Two Wednesday night baseball games, a women's basketball game and a women's soccer game have been postponed due to record poor air quality in the northeastern U.S., the teams announced.
Driving the news: Smoke from wildfires across Canada has engulfed many cities in the northeastern U.S. withNew York City ranked the worst in the world for air pollution on Wednesday, according to IQAir.
Golf's civil war is over less than a year after it began.
Driving the news: The PGA Tour and LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed breakaway tour that launched on June 9 of last year, agreed to merge on Tuesday in a deal that left the sports world gobsmacked.
The PGA Tour and LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed breakaway tour, agreed to merge on Tuesday, in a deal that shocked the sports world and set the stage for two bitter rivals to combine under one roof.
Why it matters: The agreement halts ugly litigation that embroiled the two tours and puts the PGA in the awkward spot of merging with the same entity its been trashing for human rights abuses and negative impact on the sport.
Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg has been shut down from physical activity due to "severe nerve damage" stemming from his 2021 surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome.
Why it matters: There's a very real chance that the Nationals' former ace has thrown his last pitch, which would cement his gargantuan contract as arguably the worst in Major League Baseball history.
