, its website and other ...
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The staff adviser to Iowa State University's student government has resigned and received a $47,000 severance payout after student activists demanded his firing over an old Instagram post showing him in blackface.
Alex Krumm and university President Wendy Wintersteen agreed that his employment was no ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A man who hit a father and his 4-year-old son with his car as the pair crossed a New Orleans street was captured after four months on the run, authorities said.
Christopher Andres, 30, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Austin, Texas, on Monday, ...
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"In Our Prime," W.W. Norton, by Susan J. Douglas
With books like "Where the Girls Are" and "The Mommy Myth," Susan J. Douglas has devoted her career to making crucial observations on feminism and the lives of women. Now she's back with "In Our Prime: How Older Women Are Reinventing ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - An event considered the world's leading international competition for young violinists has been postponed for a year in light of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced Wednesday.
The Menuhin Competition had been scheduled for May 14-24 in Richmond, Virginia. The event known as the "Olympics ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns says his mother is hospitalized and in a medically-induced coma after contracting the new coronavirus.
Towns talked about the condition of his mother, Jacqueline Cruz, early Wednesday on his Instagram page and urged his followers to take COVID-19 seriously and practice ...
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"The K Team," Minotaur, by David Rosenfelt
Readers who have followed David Rosenfelt's 21 novels about New Jersey attorney and dog rescuer Andy Carpenter will find much to like - and familiar characters - in "The K Team." While Andy does appear in this spin-off that launches a new series, ...
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The Kontinental Hockey League has given up on trying to reschedule its playoffs and canceled the remainder of the season.
The Russia-based KHL is widely considered to be the strongest league outside the NHL. It ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Michael Jackson estate is donating $300,000 to help entertainment industry workers on Broadway, the music business and in Las Vegas who have been hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.
The estate announced Wednesday that it will give $100,000 apiece to Broadway Cares, the food bank Three ...
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TOKYO (AP) - With the Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021, now comes the multi-billion-dollar question: Who pays the bills for the delay, and how large will they be?
The most likely answer is - primarily Japanese taxpayers.
"Of course there will be costs," organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto said when ...
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NEW DELHI (AP) - India cricket captain Virat Kohli and his Bollywood actress wife Anushka Sharma have posted a video message to their compatriots urging them to stay at home for the next three weeks in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The country of 1.3 ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Abe says IOC president has agreed "100%" to proposal of postponing Olympics for about 1 year.
TOKYO (AP) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will propose a one-year postponement for the Tokyo Olympics during talks with IOC President Thomas Bach, Japan's NHK public television reported Tuesday.
Abe said a postponement is unavoidable if the 2020 Games cannot be held in a complete manner amid the coronavirus pandemic.
...TOKYO (AP) - Japan's NHK television says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will propose 1-year Olympic postponement during talks with IOC.
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak in Wisconsin (all times local):
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Organizers of the music festival that draws hundreds of thousands of people to Milwaukee's lakefront each summer has postponed the event for the first time in its 52-year history. Summerfest was scheduled to ...
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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Patty Mills for Prime Minister. In a statesman's-style address, the San Antonio Spurs guard delivered a message to Olympians and to his fellow Australians who are dealing with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
With the NBA season suspended, and serious travel restrictions in play, Mills ...
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PARIS (AP) - Renowned jazz man Manu Dibango, to many the beloved "Papy Groove" who served as an inspiration and pioneer in his art, died on Tuesday with the coronavirus, his official Facebook page announced. He was 86.
The saxophonist who inspired what is known as "world music" was recently ...
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BEIJING (AP) - The publishers of three major American newspapers have written an open letter asking China to reverse its recent decision to expel many of their correspondents working in the country.
The letter posted online Tuesday referred to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, saying the expulsions threaten access to ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start Thursday as planned in northeastern Fukushima prefecture - but with no torch, no torchbearers, no public, and little ceremony.
There will be an Olympic flame - that arrived on March 12 from Greece - carried in a lantern and transported ...
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A soccer player formerly on Nigeria's national team was killed in a car crash and another was kidnapped by gunmen while driving in a separate incident on the same day, their clubs said Monday.
