Nation/World Sports

By The Associated Press MLB WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Avoiding any specifics about their team’s sign-stealing during its 2017 World Series championship season, Houston Astros players Alex Bregman and José Altuve apologized Thursday for the scheme that was investigated and punished by Major League Baseball. Astros owner Jim Crane and new manager Dusty…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A bill allowing sports gambling in Washington’s tribal casinos was approved by the state House. The 83-14 Thursday night vote on House Bill 2638 came just two days after a House Appropriations Committee agreed to forward it onward. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, said Tuesday he’d hoped to get…

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Two men’s golf tournaments co-sanctioned by the European and Asian tours in Malaysia and China were postponed Friday because of the deadly new virus from China. The tournaments are the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur on April 16-19 and the China Open in Shenzhen on April 23-26. Rescheduling is being…

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Senate passed a measure on Tuesday that would let voters decide whether to allow sports betting in the state. The measure goes next to the House. If they approve, the November ballot will include a question on whether to allow sports betting in Deadwood. A similar died last year…

By The Associated Press NHL ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — St. Louis defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was hospitalized and undergoing tests early Wednesday after suffering a cardiac episode and collapsing on the bench during the first period of the Blues’ game against the Ducks. The team said in a statement late Tuesday night that the 36-year-old Bouwmeester…

By The Associated Press BASEBALL NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is considering expanding the playoffs to nearly half the 30 teams and allowing higher-seeded wild-card teams to choose opponents. The playoffs would grow from 10 clubs to 14 under the plan, first reported by the New York Post. There would be four wild…

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb 11, 2020– Brooks Sports, Inc., a footwear, apparel and accessories company headquartered in Seattle, filed a lawsuit against Brooks Brothers Group, Inc. in federal court for breach of contract, unfair competition and trademark infringement. The lawsuit seeks to stop Brooks Brothers from using Brooks’ famous BROOKS trademark on its stores and products and…

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb 11, 2020– beIN SPORTS announced today the launch of beIN SPORTS XTRA, the network’s free, 24/7 English-language live sports streaming channel, on XUMO TV’s leading, free, ad-supported streaming TV service in the U.S., followed shortly by availability in Canada. beIN SPORTS XTRA (Channel 746) joins the growing list of 190+ channels on XUMO,…

CALABASAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan 16, 2020– GreenPark Sports today announced a partnership with League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), the professional League of Legends esports league in North America. The LCS is the most popular North American league in esports and the third-most popular major professional sports league among 18-34 year olds in the United States,…

By WAYNE PARRY ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — While many sports fans are picking NFL playoff teams to bet on, or marshaling their cash for the Super Bowl, yet another opportunity to wager on football is right around the corner: the XFL. Several states have already authorized bets on the second incarnation of the upstart…