Sports

Players unite, create union, in push to save college season

August 10, 2020 By Ralph D. Russo

Michigan defensive back Hunter Reynolds saw the tweets from Trevor Lawrence and other college football players pushing for the opportunity to play this season despite the pandemic.

66 players quit NFL season due to COVID-19 pandemic

August 7, 2020 By Barry Wilner

A total of 66 players have opted out of the 2020 NFL season due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly half of them linemen.

Black Lives Matter takes center ice in a historic moment for the NHL

August 5, 2020 By Al Neal

In times of desperation, you find the oddest couplings and strangest bedfellows.

Marlins’ outbreak of COVID-19 blamed on ‘false sense of security’

August 4, 2020 By Steve Wine

Infected were 21 members of the traveling party, including at least 18 players. None is seriously ill, Jeter said, and he expects all to return this season.

Welcome back baseball! Players kneel for Black Lives; Fauci tosses first pitch

July 24, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP)—In a joint demonstration of support for the Black Lives Matter movement, players, managers and coaches of the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals knelt in unison before the opening game of the 2020 baseball...