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It feels as if television networks should be panicking about their ratings for sporting events, pondering existential questions about how viewing habits have changed amid the coronavirus pandemic and the U.S. election. But they’re not — despite some eye-popping numbers and a lot of armchair criticism. Ratings for the N.B.A. finals were down 49 percent, and the N.H.L.’s Stanley Cup […]
Read moreEarly indications that the Los Angeles Dodgers would simply sweep away the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series were momentarily checked on Wednesday, when good competition returned to the Fall Classic. The Rays responded after bad loss in Game 1 by beating back the Dodgers, 6-4, in Game 2 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Brandon Lowe, the […]
Read moreSteven A. Cohen’s long, arduous pursuit of the Mets is headed toward a conclusion, but New York City may throw up a last-minute roadblock. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office notified the Mets and Major League Baseball on Friday that they were looking into whether the team could be legally sold to Cohen, a spokesman for the mayor said on Wednesday. […]
Read moreA private jet, the crimson “A” of the University of Alabama painted on its tail, lifted off from Tuscaloosa, Ala., around daybreak Saturday with extraordinary cargo: cellular debris collected from the nose of Nick Saban, the football coach. Three days earlier, Saban had announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Now, still in isolation hours before second-ranked Alabama […]
Read moreThere has been a slight tweak to the schedule for the next world junior hockey championship. The 2021 tournament will start on Christmas Day for the first time since 2005, with the Canadians hitting the ice to defend their gold medal for the first time a day later against Germany. The schedule for the 2021 edition of the annual event […]
Read moreFox Business Flash top headlines for October 19 Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. The Boston Red Sox owners have partnered with a prominent developer to launch a project on constructing a new look just beyond the walls of Fenway Park. Continue Reading Below The Fenway Sports Group Real Estate, a division of the […]
Read moreODENSE (Denmark) • Nozomi Okuhara showed that she will be a strong contender to win badminton gold on home soil at next year’s Tokyo Games after defeating reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin 21-19, 21-17 at the Denmark Open yesterday. The 2017 world champion returned to the winners’ circle after a two-year absence in style, having last won a title at […]
Read moreSYDNEY (AFP) – Melbourne Cup-winning Australian trainer Darren Weir was committed to stand trial on Monday (Oct 19) on animal cruelty and conspiracy to defraud charges stemming from the 2018 spring racing carnival. A magistrate ruled that there was enough evidence for a jury to decide whether Weir, his former assistant Jarrod McLean and stable hand Tyson Kermond conspired to […]
Read moreTwo months ago, national swimmer Christie Chue received a direct message on Instagram from Florida International University inviting her to further her studies and train there. Her immediate thought was: “Is this a scam?” The first thing she did was to show her mum the message and ask if it was real, before verifying that it was when she checked […]
Read moreIt was not the day many people expected. The Broncos, the Falcons and the Bears all pulled off upsets on the road. The Eagles gave the Ravens a scare, and the Browns went from looking like an offensive juggernaut in Weeks 2 through 5 to being absolutely humiliated by the Steelers. But when you consider that several N.F.L. teams dealt […]
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