Year: 2020
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UEFA asking governments to ensure Euro 2020 goes ahead
UEFA will ask governments across the continent to ensure the European Championship goes ahead in three months despite the coronavirus outbreak
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Mets’ Conforto strains oblique muscle, opening day not clear
Mets’ Conforto strains oblique muscle, opening day not clear
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Pac-12 Tournament could be a wild ride in Las Vegas
The Pac-12 had one of the closest conference races in the country during the regular season
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Coronavirus outbreak in Europe has many asking, ‘Why Italy?’: Reporter’s Notebook
Viacheslav Chernobrovin/iStock(ROME) — It’s among the most clichéd journalistic tropes: to speak to the taxi driver en route to the airport and use those comments as some kind of gauge for the national sentiment. But [Read More…]
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Dow spikes more than 1,000 points on hopes of coronavirus economic relief
rabbit75_ist/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied on Tuesday, gaining 1,167 points, or 4.88%, to cap a volatile trading session characterized by 1,000-point swings as the novel coronavirus continues sending shock waves throughout [Read More…]
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AP Source: Cavs, Bickerstaff agree to multi-year contract
A person familiar with the deal tells the Associated Press that the Cleveland Cavaliers and coach J
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Vikings awarded three 2020 compensatory draft picks
The Minnesota Vikings were awarded three compensatory picks for the 2020 draft, the NFL announced Tuesday.
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Column: PGA Tour dealing with more attention off the course
Such is the clamor around the PGA Tour that Commissioner Jay Monahan spoke for 45 minutes Tuesday before anyone mentioned Tiger Woods
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Grain bin safety awareness raised across Midwest
Grain bin safety has become top of mind following multiple entrapments across the Midwest this winter. In southern Minnesota, a recent farm show featured a grain bin simulator that organizer Michele Schroeder says demonstrates what [Read More…]
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Farmers help evaluate Dairyland’s new genetics
The fourth generation in the Dairyland Seed company says farm cooperators help determine the viability of the company’s hybrids. TJ Strachota says about 400 Midwest farmers grow on-farm strip trials to evaluate Dairyland’s new genetics. [Read More…]
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Soybeans, corn bounce back
Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying but closed towards the lower end of the day’s range. Contracts were oversold and followed the lead of the broader market, with the Dow and [Read More…]
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Remnants of disastrous 2019 for sugarbeet growers expected to linger into 2020
Sugarbeet growers in the Red River Valley are concerned remnants of a disastrous 2019 will linger into the upcoming growing season. Ken Deibert with BASF says it was so wet last fall thousands of acres [Read More…]
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Sjerven, No. 17 South Dakota women win Summit title 63-58
Sjerven, No. 17 South Dakota women win Summit title 63-58
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Flaherty allows no runs in three innings as Cardinals lose to Red Sox
Boston Red Sox 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2 in Grapefruit League play.
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Tulane meets UConn in AAC tourney
Tulane and UConn are set to do battle in the first round of the AAC tournament
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Miami, N. Illinois meet in MAC quarters
Miami is set to match up against Northern Illinois in the MAC tournament quarterfinals
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Former Sparks GM Penny Toler files suit against WNBA team
Former Sparks GM Penny Toler files suit against WNBA team
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Officers cleared for opening fire on mass shooting suspect at Gilroy Garlic Festival
Chalabala/iStock(GILROY, Calif.) — Three police officers were cleared of wrongdoing Tuesday for opening fire on a mass shooting suspect last year during the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California. The Gilroy police officers “undoubtedly saved [Read More…]
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Lewis goes yard in Twins’ 5-1 loss to Phillies
Royce Lewis smacked his second home run of spring training, but the Minnesota Twins lost 5-1 to the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday afternoon.
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NY, Missouri attorneys general order televangelist Jim Bakker to stop promoting alleged coronavirus cure
DNY59(NEW YORK) — Two state attorneys general ordered a prominent televangelist to stop peddling an alleged coronavirus elixir on his show. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Jim Bakker for misrepresentations [Read More…]