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After 35 years and calling over 2,600 NBA games, veteran NBA play-by-play announcer Kevin Calabro is “taking a break from the thing that I love to do most in the world” to focus on his family and his health.
Sounders planning to fly to Orlando on Friday, but many teams delaying travel as COVID-19 cases rise
Multiple reports across Major League Soccer state teams are delaying travel plans and are suspecting a schedule change for the “MLS Is Back Tournament” because of positive cases of COVID-19 among the clubs already sequestered in Florida.
NEW YORK — Something still bothers Barry Larkin about his Most Valuable Player award.
Midway through the return to soccer, OL Reign midfielder Allie Long had a message for team.
The Minor League Baseball season has been officially canceled, meaning the seven affiliates in the Seattle Mariners farm system will not see the field in 2020.
The last of the Mariners’ six draft picks from the 2020 Major League Baseball amateur draft signed his professional contract on Monday.
More than two months later than originally planned, the newest version of the Reign will begin play.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s professional baseball league says it will require fans to wear masks and to sit at least a seat apart as it prepares to bring back spectators in the coming weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
With players now reporting to their teams’ home cities in preparation for resuming spring training and preparing for the season, Major League Baseball has released rule changes along with on-field and off-field health and safety protocols as it tries to operate during the novel coronavirus p…
As closers go, Blake Treinen was about as good as it gets in 2018.
BOSTON — The New England Patriots have reached an agreement with free-agent quarterback Cam Newton, bringing in the 2015 NFL Most Valuable Player to help the team move on from three-time MVP Tom Brady, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES — In an attempt to continue to keep focus on the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight against social injustice and racial inequality, the NBA will allow players to replace the names on the backs of their jerseys with statements promoting those causes.
CROMWELL, Conn. — Dustin Johnson won the Travelers Championship on Sunday to end a long drought and extend his career-long season victory streak to 13.
LONG POND, Pa. — Round 2 at Pocono went to Denny Hamlin. Hamlin seized the spotlight, specifically in victory lane when Pocono had to set up lights after the race ended in the dark.
NEW YORK — After days of angry exchanges over money between Major League Baseball and the players’ association, Commissioner Rob Manfred started to doubt whether there would be a 2020 season and said as much on national television.
Even though they made only six selections in last week’s coronavirus-shortened Major League Baseball draft, the Mariners aren’t finished acquiring talent that would’ve been selected in a typical year.
As the Seahawks head into the summer, the biggest question regarding schematic differences in 2020 may not be about letting Russell Wilson pass more — though that will surely get plenty of discussion — but about the pass defense.
Here’s some of what awaits NBA players going to Disney next month: game rooms, golf course access, cabanas with misters to combat the heat, fishing areas, bowling, backstage tours and salon services.
Sounders FC midfielder Harry Shipp announced Tuesday he’s retiring from professional soccer.
NEW YORK — Yankees President Randy Levine called on the players' association to resume negotiations with Major League Baseball to start the pandemic-delayed season.
NEW YORK — The WNBA on Monday announced plans to play a reduced season, with a 22-game schedule that would begin in late July without fans in attendance because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Now the waiting begins for the Mariners, their six recent draft picks and their fans. Under normal circumstances, the annual amateur draft provides minimal instant gratification for those involved.
Roger Goodell would like to see Colin Kaepernick back in the NFL this season.
NEW YORK — Commissioner Rob Manfred says there might be no major league season after a breakdown in talks between teams and the union on how to split up money in a season delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant has joined the ownership group of Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union.
Even after a meeting this weekend among NBA players where some voiced objections to returning to action, the NBA is working out plans and for the season’s resumption.
NEW YORK — Jeremy Jeffress, Jordan Montgomery, Kevin Plawecki could be playing for free this season, earning salaries lower than what they already received as advances.
FORT WORTH, Texas — The PGA Tour spent two months learning about the COVID-19 pandemic and trying to develop a safe plan to return, followed by another month hoping for the best.
SEATTLE — With the 2020 Major League Baseball draft limited to just five rounds due to the shutdown because of the novel coronavirus, the Mariners stayed within the college ranks for all their selections, taking five college players on Day 2 — the final day.
If you were already getting excited to see the Seattle Seahawks take the field for the first time in a game setting in the 2020 season on Aug. 13 against the Las Vegas Raiders, you may need to hold off.
The baseball cliché says you can never have enough pitching.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. used a trip to NASCAR's shortest track to end a lengthy losing streak on the day the stock car series at long last banned the Confederate flag.
The official Sounders line is they’ll emerge from the coronavirus pandemic stoppage looking to win a tournament in Orlando, snag $1.1 million in prize money and then defend their MLS Cup title in whatever regular season and playoff format gets devised.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s amateur draft began Wednesday night with the first of a pandemic-shortened five rounds. Here's a capsule look at the first 10 players selected:
NEW YORK — Baseball players moved toward teams but remained far apart economically in their latest proposal for starting the pandemic-delayed season, adamant they receive full prorated salaries while offering to cut the regular season to 89 games.
Golden State coach Steve Kerr was supposed to be in Tokyo for the Olympics this summer.
Mariners' advantage -- picking early in each round -- lessened in MLB draft shortened by coronavirus
Back in late March and early April, when his job, baseball and most of everyday life were shut down to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Scott Hunter’s thoughts on the 2020 Major League Baseball draft ranged from being happy to have one, to hopeful about having more than five rounds.
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has made another try to start the coronavirus-delayed season in early July, proposing a 76-game regular season, expanding the playoffs from 10 teams to as many as 16 and allowing players to earn about 75% of their prorated salaries.
The newest Seattle Seahawk, running back Carlos Hyde, was a member of the San Francisco 49ers in 2016 when their quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, began kneeling during the national anthem.
NEW YORK — Baseball’s amateur draft is about to enter the next phase of its ongoing development — same as all those young prospects picked every year.
The roar of the crowd has been such a staple of major sports, such an advantage for the home team, that NFL clubs have been accused at times of artificial amplification. The Atlanta Falcons even admitted to the mischief, leading to a 2015 punishment from the league.
HAMPTON, Ga. — Bubba Wallace donned a black T-shirt with the words “I Can't Breathe” and NASCAR paused before Sunday's Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway to acknowledge the country's social unrest.
It’s a stat that makes sense if you’ve been following the Seahawks relatively closely, but still seems a little jarring when read — since 2011, only one player drafted in the first round by Seattle has become a full-time starter in his rookie season.
The WNBA has proposed a return-to-play plan that mirrors its NBA counterparts, which would also be have games played in Florida, sources told ESPN and The Washington Post.
HAMPTON, Ga. — After another dominant performance at one of his favorite tracks, Kevin Harvick relished the past and looked ahead to the future.
SEATTLE — Major League Soccer is awaiting a vote from its players regarding a return-to-play proposal that could end the suspension of the MLS season and avoid a lockout, according to reporting by The Athletic.
In a conference call with the league’s Board of Governors, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver presented multiple return-to-play scenarios and set a target date of July 31 for a return to games, according to people with knowledge of Friday’s call.
TACOMA — The OL Reign announced Sunday it was headed to train in Missoula, Montana, in preparation for the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.