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Report: Ties, altered extra innings on table in MLB talks
The negotiations between Major League Baseball and the players union are currently at a stalemate, a condition that could become more prevalent if games are played this year. The owners and players ha...
Jun 19, 2020
Flurry of positive coronavirus tests in athletes hurts U.S. restart plans
(Reuters) - Hopes that sport in the United States might soon return to business as usual suffered a blow on Friday as athletes from golf to hockey tested positive for the novel coronavirus, triggering...
Jun 19, 2020
NFL: Memorial to late Redskins’ owner Marshall removed, calls for name change intensify
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - A memorial to late Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall, who fought against the racial integration of the National Football League, was removed from RFK Stadiu...
Jun 19, 2020
Report: Leafs’ Matthews tests positive for COVID-19
Toronto Maple Leafs All-Star center Auston Matthews has tested positive for COVID-19, the Toronto Sun reported on Friday. Citing two "NHL sources outside Toronto," the Sun reported that Matthews, 22, ...
Jun 19, 2020
Baseball: Minnesota Twins remove statue of racist ex-owner Griffith
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - The Minnesota Twins on Friday said the club has removed a statue of the late former owner Calvin Griffith from outside Target Field in Minneapolis because of racist comment...
Jun 19, 2020
MLB, NHL teams close Florida facilities, dampening outlook for sports in COVID-19 era
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - The hope for a return of professional sports in North America took a hit on Friday as two teams from MLB and one from the NHL closed their Florida facilities after ...
Jun 19, 2020
U.S. Open organisers rethinking decision on wheelchair event
(Reuters) - The organisers of the U.S. Open said on Friday they could have better communicated with wheelchair athletes before announcing they would not be part of this year's scaled-down event in New...
Jun 19, 2020
Dream’s Montgomery to skip WNBA season to focus on social reform
(Reuters) - Atlanta Dream guard Renee Montgomery will sit out the new Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) season to focus on social justice reform. The death of George Floyd, an unarmed bla...
Jun 19, 2020
Watney tests positive for COVID-19, withdraws from PGA Tour event
(Reuters) - American golfer Nick Watney withdrew from the RBC Heritage in South Carolina ahead of the second round on Friday after he tested positive for COVID-19, the PGA Tour said. Watney, who trave...
Jun 19, 2020
Healthy Gronkowski says Brady ‘icing on the cake’ of NFL return
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - Rob Gronkowski is feeling healthy again and has rediscovered his love of the sport he walked away from after mounting injuries zapped his desire to ever play in the NFL aga...
Jun 19, 2020
