June 3: <\/strong>Fargo, 5:30 \/ 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
NASCAR-CHARLOTTE<\/p>\n
Elliott gets first Cup win of season<\/p>\n
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) \u2014 Chase Elliott was able to celebrate a victory that capped a very busy stretch for NASCAR.<\/p>\n
Elliott reeled in Kevin Harvick with 27 laps remaining and closed out the win at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Elliott was charging hard on Harvick with about 35 laps remaining when he asked if he had enough fuel to make it to the finish. He stayed on the track and came away with his first Cup win of the season.<\/p>\n
Elliott shook off a pair of tough losses to finish about 2.2 seconds ahead of runner-up Denny Hamlin. Ryan Blaney was third, followed by Ricky Stenhouse and Kurt Busch.<\/p>\n
The rain-delayed event closed a frantic 12-day stretch that featured four Cup races, two each in North and South Carolina.<\/p>\n
Elliott’s victory was the first for a Chevrolet driver in NASCAR’s return to Cup racing since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the sport.<\/p>\n
NFL-RULE CHANGES<\/p>\n
NFL owners table onside kick alternative proposal<\/p>\n
UNDATED (AP) \u2014 NFL owners approved several rules on Thursday without accepting an alternative to the onside kick.<\/p>\n
Owners have tabled a proposal that would have offered a fourth-and-15 play as an alternative to the onside kick. Atlanta Falcons President Rich McKay said there were more clubs receptive to the onside kick alternative than in the past and it will be further explored and likely brought up again.<\/p>\n
Owners approved testing expanded use of video replay in the preseason to aid in officiating, and they also increased the number of players who may be designated for return from the injured list during a season from two to three.<\/p>\n
The owners voted to make permanent the expansion of automatic replay reviews to include scoring plays and turnovers negated by a foul, and any successful or unsuccessful extra points.<\/p>\n
Also approved was the competition committee’s recommendation to expand defenseless player protection to a kickoff or punt returner who is in possession of the ball but has not had time to avoid or ward off contact of an opponent.<\/p>\n
Another approved recommendation stops teams from manipulating the game clock by committing multiple dead-ball fouls while the clock is running. That\u2019s an issue that came up several times in 2019, including during the postseason.<\/p>\n
Using video replay for pass interference calls was dropped after a one-year experiment that led to more uncertainty than clarity.<\/p>\n
A proposal to have a booth judge serve as an eighth official on each crew was tabled.<\/p>\n
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPORTS<\/p>\n
Boston marathon canceled<\/p>\n
UNDATED (AP) \u2014 Organizers have canceled the Boston Marathon for the first time in its 124-year history due to social distancing requirements of the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n
The race had endured through two World Wars, a volcanic eruption and a previous pandemic. The race draws a field of 30,000 and already had been postponed from April 20 to Sept. 14. It will be replaced by a virtual event in which participants who verify that they ran 26.2 miles on their own will receive their finisher’s medal.<\/p>\n
The Boston Marathon began in 1897 and has been the longest-running annual marathon in the world.<\/p>\n
In other news related to the coronavirus pandemic:<\/p>\n
\u2014 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is hopeful that coaches will be able to return to their team facilities by next week. Goodell also said during today\u2019s owners conference call that the virtual offseason is being extended for two more weeks. NFL executive vice president of communications, public affairs and policy Jeff Miller said the league\u2019s first consideration is of course the health and safety of the public and the players and the employees and the people who will be participating.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam says racing will be allowed to resume in the state without spectators. The governor says NASCAR will race at Martinsville Speedway on June 10, and that other forms of auto racing and horse racing also are cleared to resume. NASCAR was originally scheduled to make its first of two stops at Martinsville in early May, but the event was postponed because of the outbreak.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The John Deere Classic is canceling what would have been its 50th straight anniversary as a PGA Tour event. Tournament director Clair Peterson says there were too many hurdles to overcome from the pandemic. The John Deere would have been the fifth PGA Tour event on the revised schedule. The tour had said the first month would be played without fans, leaving it possible for the Deere to have them.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Sports agent Scott Boras is recommending that his clients refuse Major League Baseball\u2019s attempt to cut salaries during negotiations with the players\u2019 association. He is claiming that team financial issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic have their origin in management debt financing. Boras wrote in an email obtained by The Associated Press that players should not alter terms of the March 26 agreement between MLB and the union that called for players to reduce their salaries to a prorated rate based on a shortened season. MLB on Tuesday proposed a series of tiered reductions that would cause top stars to receive the biggest cuts.<\/p>\n
