(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Cincinnati at Cleveland (Postponed)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 6, Detroit 1
Minnesota 14, Oakland 4
Boston 5, Houston 1
NY Yankees 3, Baltimore 2
Seattle 5, Toronto 1
Kansas City 6, Chi White Sox 2
Texas 6, LA Angels 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 7, Atlanta 6
Colorado 5, San Francisco 3
LA Dodgers 5, Arizona 3
Philadelphia 3, San Diego 0
Washington 5, Miami 4
NY Mets 11, St. Louis 4
Pittsburgh 3, Chi Cubs 2
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Golden State 112, Dallas 87 (Golden State leads 1-0)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Carolina 2, NY Rangers 1 (OT) (Carolina leads 1-0)
Calgary 9, Edmonton 6 (Calgary leads 1-0)
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Seattle 74, Chicago 71
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
New York City FC 2, D.C. United 0
Chicago 3, New York 3 (Tie)
Miami 0, Philadelphia 0 (Tie)
LA Galaxy 1, Minnesota 1 (Tie)
Seattle 1, Houston 0
Sporting Kansas City 2, Colorado 1
Nashville 2, CF Montral 1
Vancouver 2, FC Dallas 1
Austin FC 2, Los Angeles FC 1
San Jose 3, Portland 2
(NEW YORK) — Women who play soccer for the United States will now earn the same amount as men in a landmark equal pay win.
U.S. Soccer and the unions for both the men’s and women’s national teams announced Wednesday they reached a new collective bargaining agreement that will achieve “equal pay and set the global standard moving forward in international soccer.”
Under the agreement, players on the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) and the U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) will receive the same pay, including appearance fees and game bonuses, and be provided the same working conditions. While women’s players previously had guaranteed salaries, they will now have the same pay-to-play structure as the men’s players.
The two teams will also pool their World Cup prize money, which is unequally distributed by FIFA, the international governing body, and share the money equally, becoming the first soccer federation in the world to do so, according to the agreement.
“This is a truly historic moment,” U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone said in a statement. “These agreements have changed the game forever here in the United States and have the potential to change the game around the world.”
“Finally,” Molly Levinson, an adviser to the USWNT players in their fight for equal pay, told ABC News about the agreement. “Let this be a resounding call to every league, every sport, every workplace, every workforce, every C-suite, every boardroom.”
The USWNT’s win on equal pay has been years in the making.
In 2016, a group of players filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint against the USWNT over inequality in pay and treatment.
The following year, the women’s team reached an agreement with the USSF for the EEOC complaint. The agreement included direct and bonus pay increases and per diems equal to the men’s team, according to ESPNW, as well as improved travel and financial support for pregnant players or players looking to adopt children. While it was an improvement, it was still unequal.
In 2019, the USWNT filed an equal pay lawsuit that blasted soccer’s national governing body for allegedly paying mere “lip service” to gender equality and dishing out markedly more pay to the men’s team.
The lawsuit, filed in California federal court on International Women’s Day, cited not just pay but also the denial of “at least equal playing, training, and travel conditions; equal promotion of their games; equal support and development for their games; and other terms and conditions of employment.”
“We know in our hearts, and we know with the facts that we have, that we’re on the right side of this,” Megan Rapinoe, a star forward for the team, told ABC News when the lawsuit was filed.
As an example of the pay gap, the lawsuit stated that female players earned $15,000 for making the World Cup team in 2013, while men earned $55,000 for making the team in 2014 and $68,750 in 2018.
The U.S. men’s soccer team did not qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Their best finish was third place — in 1930. The U.S. women’s team, on the other hand, has won the World Cup four times — in 1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019 — and six Olympic medals, most recently winning bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
In February, the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) reached a settlement with USWNT on the lawsuit, agreeing to pay $22 million to the players in the case as well as an additional $2 million into an account to benefit the USWNT players in their post-career goals and charitable efforts related to women’s and girls’ soccer.
“This is just such a monumental step forward in feeling valued, feeling respected, and just mending our relationship with U.S. Soccer,” USWNT player Alex Morgan told ABC News at the time the settlement was announced. “I not only see this as a win for our team or women’s sports but women in general.”
Rapinoe and Morgan have both been at the forefront of the fight for equal pay, not only for USWNT but for all women.
On average, women working full-time, year-round are paid 83 cents for every dollar paid to men, according to the National Women’s Law Center, a policy-focused organization that fights for gender justice.
