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20.09.2020 / 07:17

Twins clinch 2nd straight playoff spot, beat Mills, Cubs 8-1

CHICAGO – Eddie Rosario, Miguel Sanó and Josh Donaldson homered as the Minnesota Twins clinched a second straight postseason berth with an 8-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night.The Twins are guaranteed at least a wild-card berth. They trail the Chicago White Sox by three games in the AL Central with six games to play.

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LEADING OFF: Cubs' Mills back on mound after no-hitter

A look at what's happening around the majors Saturday:___BACK AT ITCubs journeyman Alec Mills (5-3, 3.93) is set to pitch for the first time since his unexpected no-hitter a week ago against Milwaukee. The 28-year-old will face the Twins in just the 16th start of his big league career.

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AP source: Antetokounmpo wins 2nd straight NBA MVP award

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Giannis Antetokounmpo’s historic year earned him a historic awards sweep.A person with knowledge of the situation says the Milwaukee forward is the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive season. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the league is not announcing the award until Friday afternoon.The 25-year-old Antetokounmpo becomes just the third player in league history to win MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season, joining only Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon.Antetokounmpo’s numbers this season were unprecedented, with averages of 29.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game.

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LeBron James makes All-NBA team for record 16th time

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – LeBron James now stands alone in All-NBA recognition history, getting there unanimously.James was revealed Wednesday as an All-NBA player for a record 16th time, breaking the mark he shared with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan.

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Cubs' Mills no-hits Brewers for baseball's 2nd no-hitter

MILWAUKEE – Alec Mills cruised through baseball's second no-hitter this season, shutting down the Milwaukee Brewers for the Chicago Cubs' 16th no-hitter in a 12-0 victory Sunday.Mills got Jace Peterson — who replaced star slugger Chritsian Yelich late in the blowout — to hit a routine grounder to shortstop Javier Baez with two outs in the ninth. Baez completed the play, and the Cubs swarmed around Mills, tearing off his cap and pulling at the smiling right-hander's uniform.Mills (5-3) threw 114 pitches and hardly had any close calls.

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Man shot during Kenosha protest still remembers screams

MILWAUKEE - A Wisconsin man who was shot during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha last month says he still remembers the screams that night and he's in constant pain.Prosecutors say 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Illinois, shot and killed two men during a chaotic protest Aug. 25.

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'Not free money:' Federal payroll tax 'holiday' starting soon

MILWAUKEE - The takehome amount on thousands of Americans' paychecks may soon be bigger, temporarily, due to an executive order issued by President Donald Trump in August.The order is part of the president's COVID-19 relief plan.

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Braves set franchise record for runs, hammer Marlins 29-9

ATLANTA – Adam Duvall drove in nine runs with three homers, including a grand slam, and the Atlanta Braves obliterated their franchise scoring record in a 29-9 romp over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.The Braves had 23 hits, including seven homers, to score the most runs in their history in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta. They topped the old record by six runs.A day after being shut out by the Marlins on four hits, the Braves broke loose.

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Braves quickly set franchise mark for most runs in game

ATLANTA – The Braves have set the franchise record for runs in a game, and they needed only six innings to set the mark. Atlanta scored 11 runs in the second inning and kept adding to the total before taking a 25-8 lead over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.That was the highest run total for the Braves in their all-time history in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta.On Sept.

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Man charged after popular corn vendor carrying $138 killed during robbery

MILWAUKEE - A 30-year-old Milwaukee man faces homicide charges in the fatal shooting of Emilio Garza, 52, a popular corn vendor on Milwaukee's south side. The crime happened on Aug.

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Giannis out: Bucks say the MVP's ankle not ready for Game 5

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo was ruled out of Game 5 of Milwaukee’s Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Miami Heat because of a sprained right ankle.The Bucks listed Antetokounmpo as inactive, doing so about 45 minutes before Tuesday’s matchup started. They entered the game trailing the best-of-seven series 3-1.Antetokounmpo clearly tried to get himself ready for Game 5.

