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The National Basketball Players Association has approved a plan to start the upcoming NBA season next month but said other details still need to be sorted out before the union and league can finalize the 2020-21 season. Shams Charania, a reporter for The Athletic, also said that the NBA is …

With Gleyber Torres at second base, Didi Gregorius coming back from elbow surgery to play shortstop and Miguel Andújar at third, what need did New York have for LeMahieu? LeMahieu was coming off of an average season in Colorado, and while he had won the 2016 National League batting title …

The NBA bubble was proposed and planned, and then in June, teams from across the league arrived in Orlando, Florida to try and execute a plan that could only be described as “so crazy it just might work.” The best athletes in the world all checked in for the highest-profile …

Kelly Olynyk might play no minutes for the Miami Heat on Thursday, a scenario that popped up twice in the last three games of the Eastern Conference finals. Or he might play meaningless minutes, like what he got in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Or he might play big …

The NFL has issued another strong warning to coaches who won’t wear masks on the sideline during games, threatening suspensions and forfeiture of draft picks as punishment for failing to comply with COVID-19 game-day protocols, according to a league memo obtained Wednesday by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. It marks the second …

The Jacksonville Jaguars lost left offensive tackle Cam Robinson when he was ejected from the game with 4:04 left in the third quarter of their Thursday night game against the Miami Dolphins. As a rookie in 2017, Robinson started every game at left offensive tackle for the Jaguars except the …

While there are still some concerns about the US Open Grand Slam event going ahead in New York next month, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has said that the event will go ahead when he appeared on the CNN TV show, “The Situation Room” with Wolf Blitzer. New York …

Baseball Is Losing Its Flair In The United States. Players accused MLB teams of “depriving America of baseball games” as part of a money fight set off by the coronavirus pandemic and raised the possibility baseball commissioner Rob Manfred might push ahead with a shortened season over the union’s objection. …

Naomi Osaka According to a story posted on Forbes.com on Friday, the 22-year-old player earned $37.4 million from June 1, 2019, to June 1, 2020, from endorsements and prize money, eclipsing Serena Williams ($36 million) in that span. Forbes said Osaka’s total is a one-year record for a female athlete, …

Alex Rodriguez And Many Others Trying To “Save” The MLB. Approximately 25 percent of the 2020 Major League Baseball season has already been lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and if all goes well, roughly 50 percent of the season will be played. MLB’s proposal includes a revised salary system that …