Last year, Rapinoe testified before Congress on the issue of equal pay, telling lawmakers, “If it can happen to us and it can happen to me with the brightest lights shining on us at all times, it can and it does happen to every person who is marginalized by gender.”
“What we’ve learned and what we continue to learn is there’s no level of status, and there is no accomplishment or power, that will protect you from the clutches of inequality,” Rapinoe said in her testimony. “One cannot simply outperform inequality or be excellent enough to escape discrimination of any kind.”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Cincinnati 5, Cleveland 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chi White Sox 3, Kansas City 0
Kansas City 2, Chi White Sox 1
Tampa Bay 8, Detroit 1
Toronto 3, Seattle 0
NY Yankees 5, Baltimore 4
Houston 13, Boston 4
Texas 10, LA Angels 5
Oakland 5, Minnesota 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NY Mets 3, St. Louis 1
St. Louis 4, NY Mets 3
LA Dodgers 7, Arizona 6
LA Dodgers 12, Arizona 2
San Diego 3, Philadelphia 0
Miami 5, Washington 1
Chi Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 0
Atlanta 3, Milwaukee 0
San Francisco 10, Colorado 7
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Miami 118, Boston 107 (Miami leads 1-0)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Tampa Bay 4, Florida 1 (Tampa Bay leads 1-0)
Colorado 3, St. Louis 2 (OT) (Colorado leads 1-0)
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Atlanta 101, Indiana 79
Connecticut 92, New York 65
Washington 84, Dallas 68
Las Vegas 86, Phoenix 74
Minnesota 87, Los Angeles 84
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 3, Tampa Bay 2
NY Yankees 6, Baltimore 2
Boston 6, Houston 3
Toronto 6, Seattle 2
Texas 7, LA Angels 4
Chi White Sox 5, Kansas City 3
Minnesota 3, Oakland 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Miami 8, Washington 2
Chi Cubs 9, Pittsburgh 0
Milwaukee 1, Atlanta 0
San Francisco 7, Colorado 6
L.A. Dodgers 5, Arizona 4
St. Louis at NY Mets (Postponed)
(NEW YORK) — Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees created quite a stir Sunday night when he brought up the possibility of returning to the NFL in a tweet.
Addressing “speculation” from media outlets about his future, Brees, 43, said he is “currently undecided.”
“I may work for NBC, I may play football again, I may focus on business and philanthropy, I may train for the pickleball tour, senior golf tour, coach my kids or all of the above,” he tweeted. “I’ll let you know.”
Despite speculation from media about my future this fall, I’m currently undecided. I may work for NBC, I may play football again, I may focus on business and philanthropy, I may train for the pickleball tour, senior golf tour, coach my kids or all of the above. I’ll let you know
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
INTERLEAGUE
Houston 8, Washington 0
Seattle 8, NY Mets 7
Kansas City 8 Colorado 7
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 0
Detroit 5, Baltimore 1
NY Yankees 5, Chi White Sox 1
Minnesota 3, Cleveland 1
Texas 7, Boston 1
LA Angels 4, Oakland 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 7, Atlanta 3
Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 0
Milwaukee 7, Miami 3
Chicago Cubs 3, Arizona 2
LA Dodgers 5, Philadelphia 4
St. Louis 15, San Francisco 6
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Boston 109, Milwaukee 81 (Boston wins 4-3)
Dallas 123, Phoenix 90 (Dallas wins 4-3)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
NY Rangers 4, Pittsburgh 3 (OT) (New York wins 4-3)
Calgary 3, Dallas 2 (OT) (Calgary wins 4-3)
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Dallas 81, New York 71
Atlanta 85, Indiana 79
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
New England 2, Atlanta 2 (Tie)
Seattle 3, Minnesota 1
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Final Houston 6 Washington 1
Final Seattle 2 N.Y. Mets 1
Final Kansas City 14 Colorado 10
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 5 Toronto 2
Final Detroit 4 Baltimore 2
Final Boston 7 Texas 1
Final N.Y. Yankees 10 Chicago White Sox 4
Final Minnesota 12 Cleveland 8
Final L.A. Angels 2 Oakland 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Milwaukee 2 Miami 1
Final Cincinnati 8 Pittsburgh 2
Final San Diego 11 Atlanta 6
Final San Francisco 8 St. Louis 2
Final Arizona 4 Chicago Cubs 3
Final Philadelphia 12 L.A. Dodgers 10
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Final Boston 108 Milwaukee 95
Final Golden State 110 Memphis 96
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final N-Y Rangers 5 Pittsburgh 3
Final OT Florida 4 Washington 3
Final Dallas 4 Calgary 2
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Dallas 94 Washington 86
Final Las Vegas 96 Atlanta 73
Final OT Indiana 92 New York 86
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(NEW YORK) — Brittney Griner’s pre-trial detention in Russia was extended by one month on Friday as the United States works to secure the WNBA star’s freedom.
