Month: March 2020

8:17 AM ET The Chinese Basketball Association, seen by many sports leagues as a trial balloon for recovery from the Coronavirus crisis, has delayed it’s restart. The league had hoped to begin April 15, after about 11 weeks of being shutdown, but now won’t attempt resuming until May after failing to get government approval according
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7:24 AM ET Associated Press The Kontinental Hockey League has given up on trying to reschedule its playoffs and canceled the remainder of the season. The Russia-based KHL is widely considered to be the strongest league outside the NHL. It was due to play its conference semifinals when play was suspended because of the coronavirus
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6:58 AM ET McLaren has confirmed it will still be switching to Mercedes engines for next season despite Formula One’s decision to delay the 2021 rule changes. Given the unprecedented circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic, F1 decided to delay the introduction of its new rules package for another year. The revamp was set to implement
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11:46 PM ET IMG Academy forward Kenyon Martin Jr. has declared for the 2020 NBA draft, his father, Kenyon Martin Sr., told ESPN. Martin Jr., a 6-foot-7 wing, chose a year of the post-graduate school over a Vanderbilt scholarship to prepare for the draft. In an Instagram post, he wrote that “There was a lot
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10:13 PM ET The NFL will implement leaguewide workplace and operational mandates Wednesday night that largely reflect those put in place by local and state governments across the country in recent days as protections against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. In a memo sent to teams Tuesday night, commissioner Roger Goodell said the rules
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9:50 PM ET A Boston Red Sox minor league player has tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced on Tuesday. The player received the results of his positive test on Monday and is “doing well” according to a team announcement. His identity has not been revealed. The unnamed player was last at the Red Sox
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