Nation Jan 25 All-Star 3rd baseman Scott Rolen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Slick-fielding third baseman Scott Rolen has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with five votes to spare above the 75 percent needed.
World Dec 10 Soccer journalist Grant Wahl, 49, dies at World Cup match in Qatar Grant Wahl, an American journalist who helped grow the popularity of soccer in the U.S. and reported on some of the biggest stories in the sport, died Saturday while covering a World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands.
World Dec 03 U.S. knocked out of World Cup with 3-1 loss to the Netherlands Memphis Depay and Daley Blind scored in the first half and Denzel Dumfries added a late goal as the Netherlands eliminated the United States from the World Cup with a 3-1 victory Saturday that advanced the Dutch to the quarterfinals.
Arts Nov 29 U.S. advances in World Cup with 1-0 win over Iran Christian Pulisic scored while crashing headfirst into the goalkeeper late in the 38th minute and the United States advanced to the knockout rounds of the World Cup with a 1-0 win over Iran.
Nation May 18 U.S. Soccer Federation reaches milestone agreement in equal pay for men’s, women’s teams The federation announced separate collective bargaining agreements through December 2028 with the unions for both national teams on Wednesday, ending years of often acrimonious negotiations.
Economy Mar 10 MLB players approve contract, salvaging 162-game season Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball's latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season that will begin April 7.
Arts Mar 01 MLB cancels opening day after sides fail to reach deal Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday the sport will lose regular-season games over a labor dispute for the first time in 27 years after acrimonious lockout talks collapsed in the hours before management's deadline.
Arts Mar 01 Union rejects MLB’s last offer, likely leading to cancelled games MLB made its last offer about 90 minutes before a self-imposed 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday. The league has threatened to cancel March 31's opening day without a deal by then.
Nation Mar 01 MLB extends deadline on labor deal to salvage opening day A marathon of 13 bargaining sessions over 16 1/2 hours produced progress toward a labor deal but left the sides still far apart.
Nation Feb 28 Last day for labor negotiations to salvage start of regular baseball season, says MLB Max Scherzer and Andrew Miller are leading the players' bargaining team for the final day of negotiations to end the lockout before Major League Baseball's deadline to salvage a March 31 start to the regular season and a 162-game schedule…