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Rockies Preview: Ready to rake at the plate

Pitching must rise for a playoff chase

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Charlie Blackmon returns to Rockies after COVID-19

DENVER – All-Star outfielder Charlie Blackmon, the first major league player known to have tested positive for the coronavirus, returned to the Colorado Rockies for his first workout Monday ...

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Indians, other teams pressured after Redskins drop nickname

CLEVELAND – The spotlight for change is shining on the Cleveland Indians. Now that the NFL’s Washington Redskins have retired their contentious nickname and logo after decades of ...

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

New extra-inning format stirs debate

MILWAUKEE – Baseball has its answer to penalty kicks, overtimes and shootouts, and it figures to stir just as much debate as all those other tiebreakers. Major League Baseball wil...

DATE: Jul 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

No high-fives? No spitting? MLBers adjust in COVID world

A different landscape for players to navigate

DATE: Jul 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB releases 2021 schedule

All 30 teams to open on April 1

DATE: Jul 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB players get a peek at playing without fans

Spitting banned in COVID-19 age

DATE: Jul 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Games are restarting, but few media members will be there

Reporters kept at distance from teams

DATE: Jul 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

More positive tests, canceled workouts add to MLB unease

As baseball nears the two-week countdown to the start of its delayed season, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep more players, including Boston Red Sox projected opening day starter Edua...

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Mets to host Yankees on 20th anniversary of 9/11

NEW YORK – The New York Mets will host the crosstown Yankees on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 next season, according to a person familiar with the decision. The clubs will play at ...

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Safe at home? Off-field behavior decisive for MLB

MIAMI — Reliever Nick Vincent signed last week with the Miami Marlins and settled in for two days of quarantine in his hotel room while awaiting clearance to join workouts. “That ...

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Red Sox hammered by claims of racism, sexual abuse

NEW YORK — Last month, when former Major League All-star Torii Hunter said he’d been called the N-word “a hundred times” at Boston’s storied Fenway Park, the Red Sox were quick to back him u...

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports