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It's been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific and there's still a long way to go
The most active season on record in the eastern Pacific was 1992, when there were 25 named storms, Rosencrans said…
ACC, Pac-12 have canceled basketball tournaments because of the coronavirus.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — ACC, Pac-12 have canceled basketball tournaments because of the coronavirus.
Nervous consumers around world pull back amid viral outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — Buffeted by fears of the fast-spreading coronavirus, consumers in the United States and overseas are showing increasing signs of cutting back…
US Soccer cancels men's and women's national team matches
CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation canceled exhibitions in March and April for its men's and women's national teams but says for now the under-23 men's …
Big Ten, SEC, other conferences cancel basketball tournaments because of the coronavirus.
NEW YORK (AP) — Big Ten, SEC, other conferences cancel basketball tournaments because of the coronavirus.
FAA grounds operator that ran flights for pro sports teams
DALLAS (AP) — Federal officials have grounded a charter operator that carried professional baseball and hockey teams, saying the company and its pilots weren’t authorized for the kind of commercial venture they ope…
3 former track athletes suing NCAA, coach over alleged abuse
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Former Olympic high jumper Erin Aldrich planned to die with a secret she kept quiet for two-plus decades: an affair with a college coac…
The Latest: ACC tourney preparing for games without fans
The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak's affect on sports around the globe (all times EDT):
St. Patrick's Day parades nixed, from New York to Dublin
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been postponed for the first time in its 258-year history because of coronavirus concerns, Gov. …
American women hide US Soccer logo during anthem in protest
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The increasingly bitter dispute between American women's national soccer team and the U.S. Soccer Federation spilled onto the field Wednes…
Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Hanks and his actress-singer wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus, the actor said in a statement Wednesday.
US women wear jerseys inside out in apparent protest
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The U.S. women's national team wore its warmup jerseys inside out in an apparent protest before playing Japan Wednesday night in the SheBe…
Iditarod's oldest musher quits, another gives dogs CBD oil
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A musher reached an Iditarod milestone and was feted with prizes made from beaver and moose.
Suit filed over Sandy Hook-inspired law limiting gun rounds
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gun rights supporters are suing Connecticut officials over part of a 2013 state gun control law passed after the Sandy Hook Elementary S…
It's cloudy with a chance of iron rain at hot, faraway world
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — At one hot, faraway world, it's always cloudy with a chance of iron rain.
Tests show new virus lives on some surfaces for up to 3 days
The new coronavirus can live in the air for several hours and on some surfaces for as long as two to three days, tests by U.S. government and other scientists …