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Lets round up some of todays other sports stories. british number one dan evans has won his first atp title. he beat canadas felix auger—aliassime in straight sets in the murray river open final in melbourne. evans will play fellow brit cameron norrie in the first round of the australian open on tuesday. dustinjohnson won the saudi international on the european tour. the world number one shot a final round of 68 to finish two shots ahead of the chasing pack. englandsjustin rose was joint secon...

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>> didnt we just go through this? major league baseball will start on time despite the league wanting to lay the season, they rejected a proposal to start with the 2021 season with expansion of the playoffs. that was a proposal of the union with 104 game season including several doubleheaders with no protections and the delays, interruptions or cancellation of the season. todd: i will set the stage, patrick mahons -- maholmes decides to scramble, runs for a touchdown throughout kansas city and y...

Of the australian open. boulter has dropped to number 371 in the world after a long spell out with a back injury and this is only her second tour event in almost two years but she won in straight sets against anna kalinskaya, whos ranked 264 places above her. boulter next faces the american teenager coco gauff. thats all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. an admission from serena williams that she might not have been fit enough to play at the tour...

A problem which is affecting the whole world. so if it is safe and good, then great, but yes, we obviously would love to play in front of crowds as soon as possible. katie boulter began her season in impressive style, but she was the only briton to win in the various warm—up events ahead of next weeks australian open. boulter�*s dropped to world number 371 after a long spell out with a back injury, this is only her second tour event in almost two years but she won in straight sets against an...

African-american to lead the pentagon. the senate confirming austin with an overwhelming vote of 93-2. and tonight, across this country, the nation celebrating the life of hall of famer hank aaron. a rare legend among legends. he became baseballs home run king, the first to break babe ruths record. a champion of civil rights on and off the field. heres steve osunsami. >> reporter: he will forever be remembered for this mighty swing. >> straight away. fastball. its a high drive into deep left c...

King, he had 3,771 hits, the third-most ever, won three gold gloves, and is still the all- time leader in runs batted in. >> i couldnt be half-steppin. i had to play baseball the way it was supposed to be played. >> reporter: 25 times an all- star, hank aaron was a shoo-in for cooperstown, but what elevates him to an american treasure wasnt just what he did, but how he did it. jim axelrod, cbs news. >> odonnell: with professionalism, strength, and grace. and there is still much more news ahead o...

The left side. that ball is going to be out of here! its gone, there is a new home run champion of all time, and its henry aaron! >> last thing before we go tonight, that was the shot heard around the world. and lets talk about the man we lost today. number 44, henry aaron. born in mobile, alabama. while his lifes dream was to become an airline pilot, he discovered baseball at 14 and never looked back. he started in the negro leagues, a team with a downright insulting name, the indianapolis clow...

Everything he did he did in the face of systemic racism. he played despite bottles and booze raining down on him on the field. in the early days he couldnt use the same changing facilities or stay in the same hotel as his teammates. never bitter, always resilient, he did admit years later that racism carved a piece of his heart away. in the spring of 74 came the record people thought would never be broken, babe ruths 714 home runs. so it was on an april night in the fourth inning and a light rai...

Into left center field. that ball is going to be out of here! its gone! its 715, and there is a new home run champion of all time, and its henry aaron! >> last thing before we go tonight, that was the shot heard round the world. and lets talk about the man we lost today. number 44, henry aaron. born in mobile, alabama. while his lifes dream was to become an airline pilot, he discovered baseball at 14 and never looked back. he started in the negro leagues, a team with a downright insulting name, ...