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When MLB’s Season Finally Starts, These Are The Guys We Can’t Wait To Watch

With ESPN’s Jeff Passan reporting Wednesday that Major League Baseball plans to send the players association a return-to-play proposal as quickly as next week, MLB’s long-awaited comeback could happen relatively soon. (Perhaps by June, some have speculated.) The structure of play will be different — probably borrowing logistics from leagues that have already resumed play, […]

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Will NFL Rookies Suffer Without Minicamps? Probably Not.

In a normal year, most NFL teams would be putting pads on their new NFL draft picks and getting ready to watch them practice. But because of the novel coronavirus, all organized team activities have been postponed, and rookie minicamps — which should be starting on Friday — are an all-remote affair, with no workouts […]

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The U.S. May Have Trouble Restarting Canada’s Sport

Like every other professional sports league headquartered in the United States, the NHL has been suspended for more than a month because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But unlike every professional sports league headquartered in the United States, the NHL features a not insignificant number of teams based in Canada. MLS boasts three Canadian teams, MLB […]

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How MLB Could Squeeze Extra Games Into A Shortened Season

One of the great challenges facing the 2020 Major League Baseball season — if there is a season — is the calendar. When and if it is deemed safe to return to the field, how many games can be played? Last year, teams averaged 0.87 games played per day during the season. Based on that […]

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