Today's Sports Headlines

Including: Dave Feschuk: Shanahan’s Maple Leafs expect to play again this season — and play a role in the healing process [Star Logo] Sports Headlines OPINION [Dave Feschuk: Shanahan’s Maple Leafs expect to play again this season — and play a role in the healing process]( [The Leafs president — still the pen and paper type — has been taking notes during the pandemic shutdown and likes what he’s heard from players committed to using the interruption of the season as an opportunity for improvement, Dave Feschuk writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Gregor Chisholm: As ‘opening day’ passes quietly, the post-pandemic MLB landscape slowly takes shape]( [May is still the goal, commissioner Rob Manfred says, but there are many scenarios in play. Only one thing is for sure: When baseball finally returns, it means society has turned a corner, Gregor Chisholm writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( You can help support the Star's COVID-19 coverage [We made our essential coronavirus coverage free and open to all]( because we believe keeping readers informed is a public health imperative. But bringing this knowledge to Canadians takes an incredible amount of effort and comes at an incredible expense, and we need your support. Help us continue to provide this vital coverage with a digital subscription to the Star today. If you're already a subscriber, thank you. If you're not, [become one now](. OPINION [Damien Cox: Whenever this pandemic ends, fans and staff will remember quite clearly which teams played fair]( [To convince customers to come back, teams will need to be flexible and innovative. It’s going to take an awful lot of trust and goodwill to get people back in the seats, Damien Cox writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Crosby, Ovechkin fine if NHL goes directly into the playoffs post-COVID]( [Both stars say it would be their preference to start a Stanley Cup tournament instead of contesting the final dozen or so games remaining on each team’s schedule.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [MLB uniform material was turned into masks and gowns on opening day]( [Fanatics reopens Pennsylvania factory and retools to make a million protective items in a time of enormous need, especially in nearby New York.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Bauer Hockey expects to ship facial shields within a week to help front-line health-care workers fight coronavirus]( [The Quebec government approved the hockey equipment company’s plan to retool and produce full face shields, starting with 2,000 a day, with demand from health-care workers expected to reach at least 500,000.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Harlem Globetrotters great Curly Neal dies at 77]( [The Globetrotters said Neal died in his home outside of Houston on Thursday morning.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [A realistic simulation: Trout is opening day Strat star]( [As fans of the popular sports game Strat-O-Matic can attest, make-believe boxscores can be fun too.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Stephen Curry and Anthony Fauci chatted on Instagram. Thousands watched, including Barack Obama]( [The pair covered basic questions about the novel coronavirus pandemic, plainly discussing everything from how covid-19 is different from the flu to how experts are determining when large gatherings can resume.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Indianapolis 500 postponed until August because of COVID-19]( [The race won’t run on Memorial Day weekend for the first time since 1946, rescheduled for Aug. 23.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [‘A biological bomb’: Champions League soccer match in Italy linked to epicentre of deadly outbreak]( [The Feb. 19 contest reportedly drew over 40,000 residents of Bergamo to nearby Milan to see their hometown squad, Atalanta, take on Spain’s Valencia. Weeks later, Bergamo is the hardest-hit province in Italy’s hardest-hit region.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Toronto researchers call for independent body to tackle abuse in sport]( [Each national sport organization handles complaints differently, which present different degrees of conflict of interest akin to “keeping the foxes in charge of the hen houses,” experts say.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [MLBers keep service time in deal; may trim draft]( [MLB management and players agreed to make a “good faith effort” to schedule as many games as possible this year, subject to government rules, travel and economic feasibility.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [NFL keeping draft in April as scheduled]( [NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said “public health conditions are highly uncertain” and that there was no guarantee of significant improvement by moving the draft to a later date.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Top NBA execs take 20 per cent slash to base salaries]( [The reductions affect the roughly 100 highest-earning executives, as the NBA joins the NHL and NASCAR in cutting salaries while competitions are on hold because of the coronavirus.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Toronto Blue Jays send Espinal, Pannone and Waguespack to Buffalo]( [The three players will await the resumption of play following the suspension of professional play because of the COVID-19 pandemic.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The Star]( If you’re not enjoying these emails, please tell us how we can make them better by emailing newsletterfeedback@thestar.ca. 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