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Kamala Harris meets Blake family, stops by union training facility

MILWAUKEE - Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris met Monday with the family of a Wisconsin man shot by police last month to kick off her visit to the critical swing state, where Vice President Mike Pence was also visiting as the presidential race enters its final phase.Harris gathered with Jacob Blake's father, two sisters, and members of his legal team at a private airport in Milwaukee while Blake's mother and attorney Ben Crump joined by phone. Blake was not part of the conversation, according to a list of attendees released by the campaign.

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Labor Day bringing Biden to Pa., Pence and Harris to Wis.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Democratic candidate Joe Biden is collecting a trio of Labor Day endorsements from organized labor while running mate Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence are set to campaign in Wisconsin as the 2020 presidential race, disrupted for months by the pandemic, enters its final phase.Biden was heading Monday to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for an AFL-CIO virtual town hall with union President Richard Trumka. President Donald Trump planned an afternoon news conference from the White House.Both campaigns see Wisconsin as a prize that could be pivotal.

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New test for COVID-19 costs just $20, gets results in 10 minutes

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee company has built a unique way for you to get a COVID-19 test. "This product could be a game-changer on several different fronts," said Hank Kohl of MPE Incorporated.COVID-19 antibody test by Novir The coronavirus test of the future will not require sticking something up your nose. Instead, get ready to feel a stick."Currently, we're addressing COVID with inexpensive, rapid, tests such as these ones," said Alexander Kempe of Novir.COVID-19 antibody test by Novir AdvertisementIt looks like a pregnancy test.

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Heat have Bucks in serious trouble going into Game 3

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Having the NBA's best record during the regular season shows the obvious potential of the Milwaukee Bucks.It also means they haven't dealt with major on-court adversity often.They are now, facing a pivotal Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the rolling Miami Heat on Friday night. The top-seeded Bucks have dropped the first two games to the fifth-seeded Heat, marking just the fifth time this season that they've had a multi-game losing streak.“We've said it many times," Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said.

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Joe Biden meets Jacob Blake's family before heading to Kenosha

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden arrives in Milwaukee ahead of visit to Kenosha KENOSHA, Wis. - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden began a visit to the battleground state of Wisconsin on Thursday by meeting with the family of Jacob Blake, the Black man whose shooting by a white police officer sparked days of sometimes violent and destructive protests.Biden’s trip to Kenosha, the first of his general election campaign against President Donald Trump, is testing his pitch that he’s a unifying figure, able to lead the country through a national reckoning with systemic racism along with the pandemic and its economic fallout.Traveling two days after Trump visited Kenosha, Biden is expected to follow his private meeting with a

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Man 'admitted' fatally shooting community service officer over grass clippings

MILWAUKEE - 65-year-old Mohammed Afzal of Milwaukee has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide, use of a dangerous weapon in the fatal shooting of Milwaukee Police Community Service Officer Naeem Sarosh.Mohammed Afzal Sarosh was fatally shot at a residence near 22nd Place and Layton Avenue on the evening of Monday, Aug. 31.Naeem Sarosh According to the criminal complaint, police were dispatched to the residence and found Sarosh shot on a front stoop.

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ATF seeks 7 persons of interest in Kenosha arson investigations

Protests erupt overnight following officer-involved shooting in Kenosha KENOSHA, Wis. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Milwaukee Field Office (ATF) -- in conjunction with several other agencies -- is seeking to speak with at least seven persons of interest who could advance the arson investigation of multiple Kenosha business and vehicles that were set on fire between Aug. 23 and Aug.

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Man 'admitted' fatally shooting community service officer over grass clippings dispute

Mohammed Afzal MILWAUKEE - 65-year-old Mohammed Afzal of Milwaukee has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide, use of a dangerous weapon in the fatal shooting of Milwaukee Police Community Service Officer Naeem Sarosh.Sarosh was fatally shot at a residence near 22nd Place and Layton Avenue on the evening of Monday, Aug. 31.Naeem Sarosh According to the criminal complaint, police were dispatched to the residence and found Sarosh shot on a front stoop.

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Charged: 65-year-old man 'admitted' fatally shooting community service officer over grass clippings dispute

Naeem Sarosh MILWAUKEE - 65-year-old Mohammed Afzal of Milwaukee has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide, use of a dangerous weapon in the fatal shooting of Milwaukee Police Community Service Officer Naeem Sarosh.Sarosh was fatally shot at a residence near 22nd Place and Layton Avenue on the evening of Monday, Aug. 31.According to the criminal complaint, police were dispatched to the residence and found Sarosh shot on a front stoop.