Ifeanyi George, who played two games for Nigeria in 2017, was killed ...
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Pearl Jam, "Gigaton" (Monkeywrench/Republic Records)
Trust Pearl Jam to still surprise us in 2020. The Seattle rock gods have made an album we didn't know we needed.
"Gigaton" is a fascinating and ambitious 12-track collection with a cleaner, crisper sound that is studded with interesting textures, topped by Eddie ...
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COLUMBUS (AP) - Newspapers in Columbus, Canton, Sandusky, Cleveland and Massillon were named the best in the state in the annual Ohio Associated Press Media Editors newspaper competition.
General Excellence awards for 2019 went to The Columbus Dispatch, The Canton Repository, Sandusky Register, Cleveland Jewish News and The (Massillon) Independent.
...WASHINGTON (AP) - Top Trump administration officials and congressional leaders struggled Monday to finalize a nearly $2 trillion economic rescue package as the coronavirus crisis deepened, even as President Donald Trump seemed to suggest he had qualms about extending the current 15-day suggested shutdown.
"I didn't expect to be starting ...
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TURIN, Italy (AP) - Nearly 14 years after Italy's biggest soccer scandal, appeals are still ongoing.
Former Juventus director Antonio Giraudo, who was banned from the sport for life following a 2006 match-fixing scandal, submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights on Monday.
Giraudo claims that by ...
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Former Olympic swimming champion Cameron van der Burgh said he has contracted the coronavirus and added his voice to concerns for athletes' well-being if the Tokyo Games go ahead as scheduled.
Van der Burgh, who retired from competitive swimming in 2018, posted a series of messages on social media on ...
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GENEVA (AP) - The future of soccer could be fewer games and fewer top competitions to help avoid a financial crisis, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a newspaper interview published Monday.
With soccer around the world in near-total shutdown and no end in sight because of the coronavirus pandemic, ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - The coronavirus outbreak has grounded the 2020 presidential race - but not ended it. What we're watching heading into a new week of what we used to call the campaign trail:
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Days to next set of primaries (if Alaska, Hawaii and Wyoming don't reschedule): 12
...SYDNEY (AP) - Australia's National Rugby League became one of the last professional contact sports to shut down in response to the spread of the coronavirus, suspending its 16-team competition on Monday.
While football authorities in other parts of the world bowed to government edicts against travel or public gatherings ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The hottest party in town Saturday night was on DJ D-Nice's Instagram, where over 100,000 accounts tuned in during his epic 10-hour set including the likes of Michelle Obama, Oprah, Rihanna and Will Smith.
Oprah tweeted that it was the "best party of 1 and 100K ...
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Jeff Sheppard works as a financial planner now, more than two decades removed from the time he helped Kentucky win the NCAA Tournament.
Yet he still gets asked regularly about his role in the Wildcats' 1998 national championship.
"They remember where they were when they watched the championship game ...
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Travis Bigwood was ready to take his music full time. The Knoxville musician left his finance job, went full steam ahead and, when it came to gigs, was agreeing to "anything under the sun."
He just turned 27 this year and thought to himself: What better ...
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A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. The AP game stories are being republished because the sport has been shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic. The following game was voted No. 7 ...
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Tennessee Titans offensive tackle Dennis Kelly has been hunkered down with his family in the Indianapolis area since the birth of his third daughter a month ago.
He has been self-isolating before the spread of COVID-19, the coronavirus.
"We're already kind of in a self-imposed quarantine on our own, because ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has a message about the coronavirus pandemic: It's like a scary movie.
In an apparent attempt to soothe a nervous public, Justice offered a rambling response to the virus in a statewide address Saturday night which he declined to order ...
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The $12 million Dubai World Cup, the world's richest purse in horse racing, will be postponed until next year. That's according to an announcement from the Dubai Media Office, a governmental agency. Officials had planned ...
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MILFORD, Del. (AP) - Even after playing music for the last seven decades, Junior Wilson still loves it. In fact, if you don't like it, that's your problem.
