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THE NEW YORK TIMES SPORTSTUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020 N B9

SCOREBOARD RUNNING

SOCCER

M.L.S. PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Eastern Conference
Sunday, Nov. 29
New England 3, Orlando City 1
Columbus 2, Nashville 0
Western Conference
Tuesday, Dec. 1
Dallas at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 2
Minnesota United at Sporting KC, 9 p.m.
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Eastern Conference
Sunday, Dec. 6
New England at Columbus, 3 p.m.
Western Conference
Monday, Dec. 7
Seattle-Dallas winner vs. Sporting KC-
Minnesota winner, 3 or 6:30 p.m.

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
Tottenham ....10 6 3 1 21 9 21
Liverpool .....10 6 3 1 22 17 21
Chelsea .....10 5 4 1 22 10 19
Leicester .....10 6 0 4 19 14 18
West Ham ....10 5 2 3 17 11 17
Southampton.. 10 5 2 3 19 16 17
Wolverhampton 10 5 2 3 11 11 17
Everton ......10 5 1 4 19 17 16
Man United ....9 5 1 3 16 16 16
Aston Villa .....9 5 0 4 20 13 15
Man City ......9 4 3 2 15 11 15
Leeds....... 10 4 2 4 15 17 14
Newcastle ....10 4 2 4 12 15 14
Arsenal ......10 4 1 5 10 12 13
Crystal Palace. 10 4 1 5 12 15 13
Brighton .....10 2 4 4 14 16 10
Fulham ......10 2 1 7 11 19 7
West Brom... 10 1 3 6 7 18 6
Burnley .......9 1 2 6 4 17 5
Sheffield United 10 0 1 9 4 16 1
Sunday, Nov. 29
Southampton 2, Man United 3
Chelsea 0, Tottenham 0
Arsenal 1, Wolverhampton 2
Monday, Nov. 30
Leicester 1, Fulham 2
West Ham 2, Aston Villa 1
Friday, Dec. 4
Aston Villa vs. Newcastle

FOOTBALL

N.F.L. STANDINGS
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East W L T Pct PF PA
Buffalo .......8 3 0 .727 299 282
Miami ........7 4 0 .636 284 205
N. England ....5 6 0 .455 229 255
Jets .........0 11 0 .000 152 322
South W L T Pct PF PA
Tennessee ....8 3 0 .727 324 285
Indianapolis ....7 4 0 .636 302 253
Houston ......4 7 0 .364 268 297
Jacksonville ....1 10 0 .091 227 325
North W L T Pct PF PA
Pittsburgh ....10 0 0 1.000 298 174
Cleveland .....8 3 0 .727 265 286
Baltimore .....6 4 0 .600 268 195
Cincinnati .....2 8 1 .227 230 289
West W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City... 10 1 0 .909 348 238
Las Vegas..... 6 5 0 .545 292 319
Denver .......4 7 0 .364 209 298
L.A. Chargers... 3 8 0 .273 277 300
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East W L T Pct PF PA
Giants .......4 7 0 .364 214 253
Washington ....4 7 0 .364 241 243
Phila. ........3 6 1 .350 220 254
Dallas ........3 8 0 .273 251 359
South W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans... 9 2 0 .818 326 225
Tampa Bay ....7 5 0 .583 344 280
Atlanta .......4 7 0 .364 295 281
Carolina ......4 8 0 .333 280 300
North W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay ....8 3 0 .727 349 283
Chicago ......5 6 0 .455 216 250
Minnesota .....5 6 0 .455 292 305
Detroit .......4 7 0 .364 252 328
West W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle .......7 3 0 .700 318 287
L.A. Rams .....7 4 0 .636 263 215
Arizona .......6 5 0 .545 304 258
San Fran. .....5 6 0 .455 261 254
Thursday, Nov. 26
Houston 41, Detroit 25
Washington 41, Dallas 16
Sunday, Nov. 29
Giants 19, Cincinnati 17
Miami 20, Jets 3
Minnesota 28, Carolina 27
Atlanta 43, Las Vegas 6
Buffalo 27, L.A. Chargers 17
Cleveland 27, Jacksonville 25
New England 20, Arizona 17
Tennessee 45, Indianapolis 26
New Orleans 31, Denver 3
San Francisco 23, L.A. Rams 20
Kansas City 27, Tampa Bay 24
Green Bay 41, Chicago 25
Monday, Nov. 30
Seattle at Philadelphia
Wednesday, Dec. 2
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 3:40 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

