The Associated Press NEW YORK–Forced from the field by the new coronavirus, Major League Baseball is moving its annual celebration of Jackie Robinson online. The Jackie Robinson Foundation is launching a virtual learning hub to coincide with the 73rd anniversary tomorrow of Robinson breaking the major league colour barrier. CC […]
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The Associated PressJerome Pugmire PARIS–After weeks of holding out hope the Tour de France would be able to go ahead as planned despite the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s most famous cycling race was finally added to the list of sporting events called off. It may still happen this year, but […]
The Associated PressMike Fitzpatrick NEW YORK–Anthony Causi, a highly skilled and exceedingly popular sports photographer for The New York Post who covered the city’s teams for 25 years, died yesterday from the new coronavirus. He was 48. The newspaper reported Causi’s death on its website last night and included an […]
The Associated PressJenna Fryer CHARLOTTE, N.C.–NASCAR star Kyle Larson used a racial slur on a live stream during a virtual race–the second driver in a week to draw scrutiny while using the online racing platform to fill time during the coronavirus pandemic. Larson was competing in an iRacing event last […]
The Associated PressKen Maguire BRUSSELS–Athletes completing doping bans over the next year will be eligible to compete in the postponed Tokyo Olympics, an unintended effect of the coronavirus pandemic that has some crying foul. Turkish runner Gamze Bulut, for example, will now have plenty of time to qualify for a […]
The Associated PressJohn Wawrow It makes little difference to Alexis Lafreniere when, where or how he’ll learn about being selected in the NHL draft. The 18-year-old from Quebec simply can’t wait to begin the next step of his promising career with the NHL’s entire calendar of events on hold due […]
The Canadian Press ST. MARYS, Ont.–The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame is posting its 2020 induction ceremony because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Former Toronto Blue Jays first baseman and two-time World Series champion John Olerud, 2006 American League MVP Justin Morneau of New Westminster, B.C., former Blue Jays pitcher Duane […]
The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas–Former Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton has been indicted on a felony charge of injury to a child after his teenage daughter accused him of beating her. A Tarrant County grand jury indicted the 38-year-old Hamilton on Monday. He remains free on $30,000 bond after […]
The Associated PressJames Ellingworth DUSSELDORF, Germany–Sam Grewe could end up missing the start of medical school to go to the Paralympics, and that will be fine with him. With the games postponed until 2021, the Notre Dame student and Paralympic silver medallist in the high jump will face a packed […]
The Associated PressJohn WawrowAnd Stephen Whyno Shorts and skates don’t usually mix. Maintaining NHL-quality ice in August or holding a Stanley Cup Final in September? Those are far from the norm, too. With the NHL playoffs, which were to begin tomorrow, on indefinite hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, anything […]
The Associated PressJenna Fryer CHARLOTTE, N.C.–William Byron led the most laps in NASCAR’s first two virtual races and had nothing to show for his gaming skills. The third time out, he got the win. Byron easily won the iRacing event yesterday at virtual Bristol Motor Speedway, where NASCAR would have […]
The Associated PressStephen Whyno WASHINGTON–Bobby Mitchell, the speedy Hall of Famer who became the Washington Redskins’ first black player, has died. He was 84. Mitchell split his career with the Cleveland Browns and Redskins and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983. The Hall of Fame […]
