Athletes Osaka, Rapinoe, Mahomes make ‘Time 100’ list
U.S. Open tennis champion Naomi Osaka, soccer player Megan Rapinoe and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes were among the athletes named on the 2020 “Time 100” list of the most influential people in the world.
The annual list, which is not ranked, honors individuals who have had the most significant impact on the global landscape that year and includes heads of state, business leaders, activists and entertainers, among others. There is no winner named.
The athletes on the U.S. magazine’s list have enjoyed sporting success as well as promoting other causes.
Rapinoe has fought for gender pay equity in soccer while Osaka has supported the Black Lives Matter movement. Osaka wore a mask bearing the name of a different Black American before each match at the U. S. Open, where she clinched the title, in support of the fight against racial injustice in the United States.
Four-time WNBA champion and twice Olympic gold medalist Maya Moore, who skipped two seasons of her sport to fight for criminal justice reform in the United States, was also named on the list.
NBA
HEAT 112, CELTICS 109 >> The youngest player on the floor helped Miami move a game away from the NBA Finals.
Tyler Herro — still just 20 years old — scored a Heat rookie- record 37 points, Jimmy Butler had 24 and Miami beat Boston in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.
NHL
LIGHTNING 5, STARS 2 >> Steven Stamkos scored on his first shot since February, left with injury and Tampa Bay kept dominating without him, blowing Dallas out of an empty arena with a rout in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final to take the lead in the series.
NFL
MCCAFFREY WI L L MISS AT LEAST THREE GAMES >> The Panthers have placed Christian McCaffrey on short- term injured reserve, meaning the All-Pro running back will miss at least three games. McCaffrey suffered a high right ankle sprain in Carolina’s 31-17 loss to the Buccaneers on Sunday, an injury that normally requires a 4 to 6 week recovery period. CHARGERS TO START QB HERBERT WITH TAYLOR OUT
>> Rookie Justin Herbert is the starting quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers for at least another week with Tyrod Taylor out for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers.
Head coach Anthony Lynn said that Taylor is not 100 percent healthy and said he is “helping prepare” Herbert for his second career start. Lynn also said that Taylor played through a rib injury in most of a Week 1 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Taylor reportedly suffered a punctured lung while receiving a pain-killing injection to dull the pain in his ribs. A team doctor injected Taylor before the Chargers played the Kansas City Chiefs last week, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
College football
POSTPONED NOTRE DAMEWAKE FOREST GAME MOVED TO DEC. 12 >> The Atlantic Coast Conference rescheduled Saturday’s postponed game featuring No. 7 Notre Dame at Wake Forest to Dec. 12, the league announced. The game was postponed Tuesday after seven more Fighting Irish players tested positive for COVID-19. Overall, 13 Irish players are in isolation.
Notre Dame has paused all football-related activities until further testing is complete.
SOUTH FLORIDA PAUSES FOOTBALL ACTIVITY TO AWAIT TEST RESULTS >> South Florida will pause all football activities while it awaits results of COVID-19 tests administered Wednesday after their most recent opponent, Notre Dame, canceled its upcoming game after multiple positive tests.
USF officials said an “abundance of caution” led to the move and that a decision on Saturday’s game against Florida Atlantic had not been made.