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The cancellation of the 2020 Minor League Baseball season has sparked a legal battle over who should absorb the financial loss. A litigation in Pennsylvania illustrates…
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Rise in COVID-19 Infection Rates Remains Biggest Threat to NFL Season
Following a week in which one NFL club experienced a COVID-19 outbreak (at press time, 25 members of the Tennessee Titans organization had tested positive) and a pair of…
NFL Week 4 Ratings Fall as COVID, Trump, Baseball and Declining Viewers Add Up
The NFL in Week 4 faced down the biggest disruptions of the regular season thus far, as a coronavirus outbreak in the Tennessee Titans organization and a positive test…
NFL Postpones Patriots-Chiefs Game After Newton Tests Positive
The coronavirus continues to plague the National Football League. The New England Patriots’ game in Kansas City against the Chiefs has been postponed to Monday or…
Despite Low Ratings, the NHL’s Bubble Success Is Cause for Celebration
Now that the Tampa Bay Lightning have hoisted Lord Stanley's ornate beer stein in Edmonton, bringing a close to the strangest NHL season on record while doing their part…
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The Miami Marlins were one of the teams most affected by COVID-19 this season, having had 18 players test positive in late July and early August. Heading into the…
Jumbled Schedules and Dud Matchups Sink College Football TV Ratings
While it's fair to say that at least some of the recent TV ratings declines may be chalked up to a sort of option paralysis in the face of an unprecedented array of live…
Pro Sports Taking Billions in Debt to Get Through Pandemic
With few fans in the stands and fewer games on TV since COVID-19 roiled sports in mid-March, the NFL, Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Braves are among the dozens of…
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MLBPA’s Clark Says “Unprecedented Times,” and United Players Will Shape Labor Negotiations
The 1981 midseason players' strike cost Major League Baseball 50 days and 713 games. The 1994 strike squandered the end of that season, including the playoffs and World…
MLB’s Regular Season Roller Coaster on Track for Unpredictable Playoffs
The chaotic and unpredictable 60-game Major League Baseball season is heading into its final week, and arguably no team has been more of a microcosm of the recent chaos…
MLB Agrees to Playoff Bubble With Manfred Optimistic About Fan Attendance
Baseball is going into the bubble. Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have agreed on details to hold the playoffs and the World Series at neutral…
Arizona Fall League Another Baseball Casualty As Development Grinds To A Halt
Given the time of the coronavirus, it should come as no surprise that the Arizona Fall League is expected to be canceled this year. The baseball developmental league…
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