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Baseball is coming back for a pandemic-shortened 2020 season

Baseball is coming back for a pandemic-shortened 2020 season

Major League Baseball and its Players Association have reached an agreement to play 60 games instead of 162, beginning July 23 or 24. They hope to finish before a second surge of COVID-19.
by Russell Lewis

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Twin Cities Marathon canceled over COVID-19

Twin Cities Marathon canceled over COVID-19

Organizers said they wanted to give runners and volunteers enough time to easily change travel and training plans for the fall marathon.
by Tim Nelson

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Twins remove Calvin Griffith statue from Target Field over racist remarks

Twins remove Calvin Griffith statue from Target Field over racist remarks

The team apologized for racist remarks Griffith made to a Lions Club meeting in Waseca, Minn., in 1978. There, Griffith reportedly told the group he moved the team to Minnesota from Washington, D.C., because there weren't many black people here.
by Brandt Williams

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Women's pro basketball to return in July

Women's pro basketball to return in July

The WNBA has announced plans for a shortened season to be held in Florida, a neutral site. It's the first time that all teams' players will train and play in the same location.
by Matthew S. Schwartz

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U.S. Soccer lifts ban on kneeling during national anthem

U.S. Soccer lifts ban on kneeling during national anthem

"It has become clear that this policy was wrong and detracted from the important message of Black Lives Matter," U.S. Soccer said on Wednesday. The ban has been in place since February 2017.
by Vanessa Romo

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Bike sales gear up as the homebound try socially distant exercise

Bike sales gear up as the homebound try socially distant exercise

Retailers and manufacturers are talking about a "mini bike boom." People stuck at home are trying out bikes for exercise and recreation, a bike industry coalition group representative says.
by James Doubek

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Phyllis George, female sportscasting pioneer, dies at 70

Phyllis George, female sportscasting pioneer, dies at 70

“A lot of times when you’re dreaming of something as a career option, you have to see it in order to believe it,” ESPN sportscaster Hannah Storm said. “And someone has to be first, and that was Phyllis.”

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