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Pro tennis tours extend coronavirus hiatus until the end of July

BY HOWARD FENDRICH AP TENNIS WRITER The professional tennis tours extended their suspensions caused by the coronavirus pandemic through at…

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Column: Snell now the poster child for spoiled ballplayers

BY TIM DAHLBERG AP SPORTS COLUMNIST I’m not really sure what Twitch is, but I do know this…

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Signing the leather… Former heavyweight boxing champ Deacon Bowers signs gloves 61 years later

CONTRIBUTED BY C.Y. PETERS He had just returned as the Southern Heavyweight Champ in 1959 and would be…

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East Tennessee Outdoors: Outdoor Report for Week of May 15, 2020

BY DANNY BLEVINS STAR CORRESPONDENT Spring and early summer is usually the best time of the year for…

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Doling out a sports buffet…

I have been writing sports in some capacity for the Elizabethton Star for many years whether as a…

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Johnson, McIlroy prepare for golf return before a TV audience

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP GOLF WRITER Dustin Johnson left The Players Championship two months ago and didn’t play…

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This Date in Baseball

COMPILED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 15 1918 — Washington’s Walter Johnson pitched a 1-0, 18-inning victory over…

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AP Sportlight

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 15 1918 — The Preakness is run in two divisions. War Cloud, ridden…

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PGA Champ Thomas set to take swing on 2K21 video game cover

BY DAN GELSTON AP SPORTS WRITER Justin Thomas can put down the driver and grab a controller: The…

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Nats’ star Ryan Zimmerman’s AP diary: Bring the DH to the NL

BY RYAN ZIMMERMAN FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EDITOR’S NOTE: Ryan Zimmerman is a two-time All-Star infielder who has…