A.P. MEN'S TOP 25 POLL
The top 25 teams in the Associated Press’
men's and women's college basketball
polls, with first-place votes in parentheses,
records, total points based on 25 points
for a first-place vote through one point for
a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking.
Record Pts Pvs

Gonzaga (57) ......2-0 1,569 1

Baylor (6) .........2-0 1,513 2

Iowa ............2-0 1,410 5

Wisconsin .........2-0 1,287 7

Illinois ...........3-0 1,281 8

Duke ............1-0 1,185 9

Kansas ..........1-1 1,169 6

Michigan St. .......2-0 1,028 13

Creighton .........1-0 981 11

Houston ..........3-0 949 17

West Virginia ......3-0 943 15

Villanova .........2-1 939 3

Tennessee ........0-0 878 12

North Carolina ......1-0 591 16

Virginia ..........1-1 581 4

Virginia Tech ......3-0 570 -

Texas ...........1-0 478 19

Texas Tech .......2-1 478 14

Richmond ........2-0 382 -

Kentucky .........1-1 363 10

Oregon ..........0-0 338 20

Florida St. ........0-0 304 21

Ohio St. ..........2-0 282 23

Rutgers ..........3-0 252 24

Arizona St ........2-1 233 18

A.P. WOMEN'S TOP 25 POLL
Record Pts Pvs

South Carolina (29). .3-0 749 1

Stanford (1) .......1-0 704 2

Connecticut .......0-0 689 3

Baylor ...........1-0 665 4

Louisville .........2-0 607 5

Mississippi St. ......1-0 586 6

Arizona ..........1-0 566 7

N.C. State ........2-0 564 8

U.C.L.A. ..........1-0 494 9

Oregon ..........1-0 477 10

Kentucky .........2-0 466 11

Texas A&M ........2-0 412 13

Indiana ..........1-0 342 16

Maryland .........2-1 327 12

Northwestern ......0-0 289 17

Arkansas .........3-1 265 14

Oregon St. ........1-0 256 18

Gonzaga .........0-1 193 21

Ohio St. ..........1-0 189 20

DePaul ..........0-1 187 19

Missouri St. .......2-1 153 24

Syracuse .........1-0 142 23

Iowa St. ..........1-1 128 15

Michigan .........2-0 110 25

Texas ...........2-0 65 -

TRANSACTIONS

M.L.B.
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Traded RHP Adam
Cimber to Miami for cash considerations.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Signed OF Michael
Taylor.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS — Named Jeff Greenberg
assistant general manager. Named Craig
Breslow assistant general manager and vice
president of pitching.
MIAMI MARLINS — Designated RHP Jose
Urena for assignment.

MEN'S SCORES
EAST
St. John’s 97, Boston College 93
UALR 76, Duquesne 66
SOUTH
Jacksonville St. 85, Mobile 66
W. Carolina 96, Piedmont 58
MIDWEST
Indiana 79, Providence 58
SOUTHWEST
Texas 78, Davidson 76
FAR WEST
CS Northridge 76, Seattle 65
WOMEN'S SCORES
EAST
Penn St. 87, St. Francis (Pa.) 54
Towson 95, La Salle 66
SOUTH
Buffalo 80, James Madison 64
Clemson 80, Charlotte 73
MIDWEST
DePaul 128, Chicago St. 66
Gonzaga 54, South Dakota 50
FAR WEST
Arizona St. 62, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 53

