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U.S. Soccer President Carlos Cordeiro Resigns
Kevin Draper//37 views/1 comments
The resignation, days after a legal filing widely condemned as misogynistic, threw the federation’s leadership into turmoil only weeks before it heads to court ...
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From Rocky Season to No Season, Inside the N.B.A.’s Decision to Freeze
Marc Stein, Sopan Deb, Scott Cacciola, Kevin Draper//28 views/1 comments
The league now faces perhaps the biggest, and most fluid, crisis in its history. As Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, stood in his team’s home lock...
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Twenty-Four Hours When Sports Hit the Halt Button
Andrew Keh//33 views/1 comments
With coronavirus cases on the rise, baseball, hockey, college basketball and other sports took a knee. One by one, beginning Wednesday night and all through Thu...
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M.L.B. Pushes Back Opening Day Over Coronavirus Concerns
Tyler Kepner//35 views
Amid fears over the coronavirus pandemic, the league announced that all spring training games would be halted and the start of the season would be delayed by at...
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How the Coronavirus Is Disrupting Sports
Victor Mather//27 views
Postponements and cancellations continued in an effort to curtail the spread of the virus. Sports around the world continued to be disrupted, and even halted, b...
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N.C.A.A. Basketball Tournaments Canceled Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Alan Blinder//40 views/2 comments
The association’s initial response to the crisis called for tournament games to be played without fans in the arenas. Then college sports officials decided to s...
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‘Blatant Misogyny’: U.S. Women Protest, and U.S. Soccer President Resigns
Kevin Draper, Andrew Das//50 views/1 comments
Legal filings in a lawsuit argued women’s soccer players were inferior to men, poisoning an already testy relationship. The backlash cost Carlos Cordeiro his po...
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Champions League and Euro 2020 in Jeopardy as Teams Enter Quarantine
Rory Smith, Tariq Panja//37 views
Real Madrid joined Juventus in isolation after contact with an athlete who tested positive for the coronavirus, and UEFA said it would meet to discuss the effec...
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For Mikaela Shiffrin, a Week Without Races Is a Resounding Success
Karen Crouse//31 views
After flying to Sweden and steeling herself for her first event since her father’s death, Shiffrin declared victory despite never leaving the starting gate. ARE...
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Rory McIlroy Has ‘Come a Long Way’ as a Leader on PGA Tour
Bill Pennington//43 views
Drawing a line on competing in the Premier Golf League and European Tour events in the Middle East, the world’s No. 1 player has become more comfortable speakin...
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Coronavirus: NBA suspends season after Jazz player tests positive
Steven Baker//45 views/1 comments
The National Basketball Association on Wednesday night suspended its season indefinitely after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the new coronavirus. "The ...
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Champions League games postponed as virus hits world soccer
Steven Baker//33 views/2 comments
The deepening virus outbreak prompted the cancellation of Champions League soccer for the first time Thursday, with the high-profile match between Manchester Ci...
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Mavs owner Mark Cuban: I had put 5%-10% odds on NBA suspending games
Mary Jarvis//38 views
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Thursday he didn't think the NBA would suspend the season due to the coronavirus. "This is new territory for all of us,"...
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Coronavirus outbreak: Here's what's canceled in sports
Frederick Hernandez//34 views/1 comments
The sporting world is feeling the weight of the COVID-19 outbreak that's spread from China to most countries around the world, infecting well over 100,000 peopl...
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N.B.A. Suspends Season After Player Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Scott Cacciola, Sopan Deb//35 views/1 comments
The league said the suspension would begin after Wednesday night’s games. The N.B.A. abruptly suspended its season on Wednesday after a Utah Jazz player was fou...