No MLB economic plan in 1st session with players
Union seeks more money for players
DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
In tune: Music is Mikaela Shiffrin’s passion away from slopes
Only seconds in and ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin was nearly out of breath.
The two-time Olympic champion quickly settled into a rhythm and breezed through her rendition of a song po...
DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Like it or not, National League designated hitters limber up
Before all the self-proclaimed purists forecasting the destruction of baseball strategy and the very sanctity of the sport as we know it go berserk bemoaning the inclusion of a designated hi...
DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
World Baseball Classic to be postponed to 2023
NEW YORK – The World Baseball Classic will be postponed from 2021 to 2023 because of the new coronavirus, a person familiar with the planning tells The Associated Press.
The per...
DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
MLB owners approve plan to start season in July
NEW YORK – Major League Baseball owners gave the go-ahead Monday to making a proposal to the players’ union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around the Fourth of Ju...
DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Under 1% of MLB employees test positive for virus antibodies
NEW YORK – Just 0.7% of Major League Baseball employees tested positive for antibodies to COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
The small number of positive tests, ...
DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
UFC’s return could provide blueprint for other pro leagues
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – UFC President Dana White wanted a major fight card weeks ago. He was confident his team could pull it off whether it took place on a tribal land, on a private island or ...
DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
English government aims for return of Premier League in June
LONDON – The path to the Premier League resuming was eased Monday by the government saying elite sports will be allowed to resume in England in June if there is no new spike in coronavirus i...
DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
UFC 249 ushers in fan-free, mask-filled era of sports
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kicks, punches and grunts echoed through the empty arena. Coaches, commentators and camera clicks resonated like never before. Blood, sweat, swollen eyelids and fac...
DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Holding French Open without fans and later on are options
PARIS – The French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros could be held without fans later this year, the president of the French Tennis Federation said on Sunday.
The clay-court...
DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
U.S. women’s soccer could settle to take care of itself. It’s fighting for something bigger.
The U.S. women’s World Cup champions don’t have any quit or settle in them, but unless they get the relief they deserve from an appeals court, they will face too many opponents in their figh...
DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
U.S. women’s soccer players ask for equal pay appeal
American women’s soccer players want to delay a trial until after an appellate court reviews last week’s decision to throw out their claim of unequal pay while allowing allegations of discri...
DATE: May 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
