Sports

FIFA has 13 ongoing investigations, plus 62 other cases

Published on Tue, 06/23/2020 - 4:00pm

GENEVA (AP) — The FIFA ethics committee has 13 formal investigations ongoing, plus preliminary enquiries in 62 more cases, the soccer body’s lawyers noted during a two-day online review that ended Tuesday.

FIFA lawyers detailed the scope of their current workload in the review. They revealed that most of the 58 decisions reached since 2017 involved bribery and corruption charges.

There have been 28 life bans imposed since July 2017, including many officials who were indicted or made guilty pleas in the sprawling U.S. federal investigation into international soccer.

Braves drop 2 games at Lewistown tourney

Published on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 3:03pm
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The Livingston Braves dropped back-to-back games against Havre and Lewistown on at a tournament in Lewistown on Sunday. The first day of the tournament, originally scheduled for Thursday, was canceled due to weather. 

 

Braves 2 – Havre 12

A late push helped the Havre Northstars pull away and separate from the Braves to win 12-2 in an otherwise close matchup. 

The Northstars got the scoring started when they scored on a passed ball in the top of the second inning. 

Prep Sports Schedule

Published on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 3:02pm

Braves

Tuesday***, June 23

vs. Belgrade (DH), 3 p.m.

 

Thurs. - Sun.

@ Helena Tournament

 

 ***Denotes Home game

What are college athletes signing up for?

Published on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 3:01pm

Ohio State calls it the Buckeye Acknowledgment and Pledge, a two-page document the school asked its athletes to sign before they could begin using team facilities during the pandemic.

The document SMU is requiring its athletes to sign is much more direct: Acknowledgment of Risk for COVID-19 Summer 2020. 

Across the country, universities have begun the process of getting ready to play through a public health crisis. As athletes return to campus, what are they signing up for?

The ESPYS focus on honors, pandemic and racial justice

Published on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 3:00pm

No red carpet, no nattily dressed athletes, no house band or monologue poking fun at the past year’s top athletes and moments. 

This was a different version of The ESPYS.

The focus of Sunday night’s show on ESPN was hope and inspiration in the time of coronavirus. 

Balk in baseball coronavirus talks, July 19 start-date off

Published on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 3:00pm

NEW YORK (AP) — An email from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to union head Tony Clark led to a balk in the drawn-out talks to start the pandemic-delayed season, which now won’t begin by July 19.

The executive committee of the players’ association was set to vote and reject Major League Baseball’s latest offer for a 60-game season on Sunday.

Tiz the Law wins Belmont Stakes

Published on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 2:59pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Eerily empty grandstands. Masked jockeys. Shuttered betting windows.

For Tiz the Law trainer Barclay Tagg, no finer way to round out a career Triple Crown. 

“I’m not trying to be a jerk about it,” the 82-year-old said. “But I thought the quiet, to me, was very nice.”

Everything was strange about this Belmont Stakes, except the winner. 

Heavily favored Tiz the Law won an unprecedented Belmont, claiming victory Saturday at the first race of a rejiggered Triple Crown schedule that barred fans because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Boat Float on for second weekend in July

Published on Fri, 06/19/2020 - 2:55pm
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The Yellowstone Boat Float plans to flow on as scheduled on the second weekend in July. 

Event coordinator Sean McDuffee said the three-day float will follow the same path as recent years.

“It’s still pretty much the same schedule of events,” McDuffee said. “Starting on Friday is when we start floating and it’s still the same scheduled stops as previous years.”

Prep Sports Schedule

Published on Fri, 06/19/2020 - 2:54pm

Braves

Sunday, June 21

@ Lewistown Tournament, 4 p.m.

 

-NEXT WEEK-

 

Tuesday***, June 23

vs. Belgrade (DH), 3 p.m.

 

Thurs. - Sun., June 25 - June 28

@ Helena Tournament

 

 ***Denotes Home game

NCAA expands ban, targets Confederate flag with SEC

Published on Fri, 06/19/2020 - 2:52pm

The NCAA on Friday expanded its policy banning states with prominent Confederate symbols from hosting its sponsored events, one day after the Southeastern Conference made a similar declaration aimed at the Mississippi state flag.

The current NCAA ban, in place since 2001, prevents states from hosting what the NCAA calls predetermined sites, such as for men’s basketball tournament games. Mississippi is the only state currently affected by the policy.