N.F.L.

As the Virus Spreads Through M.L.B., So Does Frustration

Major League Baseball is like a beleaguered landlord with 30 frightened tenants. Flooding in one apartment damages several others. The pipes get fixed, and then mold spreads in the room down the hall. Nobody wants to condemn the building, but everyone knows it might collapse. So it was on Monday, when

N.F.L.

2020 Aug, 03

‘Everyone Can Do Better’: Baseball Searches for Blame Amid Outbreaks

With the Major League Baseball season becoming more precarious seemingly by the day amid a slow but steady stream of new coronavirus cases among the teams, the league’s commissioner, Rob Manfred, issued something of a rallying cry. “We are playing,” Manfred told ESPN on Saturday. “The players need to be better,

N.F.L.

2020 Aug, 02

‘The Better I Got in Sports, the Worse the Racism Got’

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — There were a few must-pack accessories for Patty Mills of the San Antonio Spurs for his stay at Walt Disney World. Mills brought a stack of books on Black history in the United States and his native Australia. He made sure to carefully transport his

N.F.L.

2020 Jul, 31

‘Bubbles’ Are Working. But How Long Can Sports Stay Inside?

Amid all the uncertainties saddling the resumption of sports in the shadow of the coronavirus, this much seems clear: Bubbles work. How long they will remain in use is another question. While a spreading coronavirus outbreak has threatened to derail the abbreviated season in Major League Baseball, which elected not to

N.F.L.

2020 Jul, 30

With Women’s Hockey in Flux, League Says It Will Play in 2021

The National Women’s Hockey League announced plans on Wednesday to postpone the start of its season from November to January, becoming one of the first North American professional leagues to move its schedule to 2021 because of the pandemic. According to Anya Packer, director of the N.W.H.L. Players Association, the decision

N.F.L.

2020 Jul, 30

FIFA President Gianni Infantino Faces Criminal Investigation

A federal prosecutor in Switzerland said on Thursday that he had opened a criminal investigation into Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, after concluding that there were “indications of criminal conduct” in meetings between Infantino and an official overseeing an investigation into soccer corruption. The investigation follows the resignation last week

N.F.L.

2020 Jul, 30