Month: December 2021

By BEN WALKER, AP Baseball Writer Tripp Gibson was on the treadmill at his house near Seattle, a solid workout before heading to a holiday party with his wife. To pass the time Friday afternoon, the Major League Baseball umpire was chatting on the phone with dad, just catching up on things back in his hometown. His hometown of Mayfield, Kentucky. Suddenly, as his father spoke, Gibson heard a tornado Sneakers2090  warning siren go off in the background. It was a familiar sound from his childhood days -- as a kid, he once saw a small twister skip over his yard. “It’s probably nothing, right?” father and son figured. Three hours later, Gibson got an urgent message from his sister: Tornado’s hitting, Dad’s taking cover in the bathroom. ...

By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer Southeastern Louisiana quarterback Cole Kelley, East Tennessee State running back Quay Holmes and Montana State linebacker Troy Andersen highlight The Associated Press FCS All-America team released Tuesday. Kelley and Holmes are among the finalists for the Walter Payton Award, given to the most outstanding player in the NCAA's Championship Subdivision. Latest Jordan 2020 Andersen is a finalist for FCS defensive player of the year, the Buck Buchanan Award. The AP FCS All-America team presented by Regions Bank is selected by a panel of media members and sports information directors in conjunction with COSIDA. Montana State, which faces South Dakota State on Saturday in the FCS semifinals, was one five schools t...

HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander's $25 million, one-year contract with the Houston Astros has been finalized, nearly a month after it was agreed to. The pitcher and the Astros reached an agreement on Nov. 17 subject to a successful physical. While the deal was reported before the collective bargaining agreement expired Dec. 1 and a signing freeze began, Major League Baseball and the players' association did not approve it until this week. Verlander's agreement incudes a $25 million salary New Nike Sneakers  for 2022 and a $25 million player option for 2023 conditioned on him pitching 130 or more innings in 2022. Verlander became a free agent after completing a $94 million, three-year contract with the Astros. He played in just one game in the past two seasons. ...

By DAVE CAMPBELL, AP Sports Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes became the latest NHL team hit by a coronavirus outbreak Tuesday as four more players were placed in the COVID-19 protocol, prompting the league to postpone their game at Minnesota. The call came a little more than five hours before the scheduled start time in St. Paul, where several Hurricanes were lined up for testing in the arena hallways Skechers Outlets  before their morning skate at Xcel Energy Center. The NHL did not immediately announce a rescheduled date. The Hurricanes became the fourth NHL team this season to have games postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Last month, Ottawa had three games postponed and the New York Islanders had two postponed. Including oppone...

By The Associated Press NHL MVP Connor McDavid calls the idea of potentially having to quarantine for up to five weeks in China following a positive COVID-19 test “unsettling” as the NHL’s participation at the 2022 Winter Games remains up in the air. The Edmonton captain and one of three players already named to Canada’s provisional Olympic team spoke Tuesday as coronarivus cases and postponements Hey Dude Shoes continue to rise across the league. “It’s obviously going to be a very fluid situation,” McDavid said before Edmonton hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs. “There hasn’t been a ton of information come out, and then there’s that three-to-five week (quarantine) thing ... it’s kind of been floating around. Obviously, it’s unsettling if that were to be the case whe...

By The Associated Press Los Angeles Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was added to the COVID-19 reserve list Tuesday as the NFL reported 28 more positive tests among players in the league's worst two-day outbreak since the pandemic started. There were 37 positive tests among players Monday, and the Kansas City Chiefs placed one key player in the health and safety protocols each day with a crucial AFC West matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers looming Thursday. Beckham was among nine Rams players to go on the COVID-19 list Tuesday, pushing that club's total to 13, while Cleveland is now dealing with its second major Hey Dudes outbreak of the season. Receiver Jarvis Landry was among eight Browns players added to the list, putting their total at 11. Cleveland plays...