Month: April 2020

11:28 PM ET A pair of fans from New York are suing Major League Baseball, each individual club and ticket resellers over tickets purchased for MLB games that haven’t been played due the coronavirus pandemic. The complaint, filed Monday in California, is seeking class-action certification and to add more plaintiffs who are “similarly situated.” “During
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11:19 PM ET Associated Press Louisville athletic director Vince Tyra says his department will cut 15% from its sports budgets and furlough staff this week in further economic moves resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tyra said furloughs would be announced Wednesday but did not specify details to the University of Louisville Athletic Association (ULAA) board
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4:11 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Family members of four of the eight passengers killed in a helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna have joined the NBA star’s widow in filing wrongful death lawsuits against the companies that owned and operated the aircraft. The suits on behalf of three members
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8:00 PM ET Keyshawn Davis took several weeks to choose his path to boxing stardom after the Tokyo Olympics were postponed. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the top professional prospect on the U.S. Olympic qualification team was facing nearly a year without an amateur fight that mattered. He could wait 16 months for his shot
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9:13 PM ET New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider offered a positive update on his fractured foot Monday, saying during a videoconference that it’s healing well and noting that he should be ready to play if the NHL season resumes. “My foot feels good,” Kreider said, according to NHL.com. “[My] foot was better a few
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7:18 PM BST Munster prop James Cronin has been banned for a month after committing an unintentional doping violation due to a mix-up at a pharmacy, European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) said in a statement on Monday. Cronin, 29, tested positive for the steroid prednisolone and corticosteroid prednisone, which are on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s
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