"I never get bored of music in any way. If you're into music and you get bored with it, you're just a ...
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Former star of "The Bachelor" Colton Underwood and talk-show host Andy Cohen have joined the growing group of celebrities who have tested positive for coronavirus.
Underwood posted a video on his social media pages saying he has been following all social distancing rules for a week, but tested positive on ...
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A worldwide group representing Olympic hopefuls is calling on the IOC to postpone the Tokyo Olympics until the coronavirus pandemic is under control.
"As the world unites to limit the spread of Covid-19 virus, the IOC ... must do the same," Global Athlete said in a news release Sunday. ...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Pro wrestler Hulk Hogan has settled a lawsuit against a talk show host and two others he'd accused of taking part in leaking video of him having sex and using racist language.
The Tampa Bay Times reported that the full details of the settlement aren't ...
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They're some of New York City's most iconic eateries, feeding New Yorkers and on visitors' must-see lists for decades, some for more than a century.
They've been through a lot in those years - wars, financial crises, blackouts, a terrorist attack. But this pandemic, and the steps New York and ...
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LARGO, Fla. (AP) - As restaurants across the country stacked chairs on tables and shut their doors to try to contain the deadly coronavirus, what would be the final visitors streamed into the Conservative Grounds coffee shop in Largo, Florida.
Fox News played on the televisions. Patrons posed for photos ...
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MADRID (AP) - A Spanish third-division soccer team had just started selling a special membership package for the decisive portion of the season, hoping to bring in some extra income.
Another was counting on the boost from revenue on the back of ticket sales for the upcoming derby against ...
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Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as "Lucille," "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream" and embraced his persona as "The Gambler" on record and on TV, died Friday night. He was 81.
He died at home in Sandy Springs, ...
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BROWNING, Mont. (AP) - The sound of school bus horns carried on the wind through the neighborhoods in and around this small rural town on the eastern edge of Glacier National Park, a clarion call to the community's children and families that breakfast was ready.
"I know they have kids ...
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - The president of Mexico's Liga MX soccer league announced Friday he has tested positive for coronavirus.
League President Enrique Bonilla said in a statement that "I don't have serious symptoms." He says he'll remain in isolation and keep up with the situation of Mexican first-division ...
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Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton says he has been self-isolating for more than a week after meeting people who later tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Hamilton was at a charity event in London on ...
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OSLO (AP) - The Norwegian Olympic Committee wants the Tokyo Games only to take place once the coronavirus outbreak "is under firm control" worldwide.
The NIF laid out its position in a letter sent to IOC President Thomas Bach on Friday, entitled "Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and COVID-19" and signed ...
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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Alicia Repun's phone barks an insistent reminder to her: "It is 10 o'clock!" Repun quickly gazes into the face of the phone and starts scanning for the names of her students.
"Are you there? Hi, hi, everybody!" she chirps.
In just a minute or two, several ...
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -
Six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady has signed a two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, saying he is emarking on a "new football journey."
The 42-year-old quarterback who spent the first 20 years of his career with the New England Patriots announced his decision ...
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German soccer players Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich have donated 1 million euros ($1.1 million) to start a campaign called "We kick Corona" to help social workers and health services cope with the new virus. ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - A person familiar with the deal says the Atlanta Falcons have agreed to a one-year deal with three-time Pro Bowl running back Todd Gurley,
The person told The Associated Press about the agreement on Friday on condition of anonymity because the deal will not be official ...
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The NBA and NHL seasons is suspended by the coronavirus pandemic, but the Washington Wizards and Capitals may have found the next best thing.
NBC Sports Washington and Monumental Sports Network will air "NBA 2K20" simulations of previously scheduled Wizards games and "NHL 20" sims of Capitals games on live ...
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ROME (AP) - Standing together before nearly 100 members of the International Olympic Committee, Sofia Goggia and Michela Moioli felt like they were on top of the world.
Each an Olympic gold medalist, Goggia the skier and Moioli the snowboarder dabbed in unison for a moment that was later considered ...
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All rugby in England below the top-flight Premiership has been canceled for the season.
