Sports

Novak Djokovic and his wife test negative for coronavirus

Published on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 2:44pm

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic and his wife have tested negative for the coronavirus, his media team said Thursday, 10 days after announcing they had contracted the disease.

The top-ranked player tested positive for the virus after playing in an exhibition series he organized in Serbia and Croatia amid the pandemic. No social distancing was observed at the matches in Belgrade and Zadar, Croatia.

Braves turn triple play, swept by GVO

Published on Wed, 07/01/2020 - 3:42pm
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The Livingston Braves are still searching for that elusive win column. 

On Tuesday, the Braves were swept by the Gallatin Valley Outlaws (GVO) in a doubleheader at Jack Weimer Memorial Park. The loss extends a losing streak that entered double-digits over the weekend. 

However, the Braves are getting better — they just haven’t been able to put things together and notch a win recently, according to head coach Allen Severeid.

Prep Sports Schedule

Published on Wed, 07/01/2020 - 3:40pm

Braves

Today, July 1

@ Belgrade, 5 p.m.

 

 ***Denotes Home game

Darby football coach suspended after post on protesters

Published on Wed, 07/01/2020 - 3:39pm

DARBY, Mont. (AP) — A high school football coach in Montana will be suspended without pay after suggesting in a social media post that Black Lives Matter protesters in Salt Lake City should be hanged, the Darby school board decided.

The Darby school board voted last week not to fire coach Jeff Snavely. In a statement, board members said they hoped that disciplining the coach, rather than firing him, would give him an opportunity to “make things right.”

Adidas head of HR resigns as company addresses diversity issues

Published on Wed, 07/01/2020 - 3:39pm

NEW YORK (AP) — The head of global human resources at sports apparel and shoe company Adidas resigned Tuesday following criticism from employees of what they see as the company’s failure to diversify its workforce.

Karen Parkin’s resignation comes after a group of Black employees called on Adidas’ supervisory board to investigate her and her strategy for addressing racial issues in the workplace. The employees are also pressing the company based in Herzogenaurach, Germany, to create an anonymous public channel to submit any problems about racism. 

Youth tennis in the park

Published on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 3:13pm
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Prep Sports Schedule

Published on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 3:11pm

Braves

Today***, June 30

vs. Three Forks, 4 p.m.

 

Wednesday, July 1

@ Belgrade, 5 p.m.

 

 ***Denotes Home game

Glendive’s Mike Person announces retirement after nine years in NFL

Published on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 3:10pm

Mike Person was preparing to embark on a guided fishing tour Sunday on the Muskegon River in Michigan in search of rainbow and brown trout, a Father’s Day gift from his wife, Kelly.

But he wanted to make an official declaration beforehand: Person, a Glendive native and Montana State product who spent nine years in the NFL and started at right guard for the 49ers in Super Bowl LIV in February, announced his retirement from professional football to 406mtsports.com.

‘A dark past’: MVPs say time to pull Landis name off plaques

Published on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 3:08pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Something still bothers Barry Larkin about his Most Valuable Player award.

The other name engraved on the trophy: Kenesaw Mountain Landis.

“Why is it on there?” said Larkin, the Black shortstop voted National League MVP in 1995 with the Cincinnati Reds.

“I was always aware of his name and what that meant to slowing the color line in Major League Baseball, of the racial injustice and inequality that Black players had to go through,” the Hall of Famer said this week.

Dinwiddie, Jordan have virus, may not return with Nets

Published on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 3:07pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie and DeAndre Jordan said Monday they have tested positive for the coronavirus, potentially leaving the Brooklyn Nets without two starters when the NBA season resumes.

Jordan said he won’t be in Florida with the Nets when they return from the suspension of the 2019-20 season, while Dinwiddie told The Athletic that he was experiencing symptoms and it was unclear if he would be at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports complex.

At least six players on the Nets have tested positive for the virus.