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As Baseball Teeters, Rob Manfred’s Words Ring Hollow

Bud Selig presided over a canceled World Series, which would seem to be about as bad as it gets for a baseball commissioner’s legacy. Yet his successor, Rob Manfred, may sink even lower. Manfred just might cancel the entire 2020 season. On the draft broadcast last week, Manfred said with absolute

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2020 Jun, 16

As Money Squabbles Delay M.L.B., Many Workers ‘Just Get Steam-Rolled’

Like thousands of minor league baseball players, Zack Kelly knew May 31 was an important date. With professional baseball on pause because of the pandemic, M.L.B. had ensured minor leaguers would be paid $400 a week through the end of the month — and Kelly had a hunch that some

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2020 Jun, 12

N.F.L. Outlines Steps for Training Camp, but Without Union’s Approval

The N.F.L. has outlined the steps teams must take before players can return to training facilities, the latest attempt by the league to return to business as usual in an off-season that has largely been conducted virtually. Yet while the league claimed the protocols were created in cooperation with the N.F.L.

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2020 Jun, 08

Wes Unseld, Powerful Hall of Fame N.B.A. Center, Dies at 74

Wes Unseld, a Hall of Fame center known for indefatigable rebounding who was named most valuable player after the Washington Bullets won the 1978 N.B.A. championship, died on Tuesday. He was 74. His family confirmed the death in a statement posted on on the website of the Washington Wizards, as the

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2020 Jun, 02

English Premier League Plans to Resume June 17

LONDON — The English Premier League, the most-watched sports league in the world, plans to resume play on June 17 after a two-month hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic, league officials announced on Thursday. The resumption of soccer in England follows Germany’s Bundesliga, which began play last week. It adds momentum

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2020 May, 28

N.W.S.L. Plans a One-Month Season: 25 Games in One City

The National Women’s Soccer League on Wednesday laid out an ambitious, and potentially risky, plan to return to the field late next month for its first games since the start of its 2020 season was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Under the schedule that league officials outlined Wednesday morning, the nine

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2020 May, 27