Bill Sweeney, chief executive of the Rugby Football Union, says the decision was taken "to assist with long-term planning and provide ...
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Borislav Stankovic, the former longtime International Basketball Federation secretary general responsible for bringing NBA players to the Olympics, has died, the international body said. He was 94.
Stankovic was at the helm of FIBA from 1976 to 2002 and was a member of the International ...
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It was only a matter of time before Mike Rowe's millions of fans asked him to apply his long track record of logic and reason to the coronavirus pandemic.
The man behind the mikeroweWORKS Foundation and hit television shows like "Dirty Jobs" and "Somebody's Gotta Do It" says America's media ...
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CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Live horse racing is back on without the fans at a West Virginia track a few days after the facility was shut down due to the new coronavirus.
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races announced Thursday that horse racing would resume Friday night, The Journal ...
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The NFL is now allowing teams to announce free agent signings, after a few days of keeping things unofficial because players can't travel for physicals.
That's good for players and it's good for the league. Fans have something to talk about, and players have some certainty about where they might ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Australia's swimmers are more concerned about a level playing field than ruling the pool at the Olympics.
The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 10,000 people and infected more than 240,000, sending some cities into lock down, some countries to close borders and most major sports events ...
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EDITOR'S NOTE - A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The following game story, from 1993, ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sports are on hold, theaters are closed and so are amusement parks, a disaster-movie scenario that has Hollywood reeling. But Americans held captive at home by the coronavirus can turn to Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and other streaming services, outliers in an entertainment industry brought to an ...
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CARDIFF, Wales (AP) - Peter Whittingham, a former Premier League soccer player who suffered a serious head injury in a fall on March 7, has died. He was 35.
Whittingham, who retired from playing in 2018, had been in the hospital since his fall, his long-time club Cardiff said Thursday.
...TAMPA, Fla. - Gronk is going to WrestleMania.
Rob Gronkowski, the retired New England Patriots tight end, is set to host WrestleMania in April from WWE's performance center.
The WWE's annual wrestling extravaganza - often called the Super Bowl of wrestling - was originally scheduled for April 5 at the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - With global soccer shut down these days, fans desperate for a fix of the beautiful game may find it from a rather unlikely source - the creator of the stately "Downton Abbey."
Julian Fellowes has created and co-written the new Netflix series "The English Game," ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Academy of Country Music had to postpone their upcoming awards show because of the spreading coronavirus, but CBS will air a new television special featuring country stars performing from their homes.
The academy announced Thursday that in place of their postponed awards show on ...
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It was the dream scenario for David Silva at the end of his trophy-filled, decade-long career at Manchester City.
Picture it: "El Mago" (the Magician), as fans fondly refer to perhaps the club's greatest player, holding aloft the Champions League trophy -- the big piece of silverware to elude him ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge is allowing a lawsuit filed by a student alleging school officials wrongly distributed T-shirts promoting a Republican lawmaker accused of sexual misconduct.
The shirts were for a state Capitol field trip. Rep. David Byrd's attorneys had argued the student didn't attend the field ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - While professional sport has been suspended around much of the world due to the coronavirus, basketball is moving closer to a return in east Asia even if, for now, fans are not allowed to attend.
South Korea has been working desperately to contain the virus ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - The Perth Wildcards have been declared National Basketball League champions two days after the last two games of the finals series were canceled because the Sydney Kings refused to travel to Western Australia amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Perth was leading the best-of-five game series 2-1 and was ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - A large outdoor music festival in Atlanta has been postponed until fall, joining Savannah's St. Patrick's Day parade, the Masters golf tournament and other large-scale events sidelined by concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers of the Shaky Knees Festival on Wednesday said the event featuring headliners The ...
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MILAN (AP) - AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimović set up an online fundraiser on Wednesday to help hospitals at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, with the target of raising 1 million euros ($1.09 million).
According to the website accepting donations, Ibrahimović donated 100,000 euros ($109,000) to the ...
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OSSINING, N.Y. (AP) - Busting out of Sing Sing has been a dream of inmates since cell doors started clanging shut along the Hudson River in the 1820s. Now there's a plan to usher visitors inside the high walls well known in the past to gangsters, Hollywood stars and prisoners ...
