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NFL players, owners defy Trump on anthem protests
SOMERSET, N.J.,/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National Football League players sat out, knelt and linked arms during pre-game national anthems played across the country and in London on Sunday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump called on fans to boycott teams that do not discipline players who protest. In the first few games since Trump stepped up his criticism of NFL players, dozens of players and coaches of teams including the Baltimore Ravens, Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins did not stand for the anthem and took a knee, a gesture Read More
Florida-bound Hurricane Irma strengthens back to a Category 5 as it makes landfall in Cuba
Hurricane Irma strengthened back into a Category 5 storm Friday night as it made landfall on the Camaguey Archipelago of Cuba with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Irma’s status as a Category 4 storm was relatively short-lived, having been downgraded from a Category 5 storm early Friday morning. As of 2 a.m. ET, Irma was about 275 miles south-southeast of Miami and moving about 12 mph toward the west, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane Irma remains forecast to hit the Florida Keys
Read MoreU.S. Open braced for all-American semi-finals party
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Stars and Stripes will be flying proudly over the U.S. Open on women’s semi-final Thursday with four Americans stepping into the Arthur Ashe Stadium cauldron chasing a place in the final. Venus Williams will be the sentimental favorite when the 37-year-old takes on Sloane Stephens in one semi-final before Madison Keys battles it out with CoCo Vandeweghe in the other. It is the first time since Wimbledon 1985 that four American women have featured in a grand slam semi-finals, and the first time since 1981 Read More
Royals hope Danny Duffy misses only one start after clean MRI
The Kansas City Royals hope to have Danny Duffy back in their rotation soon after an MRI revealed that the left-hander has no structural damage in his pitching elbow. Royals manager Ned Yost told reporters Sunday that Duffy has a “low-grade pronator strain” in his elbow and he could miss up to three weeks. The Royals placed Duffy on the 10-day disabled list Saturday in a move that is retroactive to Wednesday. Although Duffy has been bothered by elbow soreness for the past month, Yost told reporters that the Royals Read More