12:30 AM ET ESPN News Services All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz says he showed no symptoms of being sick before testing positive for the coronavirus, and he continues to have no signs of illness since going into isolation. Mitchell, speaking to ABC’s “Good Morning America” in an interview broadcast Monday, also revealed
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7:14 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson made a personal donation of $1 million to create the Gayle Benson Community Assistance Fund in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the teams announced Monday. Benson will also establish an Arena Assistance Fund for those impacted by the postponement of
11:57 AM ET Professional basketball appears set to return to the first countries in Asia inflicted with the coronavirus, though it likely will be played without spectators. Games in South Korea, which drew worldwide praise for its success in containing the virus, seem closest to returning. South Korea’s league, the KBL, has games scheduled at
11:15 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA sent out a memo Sunday night giving its teams further instructions over how to handle the sudden and indefinite suspension of the NBA season — including allowing players the ability to travel out of market under certain conditions and extending indefinitely the ban on full team practices. With
1:51 PM ET Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player who tested positive for COVID-19, recorded a video released by the NBA urging people to take the appropriate precautions to limit coronavirus from spreading during the pandemic. “It’s all about protecting yourself and the people around you,” Gobert said in the video, which
11:42 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN NBA referee Courtney Kirkland’s coronavirus results came back negative, and doctors cleared him to leave Sacramento, a source confirms to ESPN. Kirkland had been in Sacramento since Wednesday’s game between the Kings and Pelicans was postponed just minutes before tipoff because he was also assigned to work a Jazz–Raptors game
8:21 PM ET Detroit Pistons forward Christian Wood has tested positive for the coronavirus, a league source told ESPN’S Adrian Wojnarowski. Wood, 24, is the third known player in the NBA to have a positive test for the virus, along with Utah Jazz players Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. Wood scored 30 points in last
7:00 PM ET Ohm Youngmisuk Close ESPN Staff Writer Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate
11:23 PM ET Luka Doncic scored 50 points and dished 19 assists on Friday night as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Phoenix Suns 150-136. Well, not exactly. Soon after the decision was made to postpone the NBA season because of concerns over the coronavirus, the Suns announced that their games would continue on — virtually.
11:10 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Coronavirus tests for members of the Toronto Raptors‘ travel party have come back negative, with one person’s result still pending, the team announced Friday night. The Raptors were the last team to face the Utah Jazz and stars Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, who have since tested positive for the