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With Major League Baseball continuing to search for a way to play the 2020 season around the spread of the novel coronavirus, one recent point of discussion has been player compensation. That conversation was spurred last week by an unlikely source: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who recalled a phone Read more
Sports leagues are trying to figure out a way to resume games while keeping everyone safe during the coronavirus pandemic, but there is no easy solution. Rumors of an “Arizona plan” to play the MLB season have been swirling, with many players speaking out about their concerns with the idea. Read more
Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner offered a fun way to end extra-inning games over a potentially shortened 2020 MLB season: home-run derbies to end tied games. And while the idea drew skepticism from some, New York Yankees legend Alex Rodriguez voiced his approval. Speaking on ESPN’s “Get Up!” Read more
The NBA season has followed roughly the same schedule for the league’s entire existence. Broadly speaking, the season starts in the fall, usually in October or November, and ends in the late spring or early summer, stretching from April in the league’s earlier days into June now. The only things Read more
Two weeks have passed since Major League Baseball shut down operations in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus. Coincidentally, the two-week mark falls on Thursday, March 26, or what was supposed to be Opening Day 2020. It’s unclear when (or if) the 2020 season will begin, though the Read more
For many casual fans, the NBA doesn’t really start until Christmas, when the league takes over the sports world for one of their marquee days. But what if the actual opening night was in December? That’s what Atlanta Hawks CEO Steve Koonin proposed in a presentation at the MIT Sloan Read more
There’s much to hammer out if the NFL is going to achieve its goal of enacting a new collective bargaining agreement prior to the start of the new league year on March 18. With matters such as possible changes to the marijuana ban and testing window being one of them, Read more