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DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Although anti-doping organizations around the world are dialling back on testing because of the coronavirus outbreak, Olympic athletes can still expect a knock on the door.
The International Olympic Committee has said it remains "fully committed" to opening the Tokyo Games on July 24, so testers ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The mother of comedian Kathy Griffin, who inspired many of the jokes in her famous daughter's standup routines, has died. Maggie Griffin was 99.
"My Mom, the one and only, Maggie Griffin, passed away" Tuesday, Kathy Griffin tweeted. "I am gutted. My best friend. I'm shaking. ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Alex Kotlowitz's "An American Summer," an intimate chronicle of gun violence in Chicago, has won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. Kerri K. Greenidge's "Black Radical," a biography of civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter, received an award for history.
Both the Lukas prize and Mark ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The torch relay was not always a fixture of the modern Olympics, which began in 1896.
The relay tradition started at Adolph Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics - the Games of the XI Olympiad - and was the brainchild of Carl Diem, who was the head of the ...
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The technology that animated movies like "Toy Story" and enabled a variety of special effects is the focus of this year's Turing Award, the technology industry's version of the Nobel Prize.
Patrick Hanrahan and Edwin Catmull won the prize for their contributions to 3-D computer graphics used in movies and ...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Norwegian musher Thomas Waerner wins Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska.
BEIJING (AP) - At least 13 American journalists stand to be expelled from China in retaliation for a new limit imposed by the Trump administration on visas for Chinese state-owned media operating in the U.S.
The Chinese government announced Wednesday that Americans working at three major U.S. newspapers would have ...
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DUBLIN (AP) - St. Patrick's Day celebrations around the world have fallen victim to the new coronavirus - but even a pandemic could not quash the desire to celebrate the color green, Guinness and all things Irish.
Parades and parties were canceled around the globe Tuesday as governments imposed restrictions ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A week before Ohio recorded any coronavirus cases, Gov. Mike DeWine delivered his first warning, banning spectators from an international fitness and bodybuilding festival that brings in more than $50 million for the state's largest city.
Organizers of the annual Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus pushed ...
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MADRID (AP) - It wasn't long ago that José Mourinho lamented Tottenham's struggles because of a series of injuries to his squad, saying he couldn't put a team together anymore.
In Spain, Barcelona coach Quique Setién had already accepted that his team would play most of the rest of the ...
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FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) - Tom Brady says on Twitter 'my football journey will take place elsewhere.'
TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo Olympic organizers are pushing ahead with the Japanese leg of the torch relay despite the threat of the spreading coronavirus.
The Olympic flame, which is due to arrive on Friday from Greece, is scheduled to navigate the country for four months from March 26 until the ...
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Borders have slammed shut, schools and businesses have closed and increasingly draconian restrictions on movement have been enforced to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
Here are some of the latest developments on Tuesday:
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Tens of millions of people are hunkered down, so gripped ...
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The NCAA made more than $1 billion last year, almost $867 million from the men's Division I basketball tournament, and most of that from a massive television rights deal with CBS and Turner that runs through the 2032 tournament.
The cornonavirus not only wiped out the games, but it will ...
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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - The Pakistan Super League has been postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Pakistan Cricket Board says the Twenty20 tournament has been "postponed, to be rescheduled."
Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium was due to host the two semifinals on Tuesday and the final on Wednesday, but the PCB ...
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, were released from an Australian hospital on Tuesday, five days after they were diagnosed with the new coronavirus, media reported.
Queensland state's health department would not comment on media reports that the 63-year-old celebrities had been discharged from the ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - The last two games of Australia's National Basketball League grand final series have been canceled, with a championship winner yet to be confirmed.
The defending champion Perth Wildcats had a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five game series over the Sydney Kings.
The second and third games of ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Cancellations and postponements in the entertainment industry continue to mount as the world reacts to the new coronavirus spreading globally.
Elton John and the Foo Fighters announced cancellations Monday for upcoming performances, joining other artists like The Who, Blake Shelton and Dan + Shay.
