Sound of silence: Baseball thinking ahead to silent stadiums
Tom Murphy has become somewhat of an online sensation during baseball’s shutdown for the array of workouts the Seattle Mariners' catcher posts on Inst...
Basketball helped power Jets’ Fant to football success
NEW YORK — George Fant spent most of his college days at Western Kentucky shooting basketballs and grabbing rebounds as a physical power forward with ...
Column: More normality from NFL. Will it happen on time?
The Super Bowl champions kicking off the season at home.
Police: Ravens’ Thomas threatened by wife with gun in Texas
BALTIMORE — The lawyer for the wife of Baltimore Ravens safety Earl Thomas said she is being subjected to an “unfounded ongoing investigation" by Texa...
Royals learning about new manager during stay-at-home orders
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the Kansas City Royals learned that spring training was over and they were headed home, with questions swirling around if and ...
Nats’ star Ryan Zimmerman’s AP diary: South Korean baseball
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ryan Zimmerman is a two-time All-Star infielder who has played 15 years in the majors, all with the Washington Nationals. He holds most...
Brescia captain says his team opposes resuming Serie A
ROME — With his team based in the Lombardy region where nearly 15,000 people have died from the coronavirus, Brescia captain Daniele Gastaldello said ...
Four MLS teams allow individual workouts, more to follow
Four Major League Soccer teams took the first small step toward returning to play Wednesday by allowing players to use team training fields for indivi...
Analysis: The NBA is proceeding with extreme caution
The NBA says some players can voluntarily return to their team practice facilities starting on Friday, with some very specific conditions and only in ...
Jets’ Darnold enters Year 3 with ‘definitely room to grow’
NEW YORK — Sam Darnold was mostly pleased with how he finished last year with the New York Jets. The young quarterback enters his third NFL season kno...
AP Source: 3 dates still possible for rescheduled Preakness
The Preakness Stakes could still be run on one of three dates this summer or fall.
Germany relaxes more virus rules, but with fallback clause
BERLIN — German officials on Wednesday cleared the way for restaurants, hotels and remaining stores to reopen in the coming weeks, and for the country...
Dolphins rookie QB Tua Tagovailoa will wear uniform No. 1
MIAMI — Rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, the Miami Dolphins' top draft pick, will wear uniform No. 1.
Tight end contracts could be next to see significant rise
Several tight ends in the NFL are centerpieces of the offense.
Column: Strong play won’t go unrewarded for Harris English
The sure solution to just about any problem in golf always is to play better.
Saints emails, lawsuits could be buried in church bankruptcy
A bankruptcy filing by New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese freezes sexual abuse lawsuits and could help bury the details of alleged coverups of pr...
In shortened season, stars still had chance to shine in 1981
The season began with Fernandomania and ended with a classic World Series matchup between the Dodgers and Yankees. Mike Schmidt slugged his way to a s...
AP study: MLB average at around $4.4M for 5th year in row
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s average salary ahead of a postponed opening day remained at around $4.4 million for the fifth straight season, acco...
Play ball: Korean baseball league begins in empty stadiums
SEOUL, South Korea — Cheerleaders danced beneath rows of empty seats and umpires wore protective masks as a new baseball season began in South Korea.
Carson Wentz embracing Eagles’ decision to draft Jalen Hurts
The Philadelphia Eagles’ decision to draft Jalen Hurts in the second round has been one of the most intensely debated NFL topics over the past 10 days...
Plans on ice: USA Luge’s Mazdzer wondering what comes next
Chris Mazdzer was supposed to be in Thailand right now. The 2018 Olympic men’s luge silver medalist was going to be getting married there on Saturday,...
AP Exclusive: Trout, Cole top 65 to earn $100,000 per game
NEW YORK — Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole aren’t the only major leaguers with a big financial incentive to get back on the field.
What Would Have Been: Red Sox-Yankees, NHL conference finals
With the sports calendar still mostly on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press takes a look at some of the live sporting even...
Cologne calls worried player to account over virus comments
BERLIN — Cologne has called midfielder Birger Verstraete to account for an interview he gave in which he criticized the club for its handing of three ...
‘The Wax Pack’ chronicles baseball card-fueled road trip
NEW YORK — Brad Balukjian tore open a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, chewed the stale, brittle bubblegum and then planned a road trip most sports ...
‘Field of Dreams’: Fathers & sons, phantoms and phenoms
NEW YORK — Baseball and tears, the ones streaking down cheeks.
Indians reliever Clase suspended 80 games for PED violation
CLEVELAND — Indians reliever Emmanuel Clase has been suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball for testing positive for a banned performance-enhanci...
Little League World Series canceled for first time
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — This year's Little League World Series and the championship tournaments in six other Little League divisions have been canceled be...
NFC East has a new look but success may be slow to achieve
The NFL’s worst division has plenty of new kids — and coaches — on the block.
Hall of Famer Dawson deals with coronavirus as a mortician
MIAMI — The man consoling mourners and directing his staff at Paradise Memorial Funeral Home might look familiar if he wasn't wearing a mask.