\u2014 At least 10 major league franchises have informed minor leaguers they\u2019ll continue to provide allowances after the May 31 expiration of Major League Baseball\u2019s policy guaranteeing those players $400 per week. The San Diego Padres, Miami Marlins and Seattle Mariners are promising payments through August. The Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles have pledged to do so through at least June. The White Sox are even providing those stipends to 25 minor league players recently released.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Live horse racing is slated to resume in Maryland this weekend with a three-day session at Laurel Park, which will remain closed to the general public. The Maryland Jockey Club says it has received approval from the Maryland Racing Commission to launch its Summer 2020 meet with live racing on Saturday, but fans are forbidden from entering the track until clearance is received from the state. All races on Saturday, Sunday and Monday will be streamed live on the Laurel Park website.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Texas will soon allow outdoor pro sports events to have spectators, but their numbers will be strictly limited. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has revised a decision to let pro sports leagues host events without fans starting in June as part of the states\u2019 move to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. Abbott\u2019s new order allows outdoor stadiums to host fans up to 25 percent of their normal capacity. Leagues will have to apply to state health officials to be allowed to have fans. Indoor events will still be without spectators.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Major League Soccer gave its teams the go-ahead to begin small voluntary group training sessions outdoors, the next step in the league\u2019s effort to return to action. The group sessions must comply with local public health and government restrictions. Teams must submit club-specific plans to the league for the sessions. A maximum of six players may be assigned to a single group. All other health and safety measures required when MLS teams began individual training must still be maintained. A league-wide moratorium on full team training remains in effect through next Monday.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The English Premier League plans to restart on June 17 after a 100-day shutdown with new staggered kickoffs to maximize broadcast slots as fans are prevented from attending games. The clubs agreed Thursday that the competition should resume with a Wednesday night doubleheader featuring Manchester City playing Arsenal and Aston Villa hosting Sheffield United. After those makeup games are played, the 30th round will start on Friday, June 19 provided authorities approve safety plans.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Three players from English soccer clubs Blackburn and Fulham have tested positive for the coronavirus. Blackburn says captain Elliott Bennett was found to be infected with COVID-19 after testing negative last Friday. Bennett says he doesn\u2019t \u201cfeel unwell\u201d and doesn\u2019t have any symptoms. Fulham says two players tested positive but did not name them<\/p>\n
\u2014 Italy’s top soccer league will resume on June 20. Italy\u2019s sports minister gave Serie A the green light to resume after a meeting with Italian soccer authorities on Thursday. A medical protocol for matches was approved by a technical scientific committee earlier.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The Hungarian soccer federation says matches in the country can once again be held with spectators in the stadiums. The announcement comes on the back of a government decree allowing the option. Organizers are obliged to keep three seats empty between each occupied seat and no fan may sit directly behind or in front of another.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Elite sports made a comeback in Australia for the first time since March 22 as the Parramatta Eels beat the Brisbane Broncos 34-6 in the National Rugby League Thursday. No fans were allowed into the 52,500-seat stadium in Brisbane because of strict social distancing rules but the game was broadcast across Australia.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The European Tour is planning to resume its season close to home. The tour says it has targeted the British Masters in England on July 22 as the restart. That would be followed by five new tournaments in England and Wales that will be called the \u201cU.K. Swing.