(NEW YORK) — Despite an extended deadline, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association were not able to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement on Tuesday.
After more than 16 hours at the negotiating table Monday, the league pushed the deadline to Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET in the hopes of reaching a deal. But players rejected the league’s final proposal before time ran out.
Without a new CBA, MLB will not begin its regular season as planned on March 31. Instead, the league announced that each team’s first two series of the regular season will not be played and that Spring Training games will begin no earlier than March 12.
“I had hoped against hope that I would not have to be in the position of canceling games,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a letter to baseball fans. “We worked hard to avoid an outcome that is bad for our fans, bad for our players and bad for our clubs.”
“I want to assure our fans that our failure to reach an agreement was not due to a lack of effort on the part of either party. The Players came here for nine days, worked hard and tried to make a deal. I appreciate their effort,” he added.
Manfred said the league is “prepared to continue negotiations.”
“We have been informed that the MLBPA is headed back to New York meaning that no agreement is possible until at least Thursday,” he noted.
He added, “The Clubs and our owners fully understand just how important it is to our millions of fans that we get the game on the field as soon as possible. To that end, we want to bargain and we want a deal with the Players Association as quickly as possible.”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Washington 116, Detroit 113
Toronto 109, Brooklyn 108
Boston 107, Atlanta 98
LA Clippers 113, Houston 100
Minnesota 129, Golden State 114
Dallas 109, LA Lakers 104
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Edmonton 3, Philadelphia 0
Columbus 4, New Jersey 3
Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 2
Detroit 4, Carolina 3 (OT)
Calgary 5, Minnesota 1
Winnipeg 8, Montreal 4
Colorado 5, NY Islanders 3
Vegas 3, San Jose 1
Anaheim 4, Boston 3
(SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested Monday for attempted murder after a shooting in San Jose, California Monday.
Police said one male gunshot victim was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities identified Velasquez as the shooter on Tuesday, according to ESPN. A San Jose Police Twitter account indicates the motive for the shooting is still under investigation.
Velasquez was booked into Santa Clara County jail, where he is being held without bail. A court appearance has been set for Wednesday.
Now retired from MMA, Velasquez, 39, is considered to be one of the top heavyweight UFC fighters of all time, according to ESPN. Most recently, he had been coaching at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose.
(NEW YORK) — After more than 16 hours at the negotiating table Monday, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association still have not reached a new collective bargaining agreement.
But the two sides have not yet thrown in the towel on reaching a deal to allow the regular season to begin as planned on March 31.
The league has extended the deadline for a new CBA to Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET. Both sides are expected to resume talks at 11 a.m. ET.
ABC News’ Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America Tuesday with the latest on the talks:
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Pittsburgh at Baltimore (Canceled)
Philadelphia at Boston (Canceled)
Atlanta at Detroit (Canceled)
Washington at Houston (Canceled)
Arizona at Kansas City (Canceled)
Seattle at LA Dodgers (Canceled)
Cincinnati at LA Angels (Canceled)
Oakland at San Diego (Canceled)
Colorado at Texas (Canceled)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota at Tampa Bay (Canceled)
Chi White Sox at Cleveland (Canceled)
Toronto at NY Yankees (Canceled)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Miami at St. Louis (Canceled)
St. Louis at NY Mets (Canceled)
Milwaukee at San Francisco (Canceled)
Chi Cubs at Arizona (Canceled)
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Orlando 119, Indiana 103
Minnesota 127, Cleveland 122
Toronto 133, Brooklyn 97
Miami 112, Chicago 99
Memphis 118, San Antonio 105
Sacramento 131, Oklahoma City 110
Milwaukee 130, Charlotte 106
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
New Jersey 7, Vancouver 2
Toronto 5, Washington 3
Boston 7, Los Angeles 0
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Baylor 68, Texas 61
Texas Tech 73, Kansas St. 68
Iowa 82, Northwestern 61
UCLA 77, Washington 66
(NEW YORK) — The International Olympic Committee on Monday said its executive board is recommending prohibiting athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus in international competitions.
