The Alabama track will admit up to 5,000 fans Sunday, while NASCAR will be on the lookout for the newly banned Confederate flag.
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As athletes return to campus, what are they signing up for?
“I worry that in some situations athletes are being used sort of guinea pigs to demonstrate what we can and can’t do as we bring regular students back to campus,” said Karen Weaver, associate professor of sports management at Drexel University.
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MLB reportedly closing all spring training sites amid coronavirus worries and positive tests
A person familiar with the decision says Major League Baseball is closing all of its spring training sites over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
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MLB players want to talk runners starting on 2nd, ties, re-entry
Extra innings that start with runners on second base, games ending in ties and re-entry are among the possibilities for a radically altered 2020 Major League Baseball season.
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NHL shifts focus to Canadian cities as possible hubs for playoffs
Canadian health officials’ approval of the NHL’s return-to-play proposal has led the league to consider designating one or more cities north of the border to serve as hubs for its 24-team playoff format.
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MLB’s latest move, Phillies’ coronavirus outbreak leave 2020 season on the brink
The league effectively halting negotiations with the union over the number of games for the 2020 season might not have even been the worst news on a day that also saw the coronavirus pandemic assert its ultimate dominion over the entire endeavor.
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Players at 70 games, MLB at 60, Manfred says deadline near
Baseball players have proposed a 70-game regular-season schedule, a plan immediately rejected by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred with the sides 10 games and about $275 million apart on efforts to start the coronavirus-delayed season
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Debate on racism renews calls for Redskins to change name
The recent national debate over racism has renewed calls for the NFL’s Washington Redskins to change their name
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NASCAR’s founders were hunted by the law. Supporting protests makes sense
Banning the Confederate flag is in line with the sport’s history of defiance and dissent, and, with its roots tied to an anti-authority philosophy, it makes sense for NASCAR to be on the side of those seeking police reforms.
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MLB thinks it has framework for deal, union stays mum
League commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark reached what MLB understood to be a framework to start the pandemic-delayed season on July 19 or July 20, but the union did not immediately embrace it as a deal.