Olympians face uncertainty with Tokyo delay because of virus

Would-be Olympians and their coaches have gone from days and weeks of mulling one sort of uncertainty raised by the coronavirus pandemic — Are the Tokyo Games going to be held as scheduled? — to a whole other set of questions now that an indefinite postponement is official. To begin with: When,...

More MLB players available for Olympic baseball qualifying

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. may get some better players for its second attempt to qualify for the Olympic baseball tournament. Major League Baseball and the players' association agreed to make players not likely to be on 26-man major league rosters available for the Americas qualifying tournament, to be...

US opens next Olympic baseball qualifying try vs Nicaragua

The United States will start its second attempt to qualify for this year's Olympic baseball tournament against Nicaragua on March 22 at Surprise, Arizona. The Americans play the Dominican Republic the following day at Tempe and finish Group B against Puerto Rico on March 24 in Surprise, the World Baseball...