Let's keep this simple: Tony Gwynn could hit. "Some hitters use bats as more of a battering ram," one former teammate said. "Tony used his bats more as a paintbrush."

MLB expects to offer a return-to-play proposal to the players' union within a week, as teams have begun to encourage players to prepare for a "spring" training that could begin in mid-June and a season that could start in early July, sources told ESPN.

Different players, very different contracts. Some guys have deals that are shutdown-proof. Others? They have more to prove.

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We dug deep into the NBA's closet to find the jerseys that truly put the "dud" in "duds."

Sartorial splendor abounds as we count down the loveliest looks.

In fact, they're the worst of the worst.

Ranking sneakers from the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star to the many Air Jordans and everything in between.

Rodman once split Pippen's chin open, but "The Last Dance" and the history it reveals has strengthened their bond. Watch Episodes 7 & 8 Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Top-10 NBA draft prospect Killian Hayes won't play in a season-capping tournament the German league plans to hold in June, a source says.

Warriors president of basketball operations Bob Myers said his organization will be "good partners" if and when the NBA regular season resumes.

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International and Indian celebrities to take part from home in fundraising event

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Mick Jagger and Will Smith will be among dozens of international and Indian celebrities performing from their homes in a four-hour concert to raise funds for the battle against coronavirus in India, where the number of cases is surging.

The country’s cricket captain Virat Kohli, actors Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan are some of the top domestic names billed to perform or read messages during the event on Sunday.

Related: Mobs stop Indian doctors' burials: 'Covid-19 took his life, why take his dignity?'

Two years ago the photographer Palani Mohan received life-saving heart surgery. After his recovery he started to see the world and his work differently. He was drawn to images, old and new, that evoked silence and peace, and inspired reflection. ‘As we spend these days and weeks at home, I’m grateful for this time I have with my thoughts, and to witness the power of the small good things that surround us,’ he says. ‘My hope, especially in these difficult times, is that when you look at these images you can find a place for yourself within them, and be still.’

• Palani Mohan: the last rickshaws of Kolkata – in pictures

Labourers’ plight contrasts with affluent Indians flown home from abroad in coronavirus crisis

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Migrant labourers in Indian cities whose incomes have plummeted as a result of anti-coronavirus lockdown measures have been told that they will have to pay to board special trains taking them back to their homes in the countryside.

The decision has prompted derision in India, where most labourers live off what they earn in a day and have been surviving on state handouts.

Brian Waller questions the lack of political will when it comes to preventable deaths across Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, while Tony Haynes reveals how artists can explore attitudes to disease

Neil Singh’s powerful long read (Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes, 1 May) tellingly compares the way in which the world is reacting to Covid-19 with how it has handled cholera, especially in developing countries. He states: “There is no biological or environmental reason why cholera can’t be eradicated … It is not the knowhow that is lacking, but rather the political will.”

Exactly the same conclusion can be reached in respect of the 5 million-plus children under five who are dying every year. According to the World Health Organization, many of these early child deaths are preventable or can be easily treated, but there is nothing remotely like the effort being put into this as in the response to Covid-19. Might the reason for that inaction be that more than 80% of these deaths involve children in central and south Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa?
Brian Waller
Otley, North Yorkshire

EU-hosted talks tout cooperation but is not addressed by India, Russia or US

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World leaders, with the notable exception of Donald Trump, stumped up nearly €7.4bn (£6.5bn) to research Covid-19 vaccines and therapies at a virtual event convened by the EU, pledging the money will also be used to distribute any vaccine to poor countries on time and equitably.

But in a sign of the fractured state of global health diplomacy, the event was not addressed by India, Russia or the US. After a weekend of persuasion, China was represented by its ambassador to the EU.

UK data from the Office for National Statistics has revealed that men are almost twice as likely to die from the disease as women. The trend was first seen in China, where one analysis found a fatality rate of 2.8% in men compared with 1.7% in women. Since then, the pattern has been mirrored in France, Germany, Iran, South Korea and Italy, where men have accounted for 71% of deaths.

UK data from the Office for National Statistics has revealed that men are almost twice as likely to die from the disease as women. The trend was first seen in China, where one analysis found a fatality rate of 2.8% in men compared with 1.7% in women. Since then, the pattern has been mirrored in France, Germany, Iran, South Korea and Italy, where men have accounted for 71% of deaths.

Kuwait police break up riot by Egyptian workers after large numbers of jobs lost across the Gulf states

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India is to send its navy and a fleet of planes to repatriate migrant workers stranded by the coronavirus pandemic, as mounting tensions sparked a riot in Kuwait and alarm among large numbers of laid-off employees across the Gulf states.