The recommendation is “to protect the integrity of global sports competitions and for the safety of all the participants,” the IOC said in a statement.
The recommendation comes just three days after the IOC urged sports federations across the globe to move or cancel any events they were planning to hold in Russia or Belarus.
The move was prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, which violated the Olympic Truce. Belarus also breached the truce by supporting the Russian government.
“The current war in Ukraine,” the IOC said in its statement Monday, “puts the Olympic Movement in a dilemma. While athletes from Russia and Belarus would be able to continue to participate in sports events, many athletes from Ukraine are prevented from doing so because of the attack on their country.”
“This is a dilemma which cannot be solved,” the committee continued, adding that after carefully considering the situation it issued its latest recommendation with “a heavy heart.”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
INTERLEAGUE
Minnesota at Philadelphia (Canceled)
Detroit at Pittsburgh (Canceled)
Philadelphia at Toronto (Canceled)
Houston at NY Mets (Canceled)
Texas at Cincinnati (Canceled)
San Francisco at Kansas City (Canceled)
Chi Cubs at Seattle (Canceled)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NY Yankees at Boston (Canceled)
Baltimore at Tampa Bay (Canceled)
Cleveland at Oakland (Canceled)
Chi White Sox at LA Angels (Canceled)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh at Atlanta (Canceled)
Washington at St. Louis (Canceled)
Miami at Washington (Canceled)
San Diego at LA Dodgers (Canceled)
Milwaukee at Colorado (Canceled)
Arizona at Milwaukee (Canceled)
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Philadelphia 125, New York 109
Utah 118, Phoenix 114
Indiana 128, Boston 107
LA Clippers 99, Houston 98
Detroit 127, Charlotte 126 (OT)
Dallas 107, Golden State 101
Denver 124, Portland 92
New Orleans 123, LA Lakers 95
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Carolina 2, Edmonton 1
Dallas 4, Buffalo 2
St. Louis 4, Chicago 0
Winnipeg 5, Arizona 3
Pittsburgh 3, Columbus 2
Vancouver 5, NY Rangers 2
NY Islanders 4, Anaheim 0
San Jose 3, Seattle 1
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Houston 75, SMU 61
Illinois 93, Michigan 85
UConn 86, Georgetown 77
Maryland 75, Ohio St. 60
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Orlando City 2, CF Montral 0
Atlanta 3, Sporting Kansas City 1
LA Galaxy 1, New York City FC 0
Real Salt Lake 0, Houston 0 (tie)
Nashville 1, Seattle 0
(NEW YORK) — The effects of the Russian attack on Ukraine are rippling out to the sports and entertainment world, where figures have spoken out and events have been changed this week.
Alex Ovechkin, one of the highest-profile Russians in sports, who has been a supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin and whose family is located in Russia, has been facing calls from hockey fans to address the violence as he leads the Washington Capitals. In a press session Friday, he called for “no more war” but stopped short of commenting on Putin.
“It doesn’t matter who is in the war — Russia, Ukraine, different countries, I think we live in a world, like, we have to live in peace and a great world,” he said, according to The Washington Post.
When asked about Putin, Ovechkin acknowledged him as “my president” and added: “I am not in politics. I am an athlete, and you know, how I said, I hope everything is going to be done soon. It’s hard situation right now for both sides and everything, like how I said, everything I hope is going to be end. I’m not in control of this situation.”
Meanwhile, on Friday, Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev took an opportunity to call for peace. After winning a semifinal match at the Dubai Championships, when given a marker to write on a TV camera — a new custom in tennis for match winners — he wrote, “No War Please.”
