Sports (Page 50)

Like other sports, women’s tennis is looking into the possibility of getting into business with Saudi Arabia. And while holding a tournament there is not imminent, WTA Chairman and CEO Steve Simon said Friday that he visited that country with some players in February as part of the evaluation process.Continue Reading

NFL chief compliance officer Sabrina Perel has been busy this spring. As the leader of the NFL’s efforts to educate and train the approximately 17,000 players, coaches, team personnel and others about the league’s gambling policies, she’s in the throes of an annual pilgrimage of sorts. With training camps openingContinue Reading

Jeff Van Gundy, Suzy Kolber, Jalen Rose and Steve Young are among roughly 20 ESPN commentators and reporters who were laid off on Friday as part of job cuts by the network. ESPN had planned this additional round involving on-air talent to prevent further reductions to off-air staff after twoContinue Reading

A busy season of high school football coaching changes continued this week, with two more schools filling vacancies. On Friday, Parker promoted assistant Michael Holloway to replace Charron Dorsey as the Braves moved quickly to address the vacancy. North Florida Educational Institute hired Jamaal Fudge as its new head coachContinue Reading

A handful of NHL teams spent Friday clearing out salary cap space with some big-money buyouts on the eve of free agency. The Nashville Predators led the way by buying out Matt Duchene’s contract. The 32-year-old center had three years left on his deal at an annual cap hit ofContinue Reading

Trying to make the most of his powerful swing, White Sox slugger Luis Robert Jr. lets the ball run deep into the strike zone sometimes. That’s when it happens. “When I do that, the catchers, they might think that I am not swinging (for) the ball and they try toContinue Reading

There is a behind-the-scenes moment captured during a recently released episode of the Netflix docuseries “Break Point” where Frances Tiafoe is warming up in a nearly empty Arthur Ashe Stadium hours before his fourth-round U.S. Open match against 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal. “I’m so pumped up for today,”Continue Reading

The anti-discrimination “One Love” captain’s armband denied to teams at the men’s World Cup in Qatar will be worn at the Women’s World Cup next month, but in an amended version now approved by soccer authorities. FIFA, the sport’s governing body, unveiled eight armbands on Friday that captains of theContinue Reading

July 1 is annually known as “Bobby Bonilla Day” in the sports world. However, it could have several other different names also. The reason that it’s been referred to as Bobby Bonilla Day is that the former baseball player in 1999 was bought out of the remaining $5.9 million owedContinue Reading