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Buffalo wins NHL Draft Lottery
cmannphoto/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The Buffalo Sabres won the NHL's draft lottery and will pick first overall during July's draft. "It's a great moment for our franchise," Buffalo general manager Kevyn Ad...
Leighton Schneider, ABC News Jun 03, 2021

USFL set to return in 2022
Bruce DierdorffNFL Photos/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The USFL has announced it is returning to play in 2022. The football league first started playing in 1983 with 12 teams but folded following t...
Leighton Schneider, ABC News Jun 03, 2021

Top seed Barty withdraws from French Open
Clive Brunskill/Getty Images(PARIS) -- Ashleigh Barty, the top seed in the women's bracket at the French Open, has withdrawn from the French Open because of a left hip injury. "We did everything...
Leighton Schneider, ABC News Jun 03, 2021

Virginia Tech football player charged with second-degree murder
sshepard/iStock(BLACKSBURG, Va.) -- A freshman Virginia Tech football player has been charged with second-degree murder, authorities said. Officers responded to a building in Blacksburg, home to the u...
Emily Shapiro, ABC News Jun 03, 2021

Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski to retire after 2021-22 season
Phil Ellsworth / ESPN Images(DURHAM, N.C.) -- After 41 seasons with the Blue Devils, Duke men's basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski is retiring, the university announced on Wednesday. Krzyzewski, th...
Jeanette Torres-Perez, ABC News Jun 03, 2021

Scoreboard roundup -- 6/2/21
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Wednesday's sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Toronto 6, Miami 5 Colorado 6, Texas 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 6, Minnesota 3 NY Yankees 4, ...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2021

MLB sued in $1 billion lawsuit for pulling All-Star game out of Atlanta
Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Major League Baseball has been hit with a lawsuit for moving the All-Star game out of Atlanta following controversy over Georgia’s rec...
Marlene Lenthang, ABC News Jun 02, 2021

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit fails second drug test
Horsephotos/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has failed a second post-race test for betamethasone, Bob Baffert's attorney Craig Robertson said in a statement. News of the ...
Leighton Schneider, ABC News Jun 02, 2021

Danny Ainge, Celtics President of Basketball Operations retiring; coach Brad Stevens taking over role
Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) -- The Boston Celtics have announced President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge is retiring and head coach Brad Stevens is taking over the...
Leighton Schneider, ABC News Jun 02, 2021

MLB to celebrate 'Lou Gehrig' Day across stadiums with program to raise ALS awareness
33ft/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Every Major League Baseball stadium on Wednesday will become a living testament to Lou Gehrig and use his memory to raise awareness for the disease that took his life. The lea...
Ivan Pereira, ABC News Jun 02, 2021
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