SEATTLE - The NHL's newest team finally has its name: the Seattle Kraken.
The expansion franchise unveiled its nickname Thursday, ending 19 months of speculation about whether the team might lean traditional or go eccentric with the name for the league's 32nd team.
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians will consult with Native American groups as they consider changing the name of their franchise for the first time since 1915.
Owner Paul Dolan gave more details on the steps the team is undertaking on a potential name change amid a national movement to remove racist symbols and monuments.
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Storied Russian hockey club CSKA Moscow says that seven players have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The club says the unnamed players tested positive Tuesday and that none of them are displaying symptoms.
LONDON - Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.
LONDON - Russia's ambassador to Britain has rejected allegations that his country's intelligence services sought to steal information about a coronavirus vaccine.
Andrei Kelin said in a BBC interview broadcast Sunday that there was “no sense” in the allegations made last week by the United States, Britain and Canada.
Washington's John Carlson, Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman and Nashville's Roman Josi have been named the finalists for the NHL's James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the league's top defenceman.
The finalists were announced Monday, and voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
WASHINGTON - The White House is reviving its public coronavirus task force briefings, and President Donald Trump will again take on a starring role.
Trump says he'll lead a briefing at 5 p.m. Tuesday, his first since April 27.
Just as sure as someone could take advantage of this year's pandemic-truncated, 60-game Major League Baseball schedule to hit .400, there are bound to be players who end up with much worse stats than they'd like.
After all, it's harder for a batter to make up for a bad week or a pitcher to mask a rough inning when there are only about two months to play instead of six.
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The Big East Conference has joined several other leagues in deciding to play only conference opponents during the fall sports season, if it's able to play at all.
CHICAGO - The Chicago White Sox arrived at spring training with plans to make a jump in the AL Central and their sights set on a playoff spot.
