MLB return-to-play proposal expected within week, sources say  —  Major League Baseball expects to offer a return-to-play proposal to the MLB Players Association within a week, as teams have begun to encourage players to prepare for a “spring” training that could begin in mid-June and a season …

MLB Teams Expect Decision On Shortened 2020 Draft Soon  —  When Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed on a deal to reduce the 2020 draft to five or 10 rounds and to place the date of the draft between June 10 and July 20, MLB told teams that they could expect …

Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez end their quest to buy the Mets  —  There is no joy in Flushing, for J-Rod has pulled out.  —  According to multiple sources, Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are no longer interested in buying the Mets.  That decision was reached after negotiations …

Ronaldo Souza out of UFC 249 after testing positive for coronavirus  —  Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, who was scheduled to fight Uriah Hall at UFC 249 on Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida, has tested positive for the coronavirus.  —  The UFC pulled Souza from the card, but still plans to move …

Joe Castiglione, a childhood Yankees fan turned longtime Red Sox broadcaster, talks about the great rivalry that is currently on pause  —  Joe Castiglione saw his first baseball game in the Bronx.  The Connecticut native fell in love with the game watching the Yankees.

Exclusive: 1996 court document confirms Tara Reade told of harassment in Biden's office  —  A court document from 1996 shows former Senate staffer Tara Reade told her ex-husband she was sexually harassed while working for Joe Biden in 1993.  —  The declaration — exclusively obtained …

One of Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus  —  (CNN)A member of the US Navy who serves as one of President Donald Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus, CNN learned Thursday, raising concerns about the President's possible exposure to the virus.

Dallas Braden comes clean: A's starter was hung over for 2010 perfect game  —  Nearly 10 years after his perfect game, the 19th in major-league history, Dallas Braden revealed that he was not actually at his best that day.  —  “I wasn't following protocol, let's say,” Braden said.

S. Korean baseball umpires to be demoted to minor league over inconsistent performance  —  The South Korean baseball league on Friday decided to demote an entire crew of five umpires to the minors, in a swift response to a player's open criticism of their performances.

Coronavirus pandemic slows contract talks between Javier Baez, Chicago Cubs  —  The coronavirus pandemic has put on hold not only the 2020 major league season but also contract-extension talks between All-Star shortstop Javier Baez and the Chicago Cubs.  —  Baez, under team control through 2021 …

James Click wants to make Astros' farm system sustainable again  —  Uncertainty shrouds almost all aspects of James Click's immediate plans for the Astros.  Whether he will see a team in either the major or minor leagues play a regular season game this year is in doubt.