Due coronavirus concerns, the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony has been rescheduled to July 2021. There will be a dual ceremony.
Hall of Fame officially reschedules 2020 induction ceremony to 2021 — HardballTalk | NBC Sports
For an estimated 3 million American high school seniors, there won’t be a walk across a stage this year. But a televised special across several major networks and backed by LeBron James could help add a sense of community next month in the midst of graduation season. The LeBron James Family Foundation announced a partnership…
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The A’s are likewise the only team in Major League Baseball that has yet to commit to paying employees through May 31
Oakland Athletics discussing “extensive layoffs” — HardballTalk | NBC Sports
His broken hand is healed, his infant daughter now knows his face and it has been two months since Jake Muzzin has fired a puck or popped an opponent. So if the NHL moves to a few hub cities to finish the regular season, an idea that might see players on the road and isolated […]
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MLB will allow teams to offer refunds to fans for games that haven’t been played due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Major League Baseball is allowing teams to offer refunds to fans for games currently not being played due to the coronavirus pandemic. Previously, games were considered postponed, instead of canceled, allowing teams to hold on to revenue generated from ticket sales.
But with little chance of MLB playing 162 games this season, the league has decided to allow for refunds. MLB is not requiring refunds, and each team will set its own policy, with many likely offering a credit for 2021 as an option. Teams can announce their new policies beginning Wednesday.
The decision comes a week after two fans filed a complaint in California, seeking class-action certification on behalf of fans seeking refunds. Additionally, several state attorney general offices around the country had received complaints about the no-refund policy.
MLB has no start date for the 2020 season.
Though baseball could still return this summer, it’s likely to be without fans in attendance for at least a portion of the season — which would kick in another set of refunds.
At one point, the NBA viewed Labor Day as a potential deadline for completing the current season.
Report: NBA increasingly open to delaying next season — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
Adrian Wojnarowski, via ESPN:
They are more willing than ever to delay the start of next season.
And part of that reason is that might give them more time next year to be able to have fans in the building. But, next season, the fear of having to start the year in empty arenas. And if they were going to start in their normal time – mid-, late-October – it’s hard to imagine that there would be fans in the stands.
And so I think as much time as they can buy for themselves, I think the league is willing to do that right now. And they’re trying to look at everything. And this isn’t just “let’s figure out the next couple months and this season.” This is a two-, three-, four-year look moving forward.
Before going on hiatus, the NBA was approaching its most lucrative time of year – the playoffs. It’d be silly to cancel a postseason just to preserve a future regular season.
Especially when it’s unclear whether the next regular season would actually start on time.
More than a month after the hiatus began, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he didn’t know when his league would resume play and wouldn’t know soon. The coronavirus isn’t easily controlled. Another wave could undermine any plans.
But there’s value in finishing the current season. It’d bring satisfying closure and optimize revenue.
A complication of extending the current season through an indefinite delay: Owners could invoke force majeure only if canceling games. But players already agreed to have salary withheld. These issues – including how to handle player contracts when a season lasts longer than a year – are negotiable. Both sides are in it together, sharing nearly equally in revenue.
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One of the best basketball products to come out of New York City lost his mom and brother after they battled coronavirus. Erica Telfair, the mother of former NBA and Abraham Lincoln High School star Sebastian Telfair, died early Monday after battling the virus, although her official cause of death is unknown. She was 64…. […]
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There’s still a long way to go, but the NBA is stepping in a direction that points toward eventually returning. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, teams can begin opening up their facilities to their players starting May 1, but there’s one pretty big condition. Beginning on May 1, the NBA is allowing teams to open…
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Larry Martinez bought tickets in February for opening day at Dodger Stadium, through StubHub. “Paid about $200, a little over (that) after fees,” he said in a phone conversation this week. “They have this program where, if it’s eventually canceled, they’re going to offer you 120 percent value of the ticket. In other words, you…
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Vacations on Cape Cod will be without one of their signature pastimes this summer. And elite collegiate baseball players, who were robbed of their season by the coronavirus, will now have another opportunity to showcase their talents to Major League Baseball scouts ripped away. The Cape Cod Baseball League has officially canceled its 2020 season…
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