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Of all the sacrifices major-league players were asked to make amid the coronavirus pandemic, eschewing a shower had to be the most difficult one to contemplate. Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed, and shower heads eventually were back in action.
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Japan’s professional baseball league opened the delayed season three weeks ago. Now fans are back, too.
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The Big Ten has canceled nonconference competition in all fall sports and will face only conference opponents — if the 2020 seasons are played at all — because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NFL teams will be prohibited from postgame interactions within 6 feet of each other, so players won’t be allowed to exchange jerseys after games as part of the guidelines to help limit the spread of the coronavirus.
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With Nashville SC dropping out of the MLS Is Back Tournament because of COVID-19, the Chicago Fire are switching groups and are set to play the Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders and San Jose Earthquakes.
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In a series of interviews, the most notorious umpire in baseball said he didn't believe in the coronavirus statistics.
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Less than a week after Bobby Bonilla Day, the Kansas City Chiefs made considerably bigger headlines by locking up their franchise quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, to a contract extension through 2031 that was worth $503 million. Pro sports had its first deal worth a half-billion dollars.
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As NBA teams migrate to Florida for the league’s scheduled restart later this month, players have expressed a range of concerns.
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Twenty-eight athletes will compete in eight disciplines at seven different tracks in Europe and the United States. Some of the events are seldom-contested distances — including the 300-meter hurdles, 100 yards and 3x100 meter relay — chosen to take the pressure off athletes who might be far from their top form in their usual events.
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Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, one of the few Jewish players in the NFL, posted a video Thursday morning about DeSean Jackson’s anti-Semitic posts.
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Jeremiah Chapman, an outfielder for Charles City High School in Iowa, was subjected to racist insults and told he "should have been George Floyd" during a recent game.
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The Chicago Blackhawks name, logo and imagery, which Native American advocates have challenged for decades, have come under increased scrutiny again this month.
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As the first NBA teams arrived at Walt Disney World for the resumption of their season, Commissioner Adam Silver reiterated his conviction that the restricted environment in Florida will be safer for the league’s personnel during the coronavirus pandemic than being anywhere “off this campus.”
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ESPN said it would cancel its flagship morning radio program, “Golic & WIngo,” while bringing Mike Greenberg, half of the team that helped the Disney sports-media giant carve a bigger business in the audio world, back to the medium as part of a reworking of its national lineup.
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The Ryder Cup was postponed until 2021 in Wisconsin because of the COVID-19 pandemic that raised too much uncertainty whether the loudest event in golf could be played before spectators.
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The NFL and the NFLPA haven’t come to an agreement on all protocols for training camp and the preseason as the report date for teams draws closer.
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Kelly Loeffler, a Republican U.S. senator from Georgia and a co-owner of the Atlanta Dream since 2011, said she wasn’t consulted about the WNBA's new social justice policy. Commissioner Cathy Engelbert pointed out Loeffler no longer is involved in day-to-day operations.
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Many of the themes of "Weaver on Strategy," a 1984 book by Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver that shares insights on operating a major-league baseball team, still carry immense value in today's game.
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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson has apologized after backlash for sharing anti-Semitic posts on social media over the weekend.
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Data released showed hundreds of thousands of Paycheck Protection Program recipients across a wide range of industries, and sports-related businesses were well represented. However, none of the four major North American sports leagues — the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball — were among the businesses that applied.
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Many of the themes of "Weaver on Strategy," a 1984 book by Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver that shares insights on operating a major-league baseball team, still carry immense value in today's game.
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Iowa State guard Rasir Bolton said he decided to leave Penn State last spring because of a comment by coach Pat Chambers, who said the player had a noose around his neck.
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Of the 557 MLS players sequestered at a pair of Walt Disney World hotels, 10 of the 13 who have tested positive for the coronavirus are from FC Dallas.
