Bubble Kings: Lakers run past Heat for 17th NBA championship
For the first time since Kobe Bryant’s fifth and final title a decade ago, the Lakers are NBA champions.
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When a college cuts a sports program, lives are upended
Around 80 Division I college sports programs have been cut because of the financial strain of the novel coronavirus pandemic on athletic departments.
Bob Gibson, fierce Hall of Fame ace for St. Louis Cardinals, dies at 84
Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, the dominating St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won a record seven consecutive World Series starts and set a modern standard for excellence when he finished the 1968 season with a 1.12 ERA, died Friday.
Winning filly: Swiss Skydiver beats Authentic in Preakness
Filly Swiss Skydiver added another memorable moment to cap off a topsy-turvy Triple Crown season.
Chiefs-Patriots game postponed after Cam Newton tests positive for COVID-19
The NFL said on Saturday that the game will be played on Monday or Tuesday, a move that would be possible only if there is no wider spread of the disease on the rosters.
Tennessee Titans hit by NFL’s first coronavirus outbreak; next game postponed
Only one new positive test result came back Wednesday, a day after the Titans had three players and five team personnel test positive for COVID-19. More daily test results are upcoming.
Bubble hockey champions: Tampa Bay Lightning win Stanley Cup
Brayden Point scored his playoff-best 14th goal and the Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Monday night to win the Stanley Cup and finish off the most unusual NHL postseason in history, staged nearly entirely in quarantine because of the pandemic.
NFL fines coaches $100,000 apiece for misuse of masks during weekend games
More coaches and clubs can expect similar punishments as a memo last week from Troy Vincent, who oversees the league’s football operations, was largely ignored throughout the weekend.
Big Ten universities reverse pandemic delay, will play fall football after all
Less than five weeks after pushing football and other fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednesday and said it plans to begin its season the weekend of Oct. 23-24.
Racial injustice themes on display in empty NFL stadiums
The once-reluctant league brought racial injustice to the forefront on the NFL’s first full slate of games.
Tom Seaver, heart and mighty arm of Miracle Mets, dies at 75
Seaver, the galvanizing force who steered the New York Mets from the National League cellar to a stunning World Series title in 1969, died Monday from complications of Lewy body dementia and COVID-19.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll calls on coaches and others to listen to Black people
At a time of racial reckoning, the longtime coach says, “No more being quiet, no more being afraid to talk the topics, no more ‘I’m a little bit uncomfortable, I might lose my job.’”
Second day of NBA playoff games halted after player walkout in protest of social injustice
Players pledged to finish the postseason even as they wrestled with their emotions about wanting to bring change in their communities.
Milwaukee Bucks change narrative across the sports landscape, putting focus squarely on justice reform
While players and teams from baseball, the WNBA, MLS and tennis sat out their competitions Wednesday night, NBA players and coaches met for nearly three hours in a Disney hotel to determine next steps.
Big Ten, Pac-12 college conferences pull plug on fall football
The Pac-12 said its season would be postponed until the spring, while the Big Ten said it will explore a spring season.
Every sport has a coronavirus plan. MLB’s lasted four days.
Commentary: Sports can't be played safely in a country that doesn't value public health
Major League Baseball season set back by coronavirus outbreak in Miami Marlins
The players’ precarious health and postponement of two games at the last-minute raised anew doubts about the league's ability to finish the season during a pandemic.
PHOTOS: Empty stands, masked players as baseball returns
With every pitch, with every swing, with every inning in empty parks across the majors, this looks, sounds and feels like the most bizarre season in big league history.
Release the Kraken! NHL’s new Seattle team picks mythical sea creature for its mascot
The kraken — akin to a monstrous squid — was mentioned in an Alfred Lord Tennyson sonnet from 1830 and later popularized in the 1953 novel “The Kraken Wakes” by John Wyndham.