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Riders upstairs. Eighty days since the last time a live sports event was held in New York before the coronavirus pandemic closed the state, horse racing will be the first to return Wednesday at Belmont Park. The first posting schedule is slated for 1:15 p.m., with 10 races on record for the opening day of Belmont’s delayed and shortened 25-day …

Anthony Lynn, one of the four minority head coaches in the NFL, has not released a statement like so many other sports figures including protests and riots across the country following the death of George Floyd, a black man. And there is a reason for that. You want to help make a difference, but that doesn’t mean posting a few …

The NFL released a statement in response to the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. But, according to two players who make a living in the city where Floyd was killed, Vikings linebackers Anthony Barr and Eric Kendricks, it wasn’t good enough. Players criticized that statement and insisted that more needs to be done. The two, …

Not even a life-threatening fall can deter Sky Brown, an 11-year-old British skateboarder, from pursuing Olympic gold in Tokyo. Brown posted a horrible video to his Instagram Monday of a massive fall he suffered while training in the United States that fractured his skull. The skating prodigy reportedly did not respond when she arrived at the hospital, but is now …

Henry Ruggs III, the first catcher taken in the 2020 NFL Draft, is on crutches after injuring his thigh while transferring things to a trailer Monday. “He was trying to move a trailer or something – moving furniture or something – and the trailer just pinned him against a car or a wall or something,” Henry Ruggs Jr. he told …

While the Knicks are one of only two NBA teams that have not released statements about George Floyd’s police related death, their players have been active. Knicks guard Damyean Dotson has been the most vocal on social media, revealing a personal connection to Floyd as they both attended the same Houston high school. Dotson tweeted on Sunday: “Honestly, I needed …

Zion Williamson may have to respond to allegations that his parents applied for and accepted illegal benefits while he was at Duke. On Tuesday, a Florida judge denied his request for a discovery stay on whether he violated NCAA rules when he played for the Blue Devils. The ruling, by 11th Circuit Circuit Court Judge David Florida, requires Williamson to …

“It will be the first line in my obituary.” – Jim Joyce It’s not that simple: Joyce missed a call and the Astros committed baseball sins that rocked the sport. It’s not that kind of straight line. From there to here. Much happened in between. And MLB was probably on the road to an elaborate, expanded instant replay if Joyce …

The Jets earned $ 11 million in salary space Tuesday when a portion of Trumaine Johnson’s contract came off the books. The Jets designated Johnson as a cut after June 1 when they released him in March. That allows them to spread the dead money out of their contract over two years. It carries a maximum charge of $ 4 …

“These are people who have no other voice now,” said Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. CNN. “They don’t get the political power or the financial power to change the circumstances, so what are they going to do? The riots are the voices of people who have no voice. This is how they have made their presence known.” “I just remember seeing a sign …