In a Historic Holiday Week, the NFL Looks to Wrest Stability From Chaos
The NFL managed to get through the first 14 weeks of the season before the coronavirus reasserted itself by way of the hyper-contagious omicron variant, and while some…
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MLB’s Closing Weekend Finds COVID-Hit Teams Mulling ‘What If’
In the end, COVID-19 could cost the Boston Red Sox a shot at the playoffs. One of seven Major League Baseball teams failing to reach the 85% plateau of players…
Tokyo Olympics to Bar Foreign Fans due to Coronavirus Fears
Foreign spectators will not be allowed into Japan to attend the delayed Olympic and Paralympic Games. The decision was taken on Saturday in order to prevent the spread…
NHL Mulls Playoff Bubble After Surviving COVID Crisis
By mid-February, the National Hockey League had reached a crisis point in its already abbreviated 56-game season. Five teams were down because of the coronavirus, and…
MLB’s 2021 Rules: NL DH Thrown Out but 7-Inning Doubleheaders Stay
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NHL Making Adjustments As Eight Teams Are Stung By COVID
The coronavirus has caused a February full of upheaval for the National Hockey League, and there are still three weeks left in the month. In the past 10 days alone, six…
NHL Opens Season Facing Billions in Losses from COVID-19
The National Hockey League is opening its COVID-shortened 56-game regular season Wednesday with a slate of five games, three of them in Canada. Built around a…
Spring Training Likely Open In Mid-February, MLB and Union Say
With pitchers and catchers slated to report to spring training camps in a little more than five weeks, it’s becoming increasingly likely that the date of Feb. 16 in…
MLB Treads Lightly Into 2021 With Normal Spring Training Subject to Change
As part of the virtual Winter Meetings earlier this month, Major League Baseball’s 30 managers took part in a Zoom call with the commissioner’s office that focused on…
Top Ten Sports Law Controversies of 2020 Set to Shape Industry’s Future
The past year has been one of the most trying in the country’s 244-year history. The sports world, and the many industries that serve it, won’t forget 2020 anytime…
Sports Insurance Rates Poised to Jump in 2021 After Pandemic Losses
As teams and leagues manage the impact of lost ticket sales and reduced media payouts from COVID-19 as well as uncertainty in the year ahead, there’s another problem to…
NBA Returns with Fans in Some Arenas and Revenue Shortfalls Everywhere
On Tuesday night, the National Basketball Association opens the 2020-21 regular season with a pair of games: The Golden State Warriors, having traveled 3,000 miles…
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