UB cancels 2020 football season...Li tops the PGA Championship leaderboard...and the Yanks come up short in a pitcher's duel. More details from Greg Larson on today's Saturday Sports Update...
Saturday Sports Update
Top left: UB Stadium will be empty this fall. The University at Buffalo has cancelled its 2020 football season after the Mid-American Conference became the first FBS football conference to cancel its season due to player health and safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic. There are reports that the MAC is looking at the possibility of playing football in the spring. Photo by the University at Buffalo
Top right: No player from China has ever held a lead or co-lead after any round of a major golf championship. That is, until Haotong Li. On Friday, Li carded a 65 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco to grab sole possession of the lead at -8 at the halfway point of golf's first major of 2020. Six players, including defending PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka, begin today's action just two back. Photo by USA Today
Bottom left: New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka delivers a pitch during Friday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Tanaka gave up only one hit in five shutout innings, but did not get a decision, as the Yanks lost 1-0 on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 8th inning. Photo by USA Today
Bottom right: Federal charges have been filed in connection with the July 2019 death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Former Angels Communications Director and publicist Eric Kay was charged with distributing fetanyl after Skaggs accidentally overdosed. A medical examiner found Skaggs had fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol in his system at the time of his death. Photo by USA Today