\u201d The new events will have a prize fund of 1 million euros. European Tour chief Keith Pelley says the plans depend on the U.K. lifting quarantine restrictions, but he’s confident that will happen.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The Dutch Grand Prix has become the fourth Formula One race canceled this season because of the pandemic. Organizers of the first Dutch GP since 1985 chose not to host it without spectators. F1 wants to start the season in July with no spectators at races.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Fans will be allowed in the stadiums when the Russian soccer league restarts next month. Spectators will be allowed to attend matches if they don\u2019t exceed 10% of the stadium\u2019s capacity. The Russian league previously announced it would resume games on June 21. There\u2019s no word on what regulations would apply to the fans allowed into Russian stadiums or how the limited number of tickets would be allocated.<\/p>\n
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-GEORGIA-DANIELS<\/p>\n
Georgia gets USC transfer Daniels<\/p>\n
ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Georgia has picked up another high-profile transfer to compete for its starting quarterback job, landing former Southern California starter JT Daniels.<\/p>\n
Daniels started for the Trojans in 2018 but lost his job to Kedon Slovis last season after going down with a knee injury. Daniels will battle for playing time with graduate transfer Jamie Newman, who left Wake Forest to play his final college season with a program that has been a consistent national contender under coach Kirby Smart.<\/p>\n
COLLEGE BASKETBALL-TEXAS TECH-McCLUNG<\/p>\n
McClung transferring to Texas Tech<\/p>\n
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) \u2014 Former Georgetown guard Mac McClung will play at Texas Tech after Davide Moretti’s departure from the Red Raiders to play professionally at home in Italy.<\/p>\n
Coach Chris Beard said McClung had officially signed with the Red Raiders.<\/p>\n
The junior had put his name in the transfer portal after removing it from consideration from the NBA draft. McClung led the Hoyas with 15.7 points a game last season, while also averaging 3.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists.<\/p>\n
NBA-WILLIAMSON-SUIT<\/p>\n
Williamson attorneys looking to block suit<\/p>\n
MIAMI (AP) \u2014 Attorneys for NBA rookie Zion Williamson are seeking to block his former marketing agent\u2019s effort to have the ex-Duke star answer questions about whether he received improper benefits before playing for the Blue Devils.<\/p>\n
In a Florida court filing last week, Williamson\u2019s attorneys say those questions are \u201cnothing more than a fishing expedition aimed at tarnishing Williamson\u2019s reputation.” They added the accusations are designed to \u201cmaximize potential embarrassment and media coverage in an attempt to improperly gain settlement leverage.\u201d<\/p>\n
TRANSGENDER ATHLETES-HIGH SCHOOL<\/p>\n
Connecticut transgender policy found to violate Title Nine<\/p>\n
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) \u2014 The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has found a Connecticut policy that allows transgender athletes to compete in women\u2019s sports is illegal. The office says the policy violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law guarantees equal education opportunities for women, including in athletics.<\/p>\n
The ruling comes in response to a complaint filed last year by several female track athletes, who argued that two transgender runners who were identified as male at birth had an unfair physical advantage. The dispute also is the subject of a federal lawsuit.<\/p>\n
F1-WILLIAMS-FOR SALE<\/p>\n
Williams considers full sale of struggling Formula 1 team<\/p>\n
OXFORD, England (AP) \u2014Williams is considering selling its storied Formula One team.<\/p>\n
The Williams Grand Prix Holdings group says it is looking at a range of options as part of a \u201cnew strategic direction.” That includes selling a minority or majority stake and even \u201ca potential sale of the whole company.\u201d<\/p>\n
The group is in preliminary discussions with some parties regarding a potential investment in the company. Williams was founded in 1966 and is the third most successful team in the sport with nine constructors\u2019 titles and seven drivers\u2019 titles.<\/p>\n
Williams has struggled in recent years. It finished in last place in the constructors\u2019 standings in 2018 and \u201919.<\/p>\n
In world and national news…<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The tensions between the Trump administration and China are growing. The administration may soon expel thousands of Chinese graduate students and impose other sanctions against Chinese officials. These are the latest signs of escalating tensions over trade, the coronavirus pandemic, human rights and the status of Hong Kong. President Donald Trump says he intends to make an announcement about China on Friday. Officials say he is considering a proposal to revoke the visas of Chinese students affiliated with educational institutions in China that are linked to the People’s Liberation Army or Chinese intelligence. The officials were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump\u2019s tweets about protests in Minneapolis. The company says the tweet violated the platform\u2019s rules about glorifying violence. Trump has been at war with Twitter since earlier this week, when it applied fact checks to two of his tweets about mail-in ballots. The third tweet to be flagged is about violent protests over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck. Trump tweeted, \u201cAny difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts.\u201d<\/p>\n
