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From New England to Atlanta to Indianapolis, the focus was not on football on Friday. It was on, not surprisingly, coronavirus tests. — FOX News
Xander Schauffele began his second round by missing a 4-foot birdie putt. That was hardly a sign of what was to follow Friday in the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek. — FOX News
Brazilian soccer team Santos has suspended a newly-signed contract with international star Robinho after a sponsor made reference to the player’s past sexual assault case and cut its ties with the club. — FOX News
The blowback from a sign-stealing scandal three years ago and a losing record during the pandemic-shortened regular season don’t mean a thing to Dusty Baker and the Houston Astros. — FOX News
Much like the NFL, college football is also dealing with coronavirus outbreaks across the nation. — FOX News
The New Orleans Saints have begun discussions with LSU about holding the NFL club’s future home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, a team spokesman said Tuesday. — FOX News
Dak Prescott’s season is over, Alex Smith came back after nearly two years away, the Ravens demolished Joe Burrow and the Bengals, and the Raiders shocked the Chiefs. — NYT – Top Stories: Benjamin Hoffman
Rafael Nadal is chasing a 20th Grand Slam men’s singles championship to tie Roger Federer’s record. Novak Djokovic is just behind them and has had a nearly flawless season. — NYT – Top Stories: Ben Rothenberg, Christopher Clarey, Matt Futterman and Karen
A proposal engineered by Liverpool and Manchester United would yield an 18-team Premier League and hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to lower leagues. But key players are not on board. This would have “damaging impacts” to the English Football (Soccer)