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Phillies acquire reliever David Phelps from Brewers

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Phillies acquired right-hander David Phelps from the Milwaukee Brewers before Monday's trade deadline.Phelps is the fourth reliever to join the Phillies in a trade in 10 days. They got Brandon Workman and Heath Hembree from the Red Sox and David Hale from the Yankees on Aug.

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Sogard bails out Hader, lifts Brewers with 1st walkoff HR

MILWAUKEE – Eric Sogard bailed out All-Star closer Josh Hader by hitting first career walkoff home run, a two-run shot that lifted the Milwaukee Brewers over the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 on Saturday night.After Hader walked five of six batters in the top of the ninth to blow a one-run lead, Sogard connected off Richard Rodriguez (0-2) with no outs in the bottom of the inning. Jace Peterson was on first following a leadoff walk.Milwaukee was leading 5-4 when Hader took the mound in the ninth.

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ATF’s National Response Team arrives in Kenosha to assist investigating arson cases

KENOSHA, Wis. - Federal officials are seeking to speak to persons of interest who could advance the arson investigations of over 20 businesses and approximately 12 government-owned vehicles that were set ablaze between Aug. 24 and 25 in Kenosha.City vehicles set on fire in Kenosha The agencies involved in this operation include the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Milwaukee Field Office, the Kenosha Police Department, the Kenosha Fire Department, the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office.Members of the specialized National Response Team (NRT) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, along with Special Agents from the Chicago Field

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LEADING OFF: Racial justice protests reverberate through MLB

A look at what’s happening around the majors Thursday:PLAYER PROTESTSAfter three games were called off while players used their platform to call attention to racial injustice, the question is whether more postponements or a wider boycott in baseball are possible.Three games that weren't played Wednesday were expected to be made up as part of doubleheaders on Thursday. Those games will be between the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres, and Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants.The Brewers were the first team to decide not to take the field as a protest over the shooting by police of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in the team's home state of Wisconsin.

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Dodgers, Giants game postponed in wake of police shooting of Jacob Blake

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 25: Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers bats against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on August 25, 2020 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - The Major League Baseball game scheduled for Wednesday night between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants was postponed in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.It was the third MLB game to be postponed Wednesday in the wake of Blake's shooting, which has prompted protests and marches across the nation. The game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds was the first in the majors to be postponed.

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Black man shot multiple times after turning his back to police in Kenosha, Wisc.

A 29-year-old Black man is in serious condition after police shot him in the back multiple times on Sunday, in an incident captured on video in Kenosha, Wisc.Jacob Blake was rushed to a hospital in Milwaukee for surgery after the incident, which happened in front of a crowd of onlookers who recorded video of the shooting on Sunday around 5 p.m. Rayshard Brooks death — Could the police shooting in Atlanta have been prevented? A 20-second video shows Blake walking away from three police officers and attempting to get into his SUV.

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San Diego's Grisham has first career 3-homer game

SAN DIEGO – Trent Grisham of the San Diego Padres hit three home runs in a game for the first time in his career Saturday night against the Houston Astros.Grisham launched a leadoff homer and added a three-run shot in the second inning, both off rookie Brandon Bielak. The outfielder hit a two-run drive in the seventh off Joe Biagini to give the Padres a 13-2 lead.

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Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse named NBA coach of the year

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has been named the NBA Coach of the Year.Nurse, who has the Raptors on the verge of the second round of the playoffs, was a runaway winner, receiving 90 first-place votes from a panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. He finished with 470 points.Milwaukee coach Mike Budenholzer was second after leading the Bucks to the best record in the suspended season, earning 147 points.

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Raptors' Nick Nurse voted NBA Coach of the Year

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Nick Nurse was voted NBA Coach of the Year on Saturday after leading the defending champion Toronto Raptors to another 50-win season, this time without Kawhi Leonard.Nurse, who has the Raptors on the verge of the second round of the playoffs, was a runaway winner, receiving 90 first-place votes from a panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. He finished with 470 points.Milwaukee's Mike Budenholzer was second after leading the Bucks to the best record in the suspended season, earning 147 points.

