Category Archives: National Sports

State lawmakers table measure aimed at luring Commanders to Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia General Assembly is tabling for the year legislation intended to lure the Washington Commanders to Virginia. That's according to a top state lawmaker who sponsored on...
WJBD Staff Jun 10, 2022 Richard Ricciardi / CC

Wimbledon record prize money at full-capacity tournament
LONDON (AP) - Wimbledon will offer a record total of $50.5 million in player compensation but the singles champions will receive less than the pre-pandemic amount. The All England Club says prize mone...
WJBD Staff Jun 10, 2022 big-ashb / CC

Russian champion bashes IOC leaders, shows sympathy for Ukrainians
UNDATED (AP) -Olympic champion high jumper Maria Lasitskene has lashed out at the leaders of the IOC and World Athletics while expressing sympathy for her Ukrainian competitors in a heartfelt open let...
WJBD Staff Jun 10, 2022 filip bossuyt / CC

Celtics beat Warriors for 2-1 lead
BOSTON (AP) - Jaylen Brown scored 27 points, Jayson Tatum added 26 and the Boston Celtics beat back another third-quarter onslaught by the Golden State Warriors in a 116-100 victory Wednesday night th...
WJBD Staff Jun 09, 2022 Stella Yodo / CC

M's finally win a series in Houston....Swanson beats Braves in arbitration, Duvall loses to Atlanta
M's finally win a series in Houston UNDATED (AP) - Cal Raleigh and Ty France both homered early and the Seattle Mariners beat the Astros 6-3 to finally win a series in Houston. The Mariners took two o...
WJBD Staff Jun 09, 2022

Simone Biles, other women seek $1B-plus from FBI over Nassar
DETROIT (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop the s...
WJBD Staff Jun 09, 2022 Photograph Curator

Report: DeChambeau, Reed to join Saudi-funded league in US....Casey withdraws from US Open
Report: DeChambeau, Reed to join Saudi-funded league in US UNDATED (AP) -The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed are the latest players to join the Saudi-funded LIV Go...
WJBD Staff Jun 09, 2022 Dave Morton

Rams work out deal with Kupp
UNDATED (AP) - Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Rams on Wednesday after a spectacular season in which he led the NFL in every major receiving c...
WJBD Staff Jun 09, 2022

Lightning beat Rangers 4-1 in Game 4 to even East final
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Nikita Kucherov scored on a breakaway and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 33 saves, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning shut down the New York Rangers 4-1 and evening the NHL's Eastern Conferenc...
WJBD Staff Jun 08, 2022 Michel Curi / CC

Orioles hit 5 home runs, cruise past Cubs 9-3
UNDATED (AP) -Cedric Mullins and Trey Mancini hit successive homers, sparking a power surge that carried the Baltimore Orioles past the Chicago Cubs 9-3 on a rainy. Jorge Mateo, Austin Hays and Ramn U...
WJBD Staff Jun 08, 2022
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