Sacramento Kings center Alex Len and Toronto Raptors forward Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, the only two Ukrainians in the NBA, released a joint statement Thursday, writing in part, “A great tragedy befell our dear homeland Ukraine. We categorically condemn the war. Ukraine is a peaceful sovereign state inhabited by people who want to decide their own destiny.” Meanwhile, Pavlo Dziuba, a Ukrainian college basketball player at Maryland, wrote “NO WAR PEACE” and “PRAY FOR UKRAINE” on his shoes in the team’s game against Indiana Thursday night.
Elsewhere, Russian figures in the arts are facing fallout.
The conductor Valery Gergiev, who is Russian and a supporter of Putin, was replaced in a series of Vienna Philharmonic concerts taking place at New York City’s Carnegie Hall this week. No reason was given for the conductor replacement, The New York Times reported. Russian pianist Denis Matsuev, who was scheduled to perform in those shows, was also replaced. Yannick Nézet-Séguin will instead conduct the shows.
Gergiev faces continued pushback, with the mayor of Munich calling on him to distance himself from the invasion or lose his position with the city’s philharmonic while the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra made a similar statement.
“In the event that Valéry Gergiev does not openly distance himself from President Putin’s actions in Ukraine, we will be forced to cancel all concerts conducted by Valéry Gergiev including the Gergiev Festival that would take place in September,” the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra statement says.
Several big events have also been moved out of Russia.
In soccer, the UEFA Champions League final, which is supposed to take place in late May, was relocated from St. Petersburg, Russia, to Saint-Denis, France, after the organization’s executive committee “held an extraordinary meeting following the grave escalation of the security situation in Europe” on Friday.
“The UEFA Executive Committee also decided that Russian and Ukrainian clubs and national teams competing in UEFA competitions will be required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice,” a statement from the UEFA said.
Also on Friday, Formula One, the racing organization, canceled its Russian Grand Prix while “watching the developments in Ukraine with sadness and shock and hope for a swift and peaceful resolution to the present situation.”
Finally, the International Olympic Committee, after condemning Russia’s breach of the Olympic Truce — a U.N. resolution adopted in December 2021 that was supposed to be in effect until seven days after the close of the 2022 Paralympic Games, which begin next week — called on all International Sports Federations “to relocate or cancel their sports events currently planned in Russia or Belarus.”
“The IOC EB expresses its deep concerns about the safety of the members of the Olympic Community in Ukraine and stands in full solidarity,” their Friday statement reads. “It notes that the special IOC task force is in contact with the Olympic Community in the country to coordinate humanitarian assistance where possible.”
(NEW YORK) — The International Olympic Committee on Friday urged sports federations across the globe to move or cancel any events they were planning to hold in Russia or Belarus.
The move comes a day after Russia breached the Olympic Truce by invading Ukraine. Belarus also violated the truce by supporting the Russian government.
The IOC also urged sports bodies to not display the Russian or Belarussian flag and to not play either country’s anthem at events.
“The IOC [Executive Board] expresses its deep concerns about the safety of the members of the Olympic Community in Ukraine and stands in full solidarity,” it said in a statement. “It notes that the special IOC task force is in contact with the Olympic Community in the country to coordinate humanitarian assistance where possible.”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Detroit 106, Cleveland 103
Boston 129, Brooklyn 106
Phoenix 124, Oklahoma City 104
Chicago 112, Atlanta 108
Minnesota 119, Memphis 114
Denver 128, Sacramento 110
Golden State 132, Portland 95
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
New Jersey 6, Pittsburgh 1
Columbus 6, Florida 3
NY Rangers 4, Washington 1
Toronto 3, Minnesota 1
Nashville 2, Dallas 1 (SO)
Boston 3, Seattle 2 (OT)
Vancouver 7, Calgary 1
San Jose 4, NY Islanders 3 (SO)
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Gonzaga 89, San Francisco 73
Final Oregon 68, UCLA 63
Ohio St. 86, Illinois 83
Murray St. 76, Belmont 43
Saint Mary’s (Cal.) 60, San Diego 46
Arizona 97, Utah 77
Southern Cal 94, Oregon St. 91
