Auction brings Hall of Famer Ted Williams to NFT market
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JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer
April 18, 2021
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This image created by Brazilian illustrator Andre Maciel, known as Black Madre, provided by Leighton Communications, Inc., shows a copy of one of the nine non-fungible token cards of baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams to go on auction April 19-24, 2021. Non-fungible tokens can be works of art, video clips or even tweets or news articles tied to a digital record — or blockchain — that allows the collector to prove ownership. (Leighton Communications, Inc. via AP)AP
BOSTON (AP) — Teddy Ballgame is about to become Teddy Blockchain.
MLB's 2020 rookies debut all over again with fans in stands
JAKE SEINER, AP Baseball Writer
April 13, 2021
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1of8Chicago White Sox's Yermin Mercedes celebrates as he rounds the bases during the first inning of a baseball game after hitting a solo home run against the Kansas City Royals in Chicago, Thursday, April 8, 2021.Nam Y. Huh/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8Miami Marlins starting pitcher Trevor Rogers throws in the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Saturday, April 10, 2021, in New York.John Minchillo/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of8Miami Marlins' Jazz Chisholm Jr. scores on a sacrifice fly by Chad Wallach during the fourth inning of the team's baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Miami.Gaston De Cardenas/APShow MoreShow Less
Skate park honoring late skater gets boost from Tony Hawk
April 13, 2021
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LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — A skate park renovation project honoring a skater who was killed when a driver struck him as he was walking to work is getting a $10,000 donation from skateboarding pioneer Tony Hawk's foundation.
The town of Leominster has secured other funding and contracted with a design firm to renovate a local skate park in honor of Frankie Fortuna, who was 19 when he died in 2015, the Telegram & Gazette reported Monday.
The Skateboard Project’s donation will support “additional enhancements” beyond the expanded skate park and landscaping that are planned for the Frankie Fortuna Memorial Skate Park, Leominster city grant administrator Wendy Wiiks told the newspaper.
COVID hits MLB opening day; positive tests scrap Mets-Nats
HOWARD FENDRICH, AP National Writer
April 1, 2021
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In case anyone thought, or at least hoped, the new baseball season would go off without a coronavirus-related hitch, there was bad news on opening day:
The Washington Nationals' game against the New York Mets was postponed Thursday after at least three of the 2019 World Series champions’ players tested positive for COVID-19.
“We’re still in the midst of a pandemic, and people need to still take this seriously. Unfortunately, it hit us, and we’ve got to take care of our own now,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. "All I can say is: Be safe, continue to wear your masks like they ask and know that this still can happen to anyone. It’s tough for us right now, but we’re going to get through it.”
Mandatory virus testing of teen athletes challenged in court
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A high school sports advocacy group and some parents sued Michigan on Thursday, seeking to stop a new requirement that all teen athletes be regularly tested for the coronavirus.
The lawsuit, filed in the state Court of Claims, came on the eve of the mandate's Friday effective date. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state health department announced the free, required rapid testing nearly two weeks ago as a way to help curb the spread of COVID-19 amid a climbing case rate that is now the country's highest.
Crowded bars: March Madness or just plain madness?
DON BABWIN, Associated Press
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1of11Jillian Smith takes an order from people at Kilroy's Bar & Grill, Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Indianapolis. The NCAA Tournament and bars were made for each other, with fans of powerhouse teams like Gonzaga and longshots like Colgate pouring in to cheer their teams. Until last year, that is, when COVID-19 blew up everybody’s brackets. This year, the tournament’s back, and bars and restaurants, some shuttered for months, are open for March Madness, though things may look a little different.Darron Cummings/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11Jillian Smith pours a beer for a customer at Kilroy's Bar & Grill, Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Indianapolis. The NCAA Tournament and bars were made for each other, with fans of powerhouse teams like Gonzaga and longshots like Colgate pouring in to cheer their teams. Until last year, that is, when COVID-19 blew up everybody’s brackets. This year, the tournament’s back, and bars and restaurants, some shuttered for months, are open for March Madness, though things may look a little different.Darron Cummings/APShow MoreShow Less
UConn frosh Paige Bueckers leads women's AP All-America team
DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer
March 17, 2021
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1of15FILE - Connecticut's Paige Bueckers, right, dances over to teammates while celebrating an NCAA college basketball game win in the Big East tournament finals against Marquette at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn, in this Monday, March 8, 2021, file photo. Bueckers has made The Associated Press All-America first team, announced Wednesday, March 17, 2021.Jessica Hill/APShow MoreShow Less
2of15FILE - Kentucky's Rhyne Howard (10) shoots near South Carolina's Eniya Russel during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lexington, Ky., in this Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, file photo. Howard made The Associated Press All-America first team, announced Wednesday, March 17, 2021.James Crisp/APShow MoreShow Less
Kansas bill on trans athletes advances amid misogyny charges
JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer
March 17, 2021
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1of8Members of the Kansas Senate's Rules Committee confer during a debate on a bill that would ban transgender students from girls' and women's school sports at the Statehouse, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in Topeka, Kan.John Hanna/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8Kansas state Sens. Renee Erickson, left, R-Wichita, and Molly Baumgardner, right, R-Louisburg, confer during a debate on a bill they support on transgender athletes at the Statehouse, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in Topeka, Kan. The bill bans transgender athletes from girls' and women's school sports.John Hanna/APShow MoreShow Less
Dick Hoyt, who pushed son in multiple Boston Marathons, dies
MARK PRATT, Associated Press
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1of9FILE - In this April 15, 2013, file photo Dick Hoyt, left, pushes his son Rick along the Boston Marathon course in Wellesley, Mass. Dick Hoyt, who last competed with his son in the Boston Marathon in 2014, has died, the Boston Athletic Association announced Wednesday, March 17, 2021. He was 80.Michael Dwyer/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9FILE - In this April 13, 2018, file photo, Dick Hoyt, left, and his son Rick, who competed together in 32 Boston Marathons, are introduced at a news conference in Boston before the 122nd running of the Boston Marathon in Boston. Dick Hoyt, who last competed with his son in the Boston Marathon in 2014, has died, the Boston Athletic Association announced Wednesday, March 17, 2021. He was 80.Elise Amendola/APShow MoreShow Less