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As football flails, MLB deserves more credit for 2020 season

November 22, 2020, 6:45pm

Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

As football flails, MLB deserves more credit for 2020 season

Fifteen Division I football games were canceled last week because of players, coaches and others testing positive for COVID-19. The 2020 college football season is a mess, with different teams from different conferences playing a different number of games over different stretches of time. Yet all you really hear out of that corner of the sports world are complaints about the effect these scattershot cancellations are having on the sanctity of the season. You aren't hearing any serious talk...

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Dusty Baker tracks down Joe Gibbs for advice after hiatus

February 19, 2016, 11:56am

Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

Dusty Baker tracks down Joe Gibbs for advice after hiatus

VIERA, Fla. - Dusty Baker knows his return to a big league dugout after a two-year hiatus is rare, not only to baseball but to professional sports in general. So when it came time to seek advice from somebody who might be able to offer some insight into the situation, Baker turned to a man who returned to his sport after a far longer break. And that man just happened to be a Washington sports icon: Joe Gibbs. Baker called the Hall of Fame coach earlier this week and wound up having a lengthy...