Last ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Overheard as the entertainment world stalled in response to the coronavirus outbreak: "What are we gonna do now, read books?"
That's exactly what Pamela Milam will be doing, and lots of them.
Milam is a selection reader for the Women's National Book Association, a nonprofit established ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers are holding onto outside linebacker Bud Dupree. The team placed the franchise tag on Dupree on Monday, just hours before the NFL-mandated deadline for teams to use the designation.
The move means Dupree, who collected a career-high 11 1/2 sacks in 2019, could make ...
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All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz says he showed no symptoms of being sick before testing positive for the coronavirus, and he continues to have no signs of illness since going into isolation.
Mitchell, speaking to ABC's "Good Morning America" in an interview broadcast Monday, also revealed that ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - New York City entered a new phase in the coronavirus pandemic Monday with all the city's public schools closed for at least a month and bars and restaurants about to be off limits except for takeout service. Gov. Andrew Cuomo lobbied for federal help with hospital ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Authors James Patterson and Kwame Alexander are teaming up on a book for young people about Muhammad Ali.
"Becoming Muhammad Ali" is being called a "biographical novel" by the rival imprints JIMMY Paterson Books and HMH Books for Young Readers, which will jointly publish the ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - The leader of the IOC's coordination commission for the Tokyo Olympics said there is no May deadline to cancel the games and he remains confident the event will go ahead despite sports coming to a virtual standstill globally amid the coronavirus outbreak.
John Coates, who will have ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Isabel Wilkerson's first book since her Pulitzer Prize winning "The Warmth of Other Suns" is a years-long project that will explore what she calls the "unseen skeleton" of hierarchy in American life.
Random House announced Monday that Wilkerson's "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" comes out ...
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A second team has withdrawn from the Kontinental Hockey League playoffs because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The KHL is widely considered to be the strongest hockey league outside the ...
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LEWELLEN, Neb. (AP) - The works of two Nebraska photographers and an artist are on display through April 11 at Ash Hollow State Historical Park in Garden County.
Lincoln photographer Michael Forsberg's exhibit consists of more than 20 prints of wildlife and landscapes. Artist Jean Jensen, of Lewellen, is showing ...
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For all those who dreamed the impossible - making it a whole month without getting a single game wrong in the bracket - this is your year.
Everything else about the NCAA Tournament that won't happen this season - from Selection Sunday, to the jaw-dropping bracket busters and buzzer beaters, ...
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan ordered the state's casinos, racetracks and simulcast betting facilities to close to the public "indefinitely" Sunday in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
"It is critical to public health and safety that bars, restaurants, and other non-essential businesses across the state comply with the executive ...
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NFL players have approved a new labor agreement with the league that features a 17-game regular season, higher salaries, increased roster sizes and larger pensions for current and former players.
The deal, which runs through the 2030 season, was accepted by the 32 team owners last month. The NFL Players ...
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Valencia's Argentine defender Ezequiel Garay says that he has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the first Spanish league player to become infected.
"I have tested positive for ...
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CANBERRA, Australia — Tom Hanks said he and wife Rita Wilson were taking their new coronavirus infection "one day at a time" while Australian television hosts who had interviewed Wilson were awaiting test results.
Australia has stepped up its response to COVID-19 by recommending people avoid organized, nonessential gatherings of ...
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Christian Wood of the Detroit Pistons has tested positive for the coronavirus, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said Saturday night.
Wood is feeling fine, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither the Pistons nor Wood had publicly confirmed ...
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NEW YORK — The Walt Disney Co. will release "Frozen 2" on Disney Plus several months early to give families cooped up by the coronavirus a welcome distraction - and give its streaming service a boost.
Disney announced Friday that "Frozen 2" will begin streaming on Disney Plus Sunday, three ...
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BRASILIA, Brazil — The UFC staged a full fight card in an empty arena Saturday night in Brazil's capital city, sticking to its plan to keep fighting in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Charles Oliveira stopped lightweight Kevin Lee with a guillotine choke in the third round of the ...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - When a Republican running for Congress in the Chicago suburbs tweeted that her Democratic opponent's town hall events were invite-only, they debunked it.
