Year: 2020
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Ex-track athletes detail alleged sex abuse by college coach
Three former student-athletes say they were sexually abused by a track coach and are suing the NCAA, its board of governors and a coach
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Sports world slows to a halt as coronavirus concern intensifies
The world’s sports schedule cratered at warp speed Thursday, with numerous events being scrubbed due to fear of the spread of the coronavirus.
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MLS commissioner, USSF VP criticize US Soccer’s legal stance
MLS commissioner, USSF VP criticize US Soccer’s legal stance
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PGA Tour prepares for cheerless, jeerless golf at Players
The PGA Tour will play the remainder of The Players Championship without fans because of the coronavirus pandemic
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NFL still expects to begin new league year as scheduled despite COVID-19 outbreak
The NFL is making changes in wake of the coronavirus outbreak, but its business season will still begin next Wednesday — as of now.
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Arsenal manager Arteta tests positive for coronavirus
Arsenal manager Arteta tests positive for coronavirus
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A look at how the sports world is moving forward behind closed doors
Due to the outbreak of coronavirus, the sports world has taken precautions to protect fans and athletes, including limiting spectators at major sporting events.
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Indians’ Lindor has more on mind than contract with outbreak
Francisco Lindor didn’t want to discuss money or his future
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Virus-related sports cancellations leave little to bet on
There’s still darts
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College World Series among spring events axed by virus
The cancellation of the NCAA basketball tournaments shook the nation
News
MADC plans to donate eight lots in proposed development to MTI programs
The Mitchell Area Development Corporation will donate eight lots in the proposed Ridge View housing development to Mitchell Technical Institute’s Architectural Design & Building Construction program. The lots that will be transferred will be along [Read More…]
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In Iran, coronavirus has led to shortage of supplies — and reliable information
Rainer Puster/iStock(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called for lifting all U.S. sanctions on Iran in a letter to the U.N. secretary general as part of an effort to battle the coronavirus [Read More…]
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Dow’s 10% loss most since 1987 market crash as S&P 500 also enters bear market
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — U.S. financial markets fell even further on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing more than 2,350 points, almost 10%, in the biggest single-day decline since one of more than 22% [Read More…]
Ag News
Is U.S. still king of the export hill?
The long-held belief that the U.S. is head and shoulders above South America as an ag exporter seems to be fading. In fact, Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council CEO Tom Slunecka tells Brownfield he [Read More…]
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ASA president “flexible” in light of coronavirus outbreak
Commodity groups are coming to terms with the broadening impact of the coronavirus outbreak. American Soybean Association president Bill Gordon says ASA will have to be flexible. “We just canceled our ASA board meeting we’ve [Read More…]
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More losses for corn, soybeans, and wheat
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. The broader market and most ag commodities continued to reel on concerns about coronavirus. A new bond-buying plan from the Federal Reserve did pull trade up from [Read More…]
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RMA offers crop insurance flexibility in flood areas
Farmers in 2019 flooded areas where broken or breached levees are only partly repaired are being offered flexibility with 2020 crop insurance premium rates under the USDA’s Risk Management Agency. Ben Travlos with the Missouri [Read More…]
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: March 12, 2020
Mar. corn closed at $3.69 and 3/4, down 9 and 1/2 centsMar. soybeans closed at $8.55, down 12 and 3/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $298.60, up $2.70Mar. soybean oil closed at 26.15, down 115 [Read More…]
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NCAA cancels men’s and women’s basketball tournaments due to coronavirus
The NCAA canceled its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments on Thursday because of the spread of coronavirus.
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NCAA cancels all winter and spring sports championships
The NCAA has canceled all remaining winter and spring sports championships because of coronavirus concerns