Unvaccinated MLB Players Will Not Be Allowed to Play in Canada

[ad_1] Major League Baseball players without the coronavirus vaccine will not be allowed to enter Canada to play games against the Toronto Blue Jays due to the country’s restrictions, and they will not be paid while the team is abroad as part of the sport’s new effort. contract. Current Canadian border restrictions do not allow …

FIFA to Allow Foreign Players in Russia to Break Contracts

[ad_1] Having decided that Russian teams will not be able to play international football indefinitely due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine, football’s governing body now plans to announce that foreign players contracted with Russian teams will be able to suspend their contracts and move elsewhere, at least temporarily. The decision will affect around 100 …

Black Former NFL Players May Benefit From New Concussion Deal

[ad_1] The federal judge overseeing the NFL concussion deal has officially removed the use of a race-based method to assess black former players’ dementia tests, paving the way for thousands of players to potentially file claims worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Friday’s order by U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody, who has overseen the …

A Minor League Player’s Long Slogan to the Majors and a Short Comeback

[ad_1] Jack Kruger was about to start a new season with another minor league baseball team called the Salt Lake Bees, a Class AAA team in Utah, when his cell phone rang. “Take the first flight to Los Angeles,” his manager said. Salt Lake’s parent club, the Angels, was promoting Kruger to majors to replace …

Tennis Suspends Russia and Belarus, But Will Allow Their Players

[ad_1] Organizations that oversee professional tennis will ban Russia and Belarus from competing in team events, but will allow players from these countries to participate in tournaments without any national identity. The statement on Tuesday came a day later. The International Olympic Committee recommended that sports organizations banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from events. Other …

Players (and Managers) Question Relevance at NFL Combine

[ad_1] For 40 years, college football players hoping to be drafted by an NFL team have showcased their speed, strength, and personality in the league’s most important talent assessment: scouting. But recent changes to the event, which kicked off on Tuesday, increased professional days on college campuses and in private practice, and concerns about the …

A Minor League Player’s Long Slogan to the Majors and a Short Comeback

[ad_1] Jack Kruger was about to start a new season with another minor league baseball team called the Salt Lake Bees, a Class AAA team in Utah, when his cell phone rang. “Take the first flight to Los Angeles,” his manager said. Salt Lake’s parent club, the Angels, was promoting Kruger to majors to replace …

US Women’s Players and US Football Equal Pay Case Solves

[ad_1] A six-year battle for equal pay, which pitted key members of the World Cup-winning United States women’s soccer team against their sport’s national governing body, ended Tuesday morning in a deal that included millions of dollars in payouts and a promise to players. To equalize salaries between the men’s and women’s national teams by …

Canadian Hockey Players Wear Masks Implying Distrust of Russia

[ad_1] BEIJING — Concern was most evident in the masks that were suddenly worn by the referees on the bench and, most prominently, in the women playing Olympic hockey. The Beijing Games, which at last week’s opening ceremony were cloaked in rhetoric about sportsmanship and shared values ​​and unity, suddenly turned into a show of …