When Illinois' Democratic governor said a pension change would save the state as much as $25 billion, they rated that mostly false, too.
...Shane Fitzgerald has pushed for public records in court to help his reporters uncover details of a destructive school fire, the police shooting of an inmate and a public defender who wasn't doing much work.
But there are many instances where his newspaper group in suburban Philadelphia has not, especially ...
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Syracuse freshman Brycen Goodine is transferring.
Goodine made the announcement Friday night on his Twitter account.
"I would like to thank the Syracuse staff and fans for having me at the University this year, however it is time for me to seek out a new beginning. ...
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MADRID (AP) - The Chinese soccer team that was originally stuck in Spain because of the coronavirus outbreak is going back home to try to avoid its rapid spread in Europe.
Wuhan Zall was expected to return to China on Saturday, nearly 1 1/2 months after it arrived in ...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - It took 15 minutes for the coronavirus to wreck Shelley Hutchings' carefully calculated financial plans.
Hutchings, a bartender and performer, had lined up gigs in advance of the South by Southwest film, music and technology festival, which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to Austin each ...
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Creighton right-hander Ben Dotzler was supposed to be in the bullpen at TD Ameritrade Park this weekend, readying himself to pitch against Northern Colorado.
Molly Little, who plays lacrosse for Denver, expected to be on the road for a much anticipated match against Michigan, the team ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - When Louisville civil rights leader Mattie Jones attempted to vote in an election in Mississippi in the 1950s, she had to pay a poll tax, pass a literacy test and sing the Star-Spangled Banner.
When she sang the national anthem off-key, Jones was denied the ...
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - In his first game of the season, Rocky Boy High School basketball player Ben "Benji" Crebs was unstoppable.
The 5-foot-11-inch sophomore shot the ball nearly every chance he got against Box Elder High School, a rival team sharing the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. Located in ...
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska residents will find their entertainment options drastically cut this weekend as more events and venues announced cancellations and closures in an effort to slow the spread of a new coronavirus.
In addition to the Nebraska boys high school basketball tournament this week being closed ...
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City honors victims of the 1995 bombing that shocked the nation in what remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history through a memorial and museum, annual remembrance ceremonies and a marathon.
This year for the 25th anniversary of the April 19, 1995, ...
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CINCINNATI (AP) - An Ohio newspaper publisher will assume a seat on the Cincinnati City Council after a member facing federal charges resigned.
Cincinnati Herald Publisher Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney will replace Tamaya Dennard.
Dennard resigned last week after being arrested on federal charges accusing her of trading a vote ...
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Two more Fiorentina players have tested positive for COVID-19 as well as a club physiotherapist.
The top-tier Italian league soccer team tweets that defender and club captain Germán Pezzella, ...
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Personal injury attorney Tom Parnell's other career is ironic.
He moonlights as a screenwriter and producer and makes films about angry men who maim and murder.
"I've never hurt anyone, but yeah, my characters do," Parnell, 61, said with a chuckle.
But that laugh quickly turned ...
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PARIS (AP) - The Bahrain and Vietnam Grand Prix races were postponed Friday because of the coronavirus outbreak, the third and fourth races of the Formula One season to be called off.
Bahrain was scheduled for next week - at an empty track - and the inaugural Vietnamese GP in ...
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DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) - The Premier League and the Champions League were both suspended Friday as the chaos stemming from the coronavirus outbreak continues to impact soccer.
Matches in England will be stopped until at least April 3 after five Premier League clubs said some players or staff were in ...
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The show must go on, and with no refunds. That's the message theatergoers in South Florida received regarding this weekend's performances of "Hamilton" even as other events shut down to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The Miami Herald reported that Miami-Dade's Arsht Center notified patrons via email on ...
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The coronavirus pandemic has lent a surreal quality to the lives of millions of people around the globe. It has disrupted daily routines, overwhelmed hospitals, shuttered schools and offices and halted many sporting and entertainment events. If that weren't enough, many are also forced to grapple with fears about the ...
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