MLB work stoppage is almost certain on Dec. 2
HOUSTON — Baseball’s ninth work stoppage and first in 26 years appears almost certain to start Dec. 2, freezing the free-agent market and threatening the start of spring training.
Negotiations have been taking place since last spring, and each side thinks the other has not made proposals that will lead toward an agreement replacing the five-year contract that expires Dec. 1.
More MLB: Framber Valdez will start for the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the World Series against Charlie Morton and the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.
College football: The Ivy League said an officiating mistake cost Harvard an overtime victory, wiping out what would have been a game-winning 2-point play after wrongly ruling that Princeton coach Bob Surace had called timeout before the snap.
Skiing: Swiss skier Marco Odermatt edged surprise firstrun leader Roland Leitinger of Austria by .07 of a second to win the season-opening men’s World Cup giant slalom. American racer
River Radamus, who impressed with an acrobatic recovery during his first run, finished sixth for his best World Cup result.
Tennis: Anett Kontaveit twice came back from the brink of defeat to beat Ekaterina Alexandrova 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 and win the Kremlin Cup to stay in contention for a place at the WTA Finals. Aslan Karatsev won the men’s tourney without dropping a set to deny Marin Cilic a third title in Moscow . ... Jannik Sinner won his fourth tour-level title of the year and stayed in contention for the ATP Finals with a convincing straight-sets win over No. 2 seed Diego Schwartzman at the European Open.
Skating: Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue won the final Skate America of their careers and record-tying fourth in a row in ice dancing.
Hockey: The driver of a car died in a collision with a bus transporting the Miramichi Timberwolves Junior A hockey team, which suffered “limited injuries.”
MLS: Adam Buksa scored two goals in the closing minutes and the New England Revolution rallied to tie Orlando City 2-2 . ... Sebastian Driussi scored in first-half injury time and expansion Austin FC beat the Houston Dynamo 2-1.
— Wire reports