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Maeda's no-hitter ends in 9th; Twins top Brewers 4-3 in 12

MINNEAPOLIS – Kenta Maeda lost a no-hitter in the ninth inning for the Minnesota Twins, who blew a three-run lead but came back to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in 12 innings.Byron Buxton slid headfirst into home on a slow roller against a five-man infield in the 12th. Jorge Polanco poked the grounder against David Phelps (2-2), and second baseman Luis Urías fielded the ball but couldn't send it home in time to nab Buxton, charging from third after opening the inning as Minnesota's automatic runner at second.Maeda's no-hit bid was ended by Eric Sogard's soft single that soared just over the glove of a leaping Polanco at shortstop.

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Maeda takes no-hitter through 7 for Twins vs. Brewers

MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Twins right-hander Kenta Maeda has a no-hitter through seven innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night, setting the club record with eight consecutive strikeouts in the process.Maeda fanned Ben Gamel to finish the fifth for his eighth straight punchout, passing Jim Merritt (1966) and Francisco Liriano (2010), who both fanned seven batters in a row for the Twins. The major league record is 10 consecutive strikeouts, set by Tom Seaver for the New York Mets in 1970.Maeda's streak ended when Luis Urías grounded out to start the sixth.

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WHAT TO WATCH: Democrats open a new kind of convention

ATLANTA – The Democratic Party will convene, sort of, amid a pandemic that has upended the usual pomp-and-circumstance of presidential nominating conventions. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez will be in Milwaukee, which he’d chosen as the 2020 convention host city.

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Arcia, Hiura power Brewers over Cubs 6-5

CHICAGO – Keston Hiura and Orlando Arcia homered, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5 on Sunday for their third straight win against the NL Central leaders.Arcia had three hits and scored the go-ahead run on Ryan Braun's seventh-inning single off Jason Adam (0-1). Hiura belted a tying three-run drive in the third for his fifth homer.

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LEADING OFF: Brewers eye 3rd straight win vs rival Cubs

A look at what’s happening around the majors today:SOMETHING'S BREWINGThe Milwaukee Brewers have a chance to put a little heat on the front-running Chicago Cubs if they can beat them for the third straight time.After losing the series opener at Wrigley Field, the Brewers bounced back with a pair of taut one-run victories. The setbacks marked the first back-to-back losses by Chicago this season.

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Garcia doubles in 10th, Brewers hand Cubs 1st 2-game skid

CHICAGO – Avisail Garcia doubled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cubs 6-5 Saturday, handing Chicago its first two-game losing streak this season.The Cubs were the only team in the majors that hadn’t dropped back-to-back games before two straight losses to Milwaukee at Wrigley Field. Chicago had won three of four and 12 of 15.“It’s encouraging,” Brewers star Ryan Braun said of the team's consecutive comeback victories.

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Lillard wins Bubble MVP, Williams picked as top coach

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Portland’s Damian Lillard has been unanimously selected as the top player of the NBA’s seeding games at Walt Disney World, after averaging a league-best 37.6 points in the eight games.Phoenix’s Monty Williams, who led the Suns to a perfect 8-0 record in the bubble, was chosen as the top coach of the seeding-game schedule.Joining Lillard on the first team for games played at Disney between July 30 and Friday’s end of the seeding-game season was Phoenix's Devin Booker, Indiana's T.J.

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Darvish takes no-hitter into 7th, Cubs beat Brewers 4-2

CHICAGO – Yu Darvish took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in his third straight dominant start, and the major league-leading Chicago Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Thursday night.Darvish allowed just one hit — Justin Smoak’s towering solo homer to right field with one out in the seventh inning on his 98th pitch — before being relieved by Casey Sadler to start the eighth. The 33-year-old right-hander from Japan struck out 11 and threw 104 pitches.Before Smoak’s drive, Darvish allowed only three baserunners.

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Darvish has no-hitter through 6 innings for Cubs vs Brewers

CHICAGO – Yu Darvish of the Chicago Cubs is pitching a no-hitter through six innings against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field.Chicago, which entered with a major league-best 12-3 record, leads 2-0 on Thursday night.Darvish has struck out nine, allowed three baserunners and thrown 92 pitches in his third straight dominant start. The 33-year-old right-hander from Japan walked Ben Gamel in the second and Orlando Arcia in the fifth, and hit Christian Yelich with a low pitch in the first.