The extension comes one week after the U.S. State Department reclassified Griner as being “wrongfully detained” in Russia.
“The welfare and safety of U.S. citizens abroad is among the highest priorities of the U.S government. The Department of State has determined that the Russian Federation has wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Brittney Griner,” a department spokesperson told ABC News last week. “With this determination, the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens will lead the interagency team for securing Brittney Griner’s release.”
With this classification, the U.S. will now be more involved in negotiating for her freedom.
“Brittney has been detained for 75 days and our expectation is that the White House do whatever is necessary to bring her home,” Griner’s agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, said in a statement last week.
Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was visiting Russia to play basketball off-season and was arrested in February at a Moscow area airport for allegedly having vape cartridges in her luggage that contained hashish oil — an illegal substance in Russia.
She is facing drug charges with up to 10 years in prison, according to Russian media reports, and her pre-trial detention was extended in March to May 19.
Griner met with a U.S. official from the consular officer in Russia on March 24 amid a push from the U.S. to gain access to the WNBA star.
A State Department spokesperson told ABC News the U.S. is “deeply concerned about our lack of consistent consular access to these U.S. citizens in recent months.”
“While the Government of Russia has allowed consular access in this instance, we continue to insist that they allow regular, timely consular access to all U.S. citizen detainees in Russia, including those in pre-trial detention. We take our responsibility to assist U.S. citizens seriously, and we will continue to press for fair and transparent treatment for all U.S. citizens when they are subject to legal processes overseas,” the spokesperson said.
Calls to free Griner escalated following the release of Marine veteran Trevor Reed last month, who was freed from Russian prison as part of a prisoner exchange.
Former Marine Paul Whelan has also been detained in Russia since 2019.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began one week after Griner was detained on Feb. 17. Some officials are concerned that Americans jailed in Russia could be used as leverage in the ongoing conflict.
The WNBA honored Griner with a floor decal bearing her initials and jersey number (42) on the sideline of all 12 WNBA teams as the 2022 season kicked off last Friday.
“As we begin the 2022 season, we are keeping Brittney at the forefront of what we do through the game of basketball and in the community,” WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement on Tuesday. “We continue to work on bringing Brittney home and are appreciative of the support the community has shown BG and her family during this extraordinarily challenging time.”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Baltimore 3, St. Louis 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland 5, Detroit 3
Houston 11, Minnesota 3
Houston 5, Minnesota 0
Texas 3, Kansas City 1
NY Yankees 15 Chicago White Sox 7
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NY Mets 4, Washington 1
Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 0
Philadelphia 9, LA Dodgers 7
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Miami 99, Philadelphia 90 (Miami wins 4-2)
Dallas 113, Phoenix 86 (Series tied 3-3)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Boston 5, Carolina 2 (Series tied 3-3)
Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3 (OT) (Series tied 3-3)
St. Louis 5, Minnesota 1 (St. Louis wins 4-2)
Edmonton 4, Los Angeles 2 (Series tied 3-3)
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Philadelphia 4, Seattle 2
Atlanta 5, Boston 3
St. Louis 10, Baltimore 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NY Yankees 5, Toronto 3
Oakland 9, Detroit 0
Tampa Bay 4, LA Angels 2
Kansas City 8, Texas 2
Cleveland at Chi White Sox 2:10 p.m. (Postponed)
Houston at Minnesota 1:10 p.m. (Suspended)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 5, LA Dodgers 3
Cincinnati 14, Milwaukee 11
Miami 11, Arizona 3
San Francisco 7, Colorado 1
Chicago Cubs 7, San Diego 5
Washington 8, NY Mets 3
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Milwaukee 110, Boston 107
Memphis 134, Golden State 95
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
NY Rangers 5, Pittsburgh 3
Florida 5, Washington 3
Calgary 3, Dallas 1
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Atlanta 77, Los Angeles 75
Chicago 83, New York 50
Phoenix 97, Seattle 77
