Category: Sports

(Reuters) – Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sparked a national debate when he protested against racial injustice by kneeling during the U.S. national anthem, has resolved a pending grievance with the league, the two sides said on Friday. The attorney for Kaepernick, who filed the grievance in October 2017, and the league said in […]

PARIS (Reuters) – The centenary of South Tyrol becoming part of Italy marks the sixth year since Bolzano’s ice hockey club joined the Austrian League — a move that could have been deemed a divisive statement but has proved an undoubted success for the team. Since 1919, the Alpine province, home to the Bolzano Foxes, […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C (Reuters) – Sports betting is not yet legal in California, but the Sacramento Kings want fans to come as close as they can to the real thing with a new “predictive gaming” lounge. Starting with the Kings’ home game on March 17 against the Chicago Bulls, some basketball fans will be able to […]

(Reuters) – Rory McIlroy has advised Sergio Garcia to find “sanctuary” on the golf course rather than let his emotions get the better of him following his outburst and subsequent disqualification at the Saudi International earlier this month. Garcia was disqualified in the third round after intentionally damaging the greens at the Royal Greens Golf […]

(Reuters) – Seven months after his grand slam debut, journeyman Jason Jung recorded the biggest scalp of his career when he upset Frances Tiafoe 6-3 7-5 in the second round at the New York Open on Thursday. After squandering a match point while receiving at 5-3, Jung was broken in the next game and the […]

Nebraska running back Maurice Washington will return to Northern California and turn himself in to face charges of revenge porn and child pornography, his attorney said. A judge in Santa Clara County signed an arrest warrant for the player on Thursday. “I have confirmed with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office that a Judge […]

The NCAA is reviewing the guidelines regarding granting transfer waivers at the Division I level, the organization announced Thursday. The work being done by the Committee for Legislative Relief comes as a majority of student-athletes in the past year have been granted immediate eligibility to play at their new schools rather than sit out a […]

(Reuters) – Lucy Li, who became the youngest player ever to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open in 2014, has been warned by the United States Golf Association (USGA) after breaching amateur status rules by appearing in an Apple Watch advertising campaign. The USGA announced on Thursday that Li, 16, breached rule 6-2, but determined […]

WOKING, England (Reuters) – Carlos Sainz intends to be McLaren’s leader on the track this season and said he felt no pressure to be stepping into fellow Spaniard Fernando Alonso’s shoes at the Formula One team. The 24-year-old has joined from Renault, where he was on loan from Red Bull, on a two-year deal in […]

(Reuters) – Spain’s Jaume Munar battled back from a set down to defeat second-seeded Italian Fabio Fognini 4-6 6-4 7-5 in the Argentina Open on Wednesday and advance to the quarter-finals. The unseeded 21-year-old, who qualified for last month’s Australian Open but retired against Fognini in his first match, followed up his run to last […]