JS awards show adds stars
Two of the biggest winners in sports will be part of the Journal Sentinel High School Sports Awards.
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, a sixtime Super Bowl champion, and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, a three-time NBA champion, will present awards at the fourth annual event. The show will be an internet broadcast that will debut on Thursday, June 18 at 6 p.m. and then be available to view on demand.
Belichick will present the coach of the year and team of the year awards.
Curry will announce the players of the year for boys and girls basketball.
Viewers can find the Journal Sentinel High School Sports Awards Show at the event website at sportsawards.jsonline.com.
NFL
Roosevelt Taylor, a star safety on the Chicago Bears’ 1963 NFL championship team, has died. He was 82.
An all-pro in 1963 when the Bears won the title, Taylor played his first nine NFL seasons with Chicago, from 1961-69, appearing in every game. A ballhawk, he led the league in interceptions in 1963 with nine and made the Pro Bowl.
Chicago was 11-1-2 in that championship season, winning all eight games in which Taylor made an interception.
SOCCER
The English Premier League was given government approval to press ahead with its June 17 restart, although players will have to stay apart during goal celebrations and disputes to maintain social distancing.
Further details of the league’s plans for dealing with coronavirus cases have been disclosed with clubs likely to have to play even if they only have 15 fit squad members.
The season was suspended in March, but training has resumed in the last two weeks and the government is now willing to allow games without fans.