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Major league teams have released hundreds of young players with the minor league season in doubt due to the coronavirus pandemic

Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and players possibly arriving in uniform, like they did when they were teenagers

Former major league manager and infielder Art Howe is in intensive care in a Houston hospital with the coronavirus

Minor league sports face a more treacherous climb to return from the coronavirus pandemic than their major counterparts that have significant TV revenue

Major League Baseball released its report on the Boston Red Sox sign-stealing investigation Wednesday, docking the team a second-round draft pick in the 2020 draft because a video replay operator had used game feeds to revise signs. Former manager Alex Cora, who led the Sox to a World Series title and the most wins in team history in 2018, has…

A pair of fans in New York sued Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred and the 30 teams, asking for their money back for tickets and for certification of class-action status.

Major League Baseball players are upset over the prospect teams may seek additional pay cuts if games are played in empty ballparks due to the coronavirus pandemic

Twenty-seven Major League Baseball teams will participate in a study looking for COVID-19 antibodies among club employees and their relatives, the league confirmed Tuesday according to NBC News.

Major League Baseball is working on a plan to salvage the 2020 season which has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

People familiar with the discussion tell The Associated Press that putting all 30 teams in the Phoenix area this season and playing in empty ballparks was among the ideas discussed by Major League Baseball and the players’ association

The already-delayed professional sports seasons in North America could be on hiatus for significantly longer than first planned after federal officials said Sunday that they recommend all in-person events involving 50 people or more be called off for the next eight weeks.

Major League Baseball officials said Thursday they would delay Opening Day by at least two weeks.

The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer are closing access to locker rooms and clubhouses to all nonessential personnel, including media, in response to the coronavirus crisis, the leagues announced in a joint statement Monday night.

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has a broken rib and it’s not clear whether he will need surgery, leaving doubt when he’ll be back in the lineup. Manager Aaron Boone said he thought the star right fielder hurt himself making a diving catch late last season. Judge will rest two weeks while recovering from the stress fracture to...

Tim Tebow was reassigned to minor league camp by the New York Mets on Friday after going 1 for 8 in spring training with his first extra-base hit in four years. The 32-year-old outfielder and former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback homered against Detroit’s Alex Wilson on Feb. 25. He also had three walks. Tebow has a .147 average (10 for 68)…

Jerry Koosman’s No. 36 is being retired by the New York Mets, more than four decades after he threw his final pitch for the team. Koosman, whose five-hitter beat Baltimore in Game 5 of the 1969 World Series for the Mets’ first title, will be honored before the June 13 game against Washington, the team said Thursday. His will be…

Professional sports leagues in North America are in touch with health officials and teams about the ongoing coronavirus outbreak

Major League Baseball has appointed its first African American umpire crew chief, promoting Kerwin Danley to the position this week, The 58-year-old Danley has worked two World Series and been on the field for 10 other postseason rounds, including the AL Championship Series last year

A Bronx Supreme Court judge granted a protective order for Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner against a fan. Gardner, 36, filed the request last week against Gina Devasahayam and said in court documents she has “harassed and menaced” him and his family, The New York Post reported. Bronx Supreme Court Justice Eddie McShan said he granted the request Monday because of…

Major league players could be punished for future sign-stealing violations in the wake of the Houston Astros’ scandal that only resulted in discipline for managers, coaches and executives.