MLB fan on baseball season: The show should go on Atlanta Braves fan Philip Wolfe discusses the possibility of the MLB suspending its season over coronavirus fears. Major League Baseball’s standard contract contains a clause
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For Danilo Gallinari, the N.B.A. Shutdown Wasn’t So Sudden
Mattia Ferraresi, who works for the Italian newspaper Il Foglio, wrote recently in a cautionary piece for The Boston Globe that “it took weeks after the virus first appeared here to realize that several measures
Read moreCoronavirus: IOC to hold crisis talks with sports bodies
LAUSANNE (AFP) – With less than five months to go before the Tokyo Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach plans emergency talks with member organisations, sources close to the IOC said on Sunday.
Read moreRugby: Brumbies hammer Waratahs, Crusaders rout Sunwolves before Super shutdown
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – ACT Brumbies ran in seven tries to trounce the New South Wales Waratahs 47-14 on Sunday in the final match before Super Rugby joined much of the rest of the sporting world
Read moreMMA: Charles Oliveira wins in eerie silence as UFC Brasilia defies coronavirus fears
(REUTERS) – The sporting calendar took a serious beating this week with few events surviving the world’s battle to contain the coronavirus, and even though Saturday’s UFC mixed martial arts event in Brazil still went
Read moreWhen the Coronavirus Beat Sports — Our Constant, Our Obsession
“I guess sports are not the invincible sheath of American culture that we thought it was,” he said. It was Thursday afternoon. There were more televisions than customers, and a sense that the ratio might
Read moreFormula One Opener Canceled as Coronavirus Casts Shadow Over Season
The reason is that Ferrari has made a compromise with its power unit. Throughout 2019, the straight-line speed of its cars was better than its rivals. But the system had reliability issues and was not
Read moreM.L.B. Pushes Back Opening Day Over Coronavirus Concerns
The Yankees’ manager, Aaron Boone, said that as far as he knew, players would remain in Tampa, Fla., where the team’s spring training facility is, with pitchers throwing simulated games. The Cardinals said their players
Read moreArchery: Singapore's Contessa Loh wins gold in Bangkok after fellow finalist runs into visa problems
SINGAPORE – She did not know it then, but a spirited comeback in Thursday’s (March 12) semi-final was enough for archer Contessa Loh to win Singapore’s first women’s gold medal at the first leg of
Read morePGA Tour shuts down for a month
How is the MLB handling coronavirus? The MLB is looking into ways to avoid canceling games and avoid playing in empty stadiums. FOX Business’ Grady Trimble with more. The PGA has fallen into the rough
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