Baseball

N.H.L. Announces Plan to Return Straight Into the Playoffs

More than two and a half months after shutting down because of the coronavirus outbreak, the National Hockey League became the largest North American professional sports league to announce definitive plans for a return. Gary Bettman, the commissioner of the N.H.L., announced on Tuesday that 24 teams would return, if and

Baseball

2020 May, 26

The Cost of Rushing Back to Sports: A Star’s Life

Nobody made much of it when Joe Hall skated off the ice. On March 29, 1919, his Montreal Canadiens were on the verge of losing Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals to the Seattle Metropolitans. Hall, 37, was one of hockey’s original enforcers, known for applying his wooden stick like

Baseball

2020 May, 25

N.B.A. in Talks to Resume Season at Walt Disney World Resort

The N.B.A. is in the early stages of discussions with the Walt Disney Company to restart its suspended season in late July at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, a league spokesman said Saturday. The restart, said Mike Bass, the spokesman, would be at the ESPN Wide World of Sports

Baseball

2020 May, 23

Jerry Sloan, Hall of Fame N.B.A. Guard and Coach, Dies at 78

Jerry Sloan, who entered the National Basketball Association as an unlikely prospect for a Hall of Fame career but carved out one nevertheless, as an All-Star guard with the Chicago Bulls and one of the winningest coaches in league history, died on Friday at his home in Salt Lake City.

Baseball

2020 May, 22

Sexual Abuse Case in Global Soccer Puts FIFA Under Scrutiny Again

A year after the ouster of the head of soccer in Afghanistan over accusations that he sexually abused female players, global soccer is facing another serious case that is raising questions over its commitment to protecting vulnerable athletes. Female soccer players, including some who played in Haiti’s national soccer program, and

Baseball

2020 May, 22

N.F.L. Team Owners Enhance Rooney Rule, but Stop Short of Incentives

After years of criticism about the lack of minorities in top coaching and player personnel positions, the N.F.L.’s 32 owners on Tuesday took steps to increase racial diversity in the league’s leadership ranks but stopped short of adopting the most aggressive measure under consideration, which would have tied hiring to

Baseball

2020 May, 19