The New York Road Runners, the club that puts on the New York City Marathon, announced on Monday that its chief executive would depart at the end of the year, amid complaints from current and former employees who questioned the organization’s commitment to diversity, social justice and gender equality as well as its financial management. The executive, Michael Capi- raso, who has led the Road Run- ners since 2015 and is credited with significantly increasing its revenue, will leave on Dec. 31. Kerin Hempel, a former executive with the New York Road Runners who has worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Co., will be the interim chief executive until a per- manent replacement is named. George Hirsch, the chairman of the organization, announced the leadership changes on Monday morning. He said the Road Run- ners’ board had spent the past months listening “to the concerns raised and recommendations of- fered by the community N.Y.R.R. serves, including its employees and members of the broader running community.” “In order to achieve our mission to help and inspire people through running," he continued, “we will recruit new leadership to the organization.” The Road Runners has been re- viewing the way it has addressed systemic racism and social justice efforts since a wave of protests after the police killing of George Floyd inspired a re-examination of race nationwide. The review gained added urgency in August after a group of anonymous current and former employees published online a letter critical of the organization under the Instagram name “RebuildNYRR.” The letter detailed a series of complaints about the Road Run- ners, including accusations of financial mismanagement and of failing to adequately address diversity and issues related to racism. The letter was critical of Capi- raso’s commitment to the issues. Steve Mura, the manager of running, training and education for the Road Runners, said on Monday that Capiraso’s ouster

speaking Spanish, and told to take photographs of people of color for use on the organization’s social media accounts. “Hopefully they fill that position with someone who reflects the in- terests of the team and who cares about health and the running community more than the appearance of the company or N.Y.R.R. as a product,” she said. Janet Cupo, 65, worked for 30 years registering people for races before leaving the Road Runners in 2015. She said Capiraso’s move to automate registration online, where credit cards are required, served to exclude low-income runners, some of whom were mi- norities. When she suggested a change in the policy, she said, her ideas were rejected. Sam Dupuis, 29, who has worked with the organization for three years and coordinates running programs, said he was hope- ful the leadership change would result in a more intense focus on including communities of color. “Our achievements in recent years, while still wonderful in their own right, have not allowed us to be as connected to all of the communities in our area,” Dupuis said. Even before complaints about the Road Runners’ leadership went publicly in August, there were questions from employees internally about whether the organization had done all it could to create events and a workplace that looked like the city it served. The killing of Ahmaud Arbery by two white men who accosted him in February while running in Georgia brought new attention to the dangers of “running while Black” and led some of the country’s running organizations to speak out — many for the first time — about the need for the sport to be more diverse. But many did not do so until months after the killing, and N.Y.R.R. ended up apologizing for its origi- nal statement that critics said failed to support Black lives suffi- ciently. In July, New York Road Run- ners held a virtual running event to raise money and awareness for several social and racial justice organizations.

ganization increased to more than $100 million, from roughly $70 million, with the help of new media and sponsorship deals and increased participation in high-pro- file large races like the marathon, which now registers some 50,000 participants, and two half mara- thons run by the Road Runners that have some 25,000 participants each. Like all sports organizations, New York Road Runners has been tested financially by the coronavirus pandemic, which forced the cancellation of the New York City Half Marathon, the Brooklyn Half Marathon and the New York City Marathon. The resulting losses led the organization to lay off or furlough 40 percent of its staff of 229 this year. In the wake of Capiraso’s dis- missal, several current and former employees went public with complaints about the organization’s management. Frances Alvarado, 26, who is now a teacher, worked at N.Y.R.R. for nearly two years. She said she left in 2019 after she was called an “educated Puerto Rican woman” on multiple occasions, mocked for

ter, that investigation is nearing its conclusion. The firm, Proskauer Rose, will deliver a report to the board of the organization; the New York Road Runners has said it will keep the report con- fidential to protect the identities of people who cooperated with it. Mura said that the meetings and discussions about diversity and inclusion had addressed the need for change, but that little change has occurred that is visi- ble to the public. “We’re actually doing a lot internally, but change is slow and it doesn’t show externally, so it really appears like we are moving at a snail’s pace,” he said. Capiraso said that he and the leadership of New York Road Run- ners had taken the complaints and concerns that current and former employees had raised “very seri- ously.” “I understand what the board is saying, that they are making a de- cision after having listened to people,” Capiraso said in an interview. Capiraso began working with New York Road Runners in 2012. During his five-year tenure as chief executive, revenue at the or-