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Twins rout Brewers, 12-2, behind Kenta Maeda

MILWAUKEE – Byron Buxton hit two solo home runs and Miguel Sanó added another as the Minnesota Twins jumped to an early lead and routed the Milwaukee Brewers 12-2 on Wednesday night.The victory gave the AL Central-leading Twins a 2-1 series win over the Brewers, who dropped to 2-6 at home.Minnesota starter Kenta Maeda (3-0), in his first season with the Twins after being acquired from the Dodgers in February, retired the first 11 batters he faced. He allowed two runs in 6 2 / 3 innings, striking out five and walking one.

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Antetokounmpo suspended for Bucks' finale over headbutt

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Giannis Antetokounmpo has been suspended for Milwaukee’s final game of the regular season, handed a one-game penalty Wednesday for headbutting Washington’s Moe Wagner.It’s unknown if Antetokounmpo would have played in Thursday’s game against Memphis anyway, given that the Bucks have already secured the No. 1 overall seed in the NBA playoffs that start next week.Antetokounmpo will be eligible for Game 1 of the Bucks’ first-round series against Brooklyn, which will almost certainly be played Monday or Tuesday at Walt Disney World.The incident happened Tuesday night, when Wagner took a charge against Antetokounmpo in the second quarter.

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Antetokounmpo ejected for headbutting Wizards player

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Giannis Antetokounmpo was ejected from Milwaukee's game against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night after the NBA MVP headbutted Moritz Wagner.Wagner took a charge from Antetokounmpo, who didn’t like the call in what had become a physical game.During a break in the action with Milwaukee challenging the call, Antetokounmpo approached Wagner and started jabbering at him before headbutting him and drawing the ejection in the second quarter.He had 12 points and nine rebounds in 10 minutes before exiting the floor.The game itself is meaningless.The Bucks have already clinched the top seed in the East, while the Wizards, who are winless in the bubble, have already been eliminated from playoff

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COVID-19 alters DNC for participants, viewers; here's how to watch

MILWAUKEE - The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) on Friday, Aug. 7 announced over a dozen options for watching the 2020 convention, which will now be an almost entirely virtual event.The DNCC hopes, despite changes brought on by COVID-19 concerns, that the convention will still reach viewers in multiple ways across the nation during its four-night run from Aug.

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Yelich hits inside-the-park homer, Brewers beat White Sox

CHICAGO – Christian Yelich hit his first career inside-the-park homer and walked four times, helping the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago White Sox 8-3 on Thursday night.Jedd Gyorko homered and drove in three runs for Milwaukee, and Mark Mathias had two hits with two RBIs. Josh Lindblom (1-0) struck out seven in five innings.The Brewers and White Sox split a home-and-home series, with each team winning two games in their opponent's ballpark.Rookie phenom Luis Robert went 0 for 4 with four strikeouts as the White Sox dropped their second straight game game after winning six in a row.

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Coronavirus upends Trump, Biden convention plans ahead of the 2020 election

Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, are searching for places to impressively yet safely accept their parties’ presidential nominations as the spread of the coronavirus adds fresh uncertainty to the campaign for the White House.Trump said Wednesday he’s considering giving his Aug. 27 acceptance speech on the grounds of the White House, a move that could violate ethics law.

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Wisconsinites with disabilities now eligible for federal unemployment assistance

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (July 28)Wisconsinites with disabilities now eligible for federal unemployment assistanceWisconsinites with disabilities will now be eligible for federal unemployment benefits after the U.S. Department of Labor reversed course this week.About 1,500 people who receive disability benefits applied for federal pandemic assistance after losing work because of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Biden won't go to Milwaukee to accept Democratic nomination

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Giannis watches in 2nd half as Nets beat Bucks 119-116

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put Brooklyn ahead to stay, and the Nets beat Milwaukee 119-116 on Tuesday to keep the Bucks from clinching the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Luwawu-Cabarrot finished with a career-high 26 points.

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St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Game Series Postponed Due To Coronavirus Outbreak Within Team

There has been another outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus within a baseball team, CNN reports.

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