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) \u2014 At least seven people were shot in Louisville overnight as protesters demonstrated against the killing of Breonna Taylor, a black woman fatally shot by police in her home in March. A Louisville police statement confirms at least seven shooting victims, with at least one person in critical condition. A spokesman says no officers fired their service weapons but there were \u201csome arrests.\u201d The Courier Journal reports around 500 to 600 demonstrators marched through the Kentucky city’s downtown Thursday night. Protesters across the country have demonstrated against the death of a black man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis police custody.<\/p>\n
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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The nation’s capital is starting to reopen. Starting Friday, a tiny slice of pre-pandemic normality starts returning to Washington, D.C., as the three-month old coronavirus stay-home order is replaced by the first phase of a reopening plan. It\u2019s a major turning point in the District of Columbia\u2019s road to recovery after three solid months of economic and social lock-down. But not everyone is in a hurry to return. All across the capital \u2014 and the four neighboring Virginia counties that are reopening on the same schedule \u2014 business owners are deciding whether they\u2019re really ready to return.<\/p>\n
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) \u2014 Iran says its experts will continue nuclear development activities despite sanctions imposed on their fellow scientists by the U.S. earlier this week. State TV on Friday quotes a statement from the country\u2019s nuclear department as saying the U.S. decision to impose sanctions on two Iranian nuclear scientists indicates the continuation of a \u201chostile\u201d attitude. It says the sanctions would make them \u201cdetermined to continue their nonstop efforts more than before.” The statement says the sanctions violate international law. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo imposed sanctions on two officials with Iran\u2019s atomic energy organization who are involved in the development and production of centrifuges used to enrich uranium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Jamestown\u00a0 (NDHP)\u00a0 The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a 72 year-old Fullerton man was killed\u00a0 following a LaMoure County crash, Thursday evening.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/jmstnCouncil-Heinrich-300x202.jpg\")
Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 The Jamestown City Council met Thursday afternoon at City Hall, \u00a0for a committee meeting, to discuss the 2021 city budget.\u00a0 All council members were present at City Hall.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/vcsu-300x201.png\")
Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi) To help guide best practices as recommended by the Governor Doug Burgum\u2019s ND Smart Restart plan as well as comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, the North Dakota University System<\/strong> has launched a task force led by Dr. Joshua Wynne to implement a three-tiered approach to re-opening North Dakota campuses.<\/strong> Wynne is currently serving as the interim president of the University of North Dakota and the vice president for the university\u2019s School of Medicine & Health Sciences. The task force held its first meeting Friday of last week.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JRMC-COVID-19-1928-300x200.jpg\")
Jamestown\u00a0 (JRMC)\u00a0 A $15,000 donation will support patient care at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/HolteCody-300x202.jpg\")
<\/a>He was 29-year-old Cody Holte. Holte was one of the officers who answered an assistance call from two Grand Forks County deputies who were met with gunfire while serving an eviction notice.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PendletonSalamah1-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a>The suspect, 41-year-old Salamah Pendleton, was shot in the exchange of bullets as was a deputy who suffered wounds to his abdomen and leg. That officer is expected to recover.\u00a0\u00a0 Pendleton has an extensive criminal record that includes charges for interfering with police, fleeing, domestic assault and harassing public officials.\u00a0 A woman in the apartment, 61-year-old Lola Moore of Grand Forks, also died of gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n