was overdue. “It shows that the higher-ups, higher leadership, has been listening to what employees have been saying, finally,” said Mura, 36, who has worked at the organization for six years. “This is one of the first major things that they have done to prove that they are listening.” Before the letter was published, the organization said it had under- taken efforts to pay more attention to issues of race. In June, the Road Runners hired a diversity consultant, who spoke with employees in groups and individually about their experiences. The consultant also began conducting a diversity and inclusion training program with the senior leadership team, the Road Runners said. In November, the organization also hired Erica Edwards-O’Neal as senior vice president fordiver- sity, staffing a position that had been unfilled for more than a year. She will start this month. At the same time, the board also hired a New York law firm to conduct an investigation of its workplace culture. According to two people with knowledge of the mat-

New York Road Runners C.E.O. Leaving Amid Complaints

By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN and GILLIAN R. BRASSIL

Michael Capiraso in 2015. He faced questions about finances and commitment to social justice.

KARSTEN MORAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

PRO FOOTBALL

By the skin of their teeth, the Gi- ants (4-7) entered Monday shar- ing the top spot in the N.F.C. East, riding a three-game winning streak that they hope to extend in a plea for a postseason berth. To get there, they just need to be the best of the worst. It’s not going to be easy. They were side-by-side with the Washington Football Team (4-7), with the Philadelphia Eagles (who were playing on Monday night) and the Dallas Cowboys on their heels each with three wins, in what might be a divisional sprint to six victories. The N.F.C. East’s teams have a tough slate of games left against N.F.C. West challeng- ers, and it is possible that the division winner could make the postseason with fewer than seven wins. That has never happened in a 16-game regular season. Giants Coach Joe Judge had been confident that the team was rounding into form entering Sun- day’s 19-17 win against the Cincin- nati Bengals, rebounding from losing their first five games. “This is really the starting point for the division,” Judge said in a call with reporters last week. “The only thing that matters is what we do from this point forward.” That optimism was tempered when the starting quarterback Daniel Jones went down in the third quarter of Sunday’s game with a hamstring injury that could potentially keep him out for this coming Sunday’s game against Seattle.

“There are more question marks than answers right now,” Judge told reporters on Monday. “We’ve got to wait to see how he responds in a couple days.” Jones had a magnetic reso- nance imaging test that indicated a strain, but Judge declined to comment on how long Jones could be out, saying that two factors would determine his status: if playing would make the injury worse, and if Jones is able to de- fend himself on the field. “If we asked him today I’m sure he’d put duct tape on it and try to go at it,” Judge said. Jones was relieved in Sunday’s game by Colt McCoy, a likely re-

placement under center. But Judge said he was considering several options — from bringing in a free agent to preparing an- other player on the roster to take over as an emergency quarterback — all of which are harder now that the team has to conduct virtual meetings Monday and Tuesday to comply with more stringent N.F.L. guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic. The potential quarterback change comes just as the Giants seemed to have pieced an offense together by emphasizing ball safety. The Giants had lost running back Saquon Barkley to a season-ending injury in their second game of the season, but Wayne Gallman has rushed for a touchdown in five consecutive games, becoming a reliable red zone option for a team that has struggled to identify reliable tar- gets. The Giants have rushed for more than 100 yards in each of their past six games. Jones, too, had seemed to learn from his past turnover woes, going without an interception in the Giants’ three wins and not fum- bling in their last two. The Giants accumulated 386 yards of total offense against the Bengals, their highest total of the year and a positive sign for a team that had ranked 30th in the N.F.L. in yard- age per game entering Sunday. It was also a mark of progress for an offensive line that has struggled since Eli Manning was the franchise’s starter and that is now under new tutelage, since Judge fired Marc Colombo on Nov.

not afraid to pull a viral stunt to keep his team engaged, as he drew clicks for when he was videotaped sliding in the mud for a fumble recovery drill. That Joe Judge juice seems to go a long way for the Giants, who have not had a postseason appearance since 2016. In the face of a slow start, narrow wins and losses and virus cases, he has kept Giants players positive by never giving a negative quote to the news media, cracking jokes and making sure all players keep their cameras on during the team’s videoconference calls. “We’re a Joe Judge team,” de- fensive back Logan Ryan said in a call with reporters on Friday. “We’re going to keep working ev- ery day; he’s not going to let your head get too big.”

