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Coronavirus: 76ers, Devils reverse decision to cut salaries up to 20%
Jeremy Zimmerman//32 views/1 comments
After mounting pressure from players, employees and the public, the owners behind the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils are reversing course on their dec...
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Boris Stankovic, Who Paved Way for N.B.A.’s ‘Dream Team,’ Dies at 94
Marc Stein//31 views
As the longtime head of FIBA, the international game’s governing body, he successfully lobbied to let pros play in the Olympics. Boris Stankovic, the longtime h...
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Professional Athletes Trade Sports for TikTok and Toilet Paper
Victor Mather//31 views
the day in (no) sports Giannis Antetokounmpo is playing guitar, among other things you didn’t expect to read about in the middle of March. Another Monday, anoth...
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A 2020 Olympics Delay Seems Inevitable. Is a 4-Week Decision Needed to Get There?
Tariq Panja, Motoko Rich//42 views
The United States added its voice to growing calls for the Tokyo Games to be rescheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The United States Olympic and Para...
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As I.O.C. Deliberates, Track and Field Athletes Want Summer Olympics Postponed
Matthew Futterman, Joe Ward//26 views
The I.O.C. said it would spend the next month examining whether to postpone the Tokyo Games. Nearly 80 percent of track and field athletes say to do it now. In ...
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NFLPA executive director's future in doubt
Frederick Hernandez//35 views
One week after agreeing to a new 10-year collective bargaining agreement with team owners, the National Football League Players Association is starting the proc...
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Abe reportedly hints Japan may postpone Tokyo Olympics but not cancel
Mary Jarvis//32 views/1 comments
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hinted that the Tokyo Olympics could be postponed but ruled out the possibility of canceling the global sporting event, accord...
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Canada Will Not Send Teams to Tokyo in 2020
The Associated Press//49 views/2 comments
The nation’s Olympic committees called for the Games to be postponed a year for safety precautions amid the coronavirus pandemic. TORONTO — The Canadian Olympic...
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Would Having the Tokyo Games Even Be Fair to the Athletes?
Karen Crouse//32 views
On Olympics For anyone losing training time, “you can’t even imagine competing in August at the Olympics,” Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy said. Gregorio Paltrini...
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Canada Withdraws From Summer Olympics as I.O.C. Weighs Postponement
Tariq Panja, Matthew Futterman//34 views/1 comments
Faced with growing frustration from athletes and some national committees, the International Olympic Committee said it would decide within four weeks on the Tok...
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An Olympic Showdown: The Rising Clamor to Postpone the Tokyo Summer Games
Andrew Keh, Matt Futterman, Tariq Panja, Motoko Rich//38 views
Athletes and sports organizations are pushing back against the I.O.C.’s insistence that the Games go on this summer despite the coronavirus pandemic. On July 24...
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Coronavirus Compounds Financial Concerns in Women’s Sports
Juliet Macur//33 views
Paychecks and sponsor deals were already much smaller for female athletes. Postponements and cancellations have added further uncertainty about their wages: “Th...
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Soccer Is a Habit. But Habits Can Be Broken.
Rory Smith//37 views/1 comments
Rory Smith On Soccer Sports are never just sports. And it’s OK to miss them now that they’re gone, and to wonder if they’ll be the same when they return. Enjoyi...
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Can’t Actually Play Sports? Why Not Simulate Them?
Victor Mather//28 views
today in (no) sports Not even bar sports are immune to cancellation. But many people are getting creative by simulating competitions, inviting fans and athletes...
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At Kobe Bryant’s High School, Coronavirus Suspends Already Tough Basketball Season
Jeré Longman//29 views
Lower Merion High School in suburban Philadelphia lost its most famous alumnus in January and now has probably lost its basketball season to the pandemic. ARDMO...