Category: Sport

Kiley McDaniel of ESPN reports that Major League Baseball has given clubs permission to resume in-person scouting activities. A ban was put in place on March 19 due to COVID-19. Under the new rule, there is a limit of three scouts per MLB club for each event. And yes, there are events: McDaniel notes that […]

Baseball America’s JJ Cooper reports that Major League Baseball has issued a memo to teams advising them against offering “exorbitant” amounts to undrafted free agents via the Continuing Education Program. In the ensuing thread on his tweet, Cooper goes through some thought exercises trying to figure out how to game the Continuing Education Program. He […]

It is not something haphazardly slapped together. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver worked on a restart plan with owners, the players union, television partners, and potential hosts. Everyone settled on a 22-team restart plan with some “seeding games” on the front end, a play backed by NBA owners and the players’ union. Now a coalition of […]

The public messaging on players who choose not to play in the NBA’s resumption at Disney World: They won’t face discipline. But they won’t get paid, which is no small matter. Ramona Shelburne and Adrian Wojnarowski: they will lose payment on games missed — 1/92nd of the money owed them, sources said. I wonder whether […]

After years of fighting, WNBA players got higher pay and better worked conditions. Then, before they could enjoy the fruits of their labor, coronavirus caused the WNBA season to be postponed. But the WNBA is set to return in Florida without fans in attendance for a 22-game regular season (down from 34 games) – WITH […]

Even long-time veterans of the social justice movement — including Black Lives Matter — say it feels different this time. There is a broad-based groundswell of momentum that could lead to important changes in police departments and how they interact with communities of color. There is momentum toward removing some of the systemic racism that […]

A coalition of NBA players is leading an intense debate about whether they should restart the NBA season down in Orlando, whether to follow the NBA and players’ union or if it would be better for social justice movements and their own health just to stay home. Charles Barkley has an opinion about that. Shocking, […]