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Basketball

Lakers to get Dennis Schroder in deal with Thunder

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Lakers are acquiring guard Dennis Schroder from the Oklahoma City Thunder. League sources told ESPN and The Athletic on Sunday that the Lakers will send the player they select with the No. 28 overall pick in this year's NBA Draft and veteran guard Danny Green to the Thunder in exchange for Schroder. The trade can be formally agreed to Monday and finalized after the draft Wednesday night. The Lakers can't outright send their […]

todayNovember 16, 2020 36

Basketball

Illinois men’s basketball to open season home stretch November 25

CHAMPAIGN -- The University of Illinois Fighting Illini, ranked eighth in the AP Top 25, is hosting a multi-team event to kick off their 2020-21 season. This event will take place beginning November 25. It will run through the Thanksgiving holiday through Black Friday, November 27. This round-robin competition involves Wright State, Ohio, and North Carolina A&T (NCAT) featuring six games over three days. Illinois will face off against NCAT on Wednesday, followed by the Ohio/Wright State game. On Turkey […]

todayNovember 14, 2020 154

Bowling

Nokomis men’s bowling league scores: September 10, 2020

NOKOMIS -- Six teams would kick off the 2020-21 men's bowling league season Thursday, Sept. 10 at 7:00 p.m. The 2020-21 season is set to run for 30 weeks, according to the initial report provided on Wednesday, Nov. 11 by the host venue, Town Pump Bowl. Three teams -- Pocket Pounders, Globo Gym Purple Cobras, and Kamer's Kove -- would kick off the season with a great start to the season. The teams would win three series points and losing […]

todayNovember 12, 2020 80

Business & Lifestyle

ESPN to lay off 300 workers, won’t fill 200 open jobs

BRISTOL, Conn. (UPI) -- ESPN announced Thursday it will lay off 300 employees and will not fill about 200 open positions, marking its largest number of job cuts in five years. The sports network, which is owned by Disney, employs about 6,000 people worldwide, 4,000 of whom are in Bristol, Conn. It laid off 300 employees during a round of cuts in 2015. "Today is hard because ESPN has always been -- and will always be -- fortified by its […]

todayNovember 5, 2020 63

Football News

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin fined $25K for retweet about refs

OXFORD, Miss. (UPI) -- The Southeastern Conference has fined Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin $25,000 for retweeting a Twitter post, which called the conference a "disgrace" for "atrocious" officiating. Kiffin took to Twitter after Ole Miss lost to Auburn on Saturday in Oxford, Miss. He saw a tweet that was critical of referees for not correctly calling an Auburn fumble late in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game. The play in question came with 5:43 remaining in the contest. […]

todayOctober 27, 2020 52

Football News

Illinois only Midwestern state with no high school football

BLOOMINGTON -- Illinois and 15 other states are foregoing playing high school football this fall. Instead, they're electing to postpone the season to the spring of 2021, due to COVID-19. While a proper safety measure for all involved, it is a severely missed opportunity for many in sports. This is especially true when the Fighting Illini and Chicago Bears are still allowed to play. IHSA assistant executive director Sam Knox understands the situation, yet expresses disappointment by the outcome. This […]

todayOctober 26, 2020 35

Soccer/Futbol News

Saint Louis FC ends 2020 postseason, club operations with 2-0 loss in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Saint Louis FC sees their 2020 season and playoff run coming to an end, as they lose on the road in Louisville. They would lose 2-0 against Louisville City FC Saturday in the Eastern Conference Semifinals for the USL Championship. Unfortunately, due to the impacts of COVID-19, this also marks the end of the USL Championship team after six seasons. First half Louisville opens the scoring in the 18th minute when Cameron Lancaster held his run at […]

todayOctober 18, 2020 77

Premier League News

Manchester United signs Paul Pogba to contract extension

MANCHESTER, England (UPI) -- Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed Friday that star midfielder Paul Pogba will remain with the club for the next two years. United triggered a one-year option in Pogba's contract that will keep him with the Premier League club until 2022. The Frenchman could have negotiated with clubs outside the English league in January if United didn't extend his deal. "Paul is our player, and he's going to be here for another two years," Solskjaer […]

todayOctober 17, 2020 78

Football News

Vandy-Missouri football game postponed due to COVID

COLUMBIA, Mo. (UPI) -- The Vanderbilt-Missouri football game scheduled for Saturday in Columbia, Mo., has been postponed to a later date, making it the first Southeastern Conference matchup to be moved this season because of the coronavirus. Vanderbilt announced Monday in a news release that the postponement of the game was due to a lack of scholarship athletes. According to the school, the team's shortage of available scholarship players was due to the quarantining of individuals with positive test results […]

todayOctober 12, 2020 58

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