The riot in a migrant camp in Kuwait on Sunday night was led by Egyptian workers, some of whom brandished furniture as security forces fired tear gas and sound grenades towards them.

Mohar Singh was once one of the most feared men in the Chambal region

A notorious bandit who spent years rampaging across central India’s impoverished badlands before trying his luck as a Bollywood actor and politician has died aged 92, police have said.

Mohar Singh, once one of the most feared men in the Chambal region accused of hundreds of murders, kidnappings and other crimes, died on Tuesday, a senior police official in Bhind district told AFP.

Related: Masked assassins kill Bandit Queen

Riyaz Naikoo was member of region’s largest indigenous militant group, Hizbul Mujahideen

Indian government forces have killed a top rebel commander and his aide in disputed Kashmir, and shut down mobile phone and mobile internet services during subsequent anti-India protests.

Riyaz Naikoo, 35, was the chief of operations of the region’s largest indigenous rebel group, Hizbul Mujahideen, which has spearheaded an armed rebellion against Indian rule.

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Decades after Bhopal, lack of law enforcement and political will plagues Indian industry

The gas leak at a chemical factory in Visakhapatnam will immediately remind many in India and beyond of the 1984 Bhopal disaster, widely considered the world’s worst industrial disaster.

So far, the scale of the tragedies are very different. Eleven people are confirmed to have died in Visakhapatnam – but with hundreds hospitalised and thousands affected, there are fears the toll will rise. In Bhopal, 4,000 people died within days of the toxic gas leak from a pesticide plant in the central Indian city, and thousands more in the following years.

Gas from LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh leaked into nearby homes while families slept

• Analysis: 36 years after Bhopal, another case of history repeating

At least 11 people have been killed and hundreds more taken to hospital after a gas leak at a chemical factory in south-east India.

A plastics plant owned by South Korea’s LG Corp started leaking styrene into the surrounding residential area at about 3am on Thursday. Some people were enveloped as they slept, while others collapsed in the streets as they tried to flee the area on the outskirts of the coastal city of Visakhapatnam.

Related: 'Bhopal’s tragedy has not stopped': the urban disaster still claiming lives 35 years on

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Quarterbacks at the top. Elite wide receiver talent. And a top tier of offensive linemen. The Class of 2021 could be special.

After finishing outside the top 50 in recruiting in 2020, USC has a plan to keep California's top prospects within the state and return to the top.

Can any team challenge Memphis and UCF for the top spot in the best conference outside of the Power 5?

Where will Tommy Brockermeyer, Korey Foreman and other top recruits decide to play?

Which prospect will rise the most between now and next year's draft? Who has some work to do? And what about Trevor Lawrence vs. Justin Fields? Our college experts explain it all.

When LSU won the title, the spread won, too. How did we get here and what might be next?

It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon as the Indians prepared to take on the Robert Morris Eagles for Haskell Football's Home Opener. This would be the second time the Indians would take on the Illinois team. The Indians lost in their first match-up against the Eagles in 2011, which would play a recognizable tune in 2012.

(Lawrence KS) The Indians kicked off the Homecoming Football Game at 1:00pm on Saturday October 6^th against Lindenwood University Belleville.

(Lawrence KS) Indian Football will take off tomorrow on a road trip to Waxahachie, Texas to play Southwestern Assemblies of God on their own turf. 

(LAWRENCE KS) Haskell Football Leaves for Robert Morris University this Saturday October 27^th 2012. 

The cool breeze brought the smell of hotdogs and popcorn. Laughter lingered in the air. All the sounds and scents from a tailgate party as fans, including alumni, were anticipating the football game. The colorful evening sky that only Kansas could offer was the perfect backdrop for the Indians to enter the field from the arch. The first quarter got the crowd going.

With temperatures dropping below 30's this week. The Indian's not only said their farewell to the beautiful weather, they also said farewell to 4 seniors. Maverick Lang, Victor DeMarco, Kaleb Burns and Devin Leitka will be graduating from Haskell.

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Sooners senior Maggie Nichols never could have envisioned how her NCAA gymnastics career would end, but the unprecedented events don't take away from all she accomplished.

The NCAA's attempt to cede some long-awaited ground to players falls well short, and comes far too late.

The Bruins' Rachel Garcia and Bubba Nickles and the Wildcats' Dejah Mulipola will play for their college teams and Team USA in the rescheduled Olympics in 2021.

Ohio State will pay about $41 million to settle a dozen lawsuits by 162 men alleging decades-old sexual abuse and mistreatment by a team doctor, Richard Strauss.

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