18 amid a reported practice dis- pute. Dave DeGuglielmo, the new offensive line coach, held the same position with New England in 2014 and 2015, when Judge was also an assistant there, and had been brought to the Giants as a consultant. “Anybody who’s watched us play has seen the progression with those guys up front blocking much better in the running game, the protection has improved as the year has gone on, and we’ve played better as an offense as a result,” Jason Garrett, the offensive coordinator, said on Friday. The successful pivot also points to Judge’s hold on the Giants’ helm. In his first year as an N.F.L. head coach, he has made a name for himself as enthusiastic, quirky and quick-witted; someone who is

Judge Is Keeping the 4-7 Giants Optimistic, and Often Entertained

By GILLIAN R. BRASSIL

Coach Joe Judge, above, wouldn’t say when quarterback Daniel Jones would be back.

VINCENT CARCHIETTA/USA TODAY SPORTS, VIA REUTERS

After a weekend of question marks and patchwork solutions, the N.F.L. was forced to juggle its schedule yet again on Monday as it tries to finish the full regular season on time amid the coronavirus pandemic. The league moved the Pitts- burgh Steelers’ game against the Baltimore Ravens to Wednesday at 3:40 p.m. Eastern, rescheduling the A.F.C. North matchup for third time in six days. Like the previous moves, the postponement was meant to give the visiting Ravens, who have had more than 20 players, including the N.F.L.’s reigning most valuable player, quarterback Lamar Jackson, test positive for the coronavirus, more time to get them cleared to return. By the game’s start on Wednes-

games or practicing in its home market. This summer, health officials in Santa Clara were among the first to bar fans at N.F.L. games and passed an ordinance requiring players and coaches to wear masks at all times, months before the league took that step last week. On Saturday, Santa Clara County took new measures in- tended to reduce the rate of infections, including mandatory 14-day quarantining of people who travel there from more than 150 miles away, as cases in the area rose to a new high last week and its positive cases per 100,000 people climbed to 26.8. The number of infections per 100,000 residents in Maricopa County, Ariz., site of the Cardinals’ stadium, is 48.6, nearly twice as high as in Santa Clara County.

The team will play its games in Week 13 and 14 in the Cardinals’ facility, which was able to accommodate the move because the teams’ schedules do not conflict. The 49ers will play against the Buffalo Bills on Dec. 7 and will face the Washington Football Team on Dec. 13, but the club had not determined where they would practice and live during that time. “Very appreciative of Arizona welcoming us during these un- precedented times,” the 49ers team owner Jed York wrote on Twitter, thanking the Cardinals team owner Michael Bidwill. While local and state guidelines for controlling the spread of the virus have prevented spectators from attending many N.F.L. games this season, this is the first time local health protocols have prevented a team from playing

vention. That had been the first regular-season game on a Wednesday since the Los Angeles Rams’ victory against the Detroit Lions in 1948. The afternoon start time for Ravens-Steelers will result in the added oddity of a mid- afternoon, midweek nationally televised football broadcast. The Baltimore-Pittsburgh postponement was the second sched- uling convulsion announced on Monday, after the San Francisco 49ers said in a statement that the team will play its next two home games in State Farm Stadium, home to the Arizona Cardinals, in Glendale. The relocation came after health officials in Santa Clara County, Calif., where the team’s stadium is, banned contact sports at all levels through late Decem- ber in an attempt to slow the surge in infections there.

day afternoon, 12 Ravens players will still be ineligible to play, but the team should be able to hold two practices before meeting the Steelers, for the first time in more than a week. To accommodate the schedule change, the N.F.L. pushed back the Ravens’ following matchup against the Dallas Cowboys, origi- nally scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 3, to Tuesday, Dec. 8. The Steelers’ Week 13 game against the Washington Football Team was pushed back one day to Mon- day, Dec. 7. Wednesday games are exceed- ingly rare in the N.F.L. The last one played was in 2012, when the Giants and the Dallas Cowboys moved their game to a Wednesday night to avoid overlapping with President Barack Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Con-

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