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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo invited Major League baseball teams to play in New York stadiums as the sport suffers some COVID-19 related setbacks. “New York State could host any major league baseball game that any team wants to play,” he said at his daily briefing Tuesday. “New York State has one of the lowest…

UPDATED with postponement of Yankees-Phillies game. The Miami Marlins postponed their home opener against the Baltimore Orioles amid a COVID-19 outbreak, threatening the Major League Baseball season just days after its delayed start. Up to 14 players and staffers with the Marlins have tested positive for the coronaviru…

Major League Baseball, in the face of mounting logistical challenges due to COVID-19, released its official 60-game season schedule Monday. The long-delayed campaign, with teams playing barely one-third of their customary 162 regular-season games, will kick off July 23 with two marquee matchups televised by ESPN. The N…

As pressure mounts on the NFL’s Washington Redskins to change their name, fans are renewing calls on Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians to alter their team’s name, as well. On Friday, just a few hours after the Redskins issued a statement about their moniker, Cleveland did likewise. It reads in part, “We are…

It’s been a week of bad news for Los Angeles as coronavirus cases spike and new restrictions were imposed, and now comes news that the first Major Baseball All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium since the Carter Administration has been canceled. This will be the first time in 75 years that MLB won’t field its Midsummer…

Fans won’t be buying any peanuts or Cracker Jack at minor league ballparks this year. And they won’t be buying any tickets, either. Minor League Baseball said today that it has canceled its 2020 season amid the coronavirus pandemic. This will be the first season without minor league ball since MiLB the precursor…

UPDATED with details about season: Beat the drum and hold the phone — the sun came out today. Nearly three months after Opening Day was canceled amod the burgeoning coronavirus outbreak, Major League Baseball and its players union have agreed to play a truncated 60-game regular season starting in late July. The sides…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that New York’s Major League Baseball teams, the Yankees and Mets, will hold spring training in the city. The move comes as MLB has shuttered all 30 of its Florida and Arizona spring training camps for deep cleaning after several teams reported cases of coronavirus among…

Will we see the likes of LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo and other NBA stars on the court again this season? Definitely maybe. As local and state governments begin to lift restrictions put in place during the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA is looking to resume its 2019-20 season and has set “no…

UPDATED, 1:58 PM: Owing to the lack of TV sports in the coronavirus era, Major League Baseball said today that games from its MLB The Show Players League will air on ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 and MLB Network. Read details of the league below. On Sunday, May 3, ESPN will air the “World Series” of the esports tournament, which…

As the White House unveiled a set of guidelines for states to determine if they can start reopening their economies, a question is just how possible it will be for major sporting events to resume. At the daily coronavirus briefing, President Donald Trump suggested that the guidelines make it possible to resume major…

Major sports like baseball and college and pro football can return by the time summer heads toward the fall, in the view of Dr. Anthony Fauci. The ubiquitous medical expert offered his comments about sports during an interview with Peter Hamby on Snapchat. (Check out the full interview above. Followup segments of the…