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For openers: MLB tries again with short season, skewed rules

NEW YORK — So, where were we? Mid-March, a spring training exhibition between the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. Even before the ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

More NBA players reveal positive COVID-19 test results

League aims to begin next month in Orlando

DATE: Jun 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Study: U.S. doesn’t get fair value from WADA contribution

A U.S. government study concludes Americans don’t get their money’s worth out of the $2.7 million that Congress provided the World Anti-Doping Agency this year and suggests future funding be...

DATE: Jun 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

PGA Championship confirms no fans

Harding Park won’t have roars on Sunday

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Dan Snyder has a chance to change the legacy of the football team he loves

Daniel M. Snyder, who has owned Washington’s NFL football team for the past 20 years, is never going to have a better chance to change his legacy than in this fraught moment in history. ...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rope found hanging in Wallace’s garage was coincidence

NASCAR stood by its decision to alert federal authorities to a rope that resembled a noose found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway, even after the investigation dete...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB gets a deal done, as Blackmon tests positive for COVID-19

League plans shortest season since 1878 to start July 23

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Judge denies American women’s soccer immediate appeal

A federal judge has denied a request by American women’s soccer players to allow an immediate appeal of his decision to throw out their claim of unequal pay against the U.S. Soccer Federatio...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Equipping football teams during a pandemic a unique challenge

As football teams from the NFL to the high school level prepare – and hope – for a 2020 season, one of the unrecognized concerns by outsiders could be getting those squads fully equipped. ...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Baseball has managed to make us feel worse

It’s not a rosy spot for a sport to occupy: In the midst of a global pandemic and a tumultuous national conversation about race, baseball - with the green grass, the crack of the bat, the pe...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports