Just by Playing, These Goalies Made Crucial Saves

By BY MARISA INGEMI from NYT Sports Covid-19 protocols sometimes left teams without a traditional goaltender, meaning another player had to put on a lacrosse helmet or soccer gloves to keep the games going.https://nyti.ms/36zHxmH

Youth Sports Worry About Weathering Pandemic, and Future Play

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Will parents and children be eager to return to team sports once the threat of the coronavirus outbreak has passed?https://nyti.ms/2VHGZ8r

Tears and Disbelief as Coronavirus Cancels Youth Sports

By BY JOE DRAPE AND DAVID W. CHEN from NYT Sports Millions of children sit home as competitions go dark, though some are trying to play limited games.https://nyti.ms/2TYnn0l

A Hotbed for Lacrosse? A School in Harlem Makes Its Case

By MATTHEW GUTIERREZ from NYT Sports Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem is playing for its third straight New York City boys’ lacrosse title. The team is a sign of progress for a sport seen as elite, suburban and mostly white.https://nyti.ms/2EeIh2K

Back Home in Toronto, John Tavares Is the Center of Attention

By CURTIS RUSH from NYT Sports Tavares is the first homegrown hockey superstar to play for the Maple Leafs since Charlie Conacher in the 1930s, creating high expectations.https://nyti.ms/2PR6wHG