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…
Nation Feb 22 U.S. Soccer Federation and women’s team settle lawsuit for $24 million U.S. women soccer players have reached a landmark agreement with the sport's American governing body to end a six-year legal battle over equal pay.
Arts Apr 02 MLB moving All-Star Game in response to voting restrictions Major League Baseball has moved the All-Star Game from Atlanta's Truist Park, a response to Georgia enacting a new law last month restricting voting rights.
Nation Oct 21 Smallest crowd in over a century attends World Series opener A crowd of 11,388 attended the World Series opener between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays, the lowest count in a Fall Classic since Game 6 in 1909.
Nation Oct 09 Whitey Ford, Hall of Fame ace for mighty Yankees, dies at 91 He had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become the game's perennial champions.
Arts Sep 23 The Met Opera will be silent this season. Its 1st Black composer will open its return The Metropolitan Opera will skip an entire season for the first time in its nearly 140-year history. Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” will be the company’s first presentation by a Black composer.
Nation Apr 22 MLB strips Red Sox of draft pick, former manager banned in sign stealing scams The Boston Red Sox were stripped of their second-round pick in this year’s amateur draft by Major League Baseball for sign stealing in 2018 and former manager Alex Cora was suspended through the 2020 postseason for his previous conduct as…
Arts Apr 02 Carnegie Hall projects $9 million deficit, expects cuts next season More than 170 concerts are scheduled for next season but some likely will be dropped. It has not decided whether layoffs will be needed.