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Schachmann wins Paris-Nice cycle race held amid coronavirus outbreak
VALDEBLORE-LA COLMIANE, France — German cyclist Maximilian Schachmann won the Paris-Nice race on Saturday in a rare case of a sporting event still going ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic. While France’s soccer and rugby leagues scrapped their matches indefinitely on a hectic Friday — amid cancellations around the world —...
Wuhan soccer team leaving Spain to escape virus
MADRID — The Chinese soccer team that was originally stuck in Spain because of the coronavirus outbreak is going back home to try to avoid its rapid spread in Europe. Wuhan Zall was expected to return to China on Saturday, nearly 1½ months after it arrived in Spain for preseason...
Plum Hall of Famer Kristy Trn earns PSAC basketball coaching honor
Kristy Trn is no stranger to success, but the longtime coach of the Shippensburg women’s basketball team is not used to a rebuilding project. Trn faced one after the 2016-17 season, when the Raiders won 24 games, reached the PSAC Tournament semifinals and earned a berth in the NCAA Division...
USA Wrestling postpones Olympic trials at Penn State
USA Wrestling has postponed the Olympic trials that were scheduled for Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center on April 4-5 due to coronavirus concerns. In a statement, the governing body said it is working with local officials and health experts in hopes of rescheduling the event at the same venue. The...
NCAA grants extra year of eligibility to spring sports athletes 
The NCAA will extend the eligibility of athletes on spring sports teams one year to make up for the season lost to the new coronavirus. The decision comes after the NCAA announced Thursday that its winter and spring championships would be canceled as a precaution against the spread of the...
No fans, no work: Arena workers caught in sports shutdown
MIAMI — David Edelman can usually be found at a Denver Nuggets basketball game or a Colorado Rapids soccer game. As an usher, he interacts with fans in a role he calls a staple of his life. But there are no Nuggets games for at least a month. No Rapids...
NASCAR, IndyCar postpone racing over coronavirus concerns
NASCAR and IndyCar both reversed course Friday and pulled the plug on racing this weekend, with IndyCar suspending its season through the end of April due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. NASCAR only suspended Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and next week at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Both events were...
Boston Marathon postponed until Sept. 14 amid coronavirus concerns
BOSTON — Organizers of the Boston Marathon, the planet’s most celebrated footrace, are postponing the event until Sept. 14 because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced Friday. The Boston Athletic Association, which oversees the marathon, had held off deciding the fate of the April 20...
Masters postponed over coronavirus
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Augusta National on Friday postponed the Masters, another massive hit to the spring sports calendar by the coronavirus that already is responsible for the loss of March Madness and the delay of MLB’s Opening Day. So much for that annual rite of spring and the...
Tim Benz: Path to coronavirus sports cancellations confused, confounded and contradicted
I’m not a huge fan of “The Office.” It’s OK. Not great. The humor is forced. The characters became two-dimensional characterizations of themselves after the third season. And I found the plot lines repetitive. There. I said it. Unpopular TV hot take for you. But I ran through five episodes...
PGA Tour decides to scrap rest of Players Championship, next several events 
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The PGA Tour decided Thursday night to scrap the rest of The Players Championship and shut down its other tournaments for the next three weeks. Commissioner Jay Monahan said earlier Thursday there would be no fans at TPC Sawgrass for the final three rounds or...
NASCAR, IndyCar closed to fans this weekend 
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — IndyCar and NASCAR will race this weekend without spectators, the latest sports series affected by concerns over the covid-19 pandemic. IndyCar pushed forward with Sunday’s season-opening race after the mayor of St. Petersburg said Thursday fans would not be permitted to attend. Only essential personnel can...
PGA Tour to carry on without spectators for the next month
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The PGA Tour plans to keep playing, just without anyone watching from outside the ropes because of the coronavirus outbreak. Commissioner Jay Monahan said Thursday that fans will not be allowed at the final three days of The Players Championship or three other tournaments —...
March Madness: Conferences scrap tourneys; NCAAs in doubt
The most powerful conferences in college sports canceled their men’s basketball tournaments Thursday because of the coronavirus, putting in doubt this month’s NCAA Tournament — one of the biggest events on the American sports calendar. Within minutes of each other, the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern...
Jazz stars Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert test positive for coronavirus
Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz confirmed Thursday he tested positive for the coronavirus, saying he is personally dealing with the pandemic that has temporarily shut down the NBA and other major sports leagues. Later, his Jazz teammate Rudy Gobert — the first NBA player to test positive, which prompted...
NBA suspends season until further notice, over coronavirus
MIAMI — The NBA has suspended its season “until further notice” after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, a move that came only hours after the majority of the league’s owners were leaning toward playing games without fans in arenas. Now there will be no games...
NCAA Tournament to be played without fans 
NCAA Tournament games will not be open to the general public because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus. NCAA president Mark Emmert said Wednesday he made the decision to conduct the men’s and women’s tournaments, which begin next week, with only essential staff and limited family in attendance. The...
Here's how to watch a livestream of The Players Championship this week
TribLIVE.com is partnering with video hosting firm SendtoNews to bring viewers a livestream of The Players Championship from famed TPC Sawgrass in Jacksonville, Fla. The Players features the iconic island green on No. 17. TribLIVE and SendtoNews will bring viewers livestreams of Nos. 12 and 17 beginning at 9 a.m....
CBI tournament canceled over coronavirus outbreak
The 2020 College Basketball Invitational is off, canceled out of precaution over the “uncertainty” with the coronavirus outbreak, the Gazelle Group announced Wednesday. “Due to the uncertainty about the coronavirus and the impact it is having on college campuses across the country, we have decided to cancel the 2020 College...
No. 2 Gonzaga wins 8th WCC title with victory over Saint Mary's 
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Drew Timme scored 17 points, Filip Petrusev had a double-double and No. 2 Gonzaga beat rival Saint Mary’s, 84-66, to reclaim the West Coast Conference tournament title Tuesday night. The top-seeded Zags (31-2) bounced back from a middling performance in the semifinals to win their eighth...
North Dakota State dismantles North Dakota for Summit crown, NCAA bid 
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Top-seeded North Dakota State led from start to finish and overwhelmed No. 6 North Dakota, 89-53, in the Summit League Tournament championship game Tuesday night and secured the automatic NCAA Tournament bid. NDSU’s leading scorer, Vinnie Shahid, led the Bison with 25 points on 8-of-14 shooting....
Northern Kentucky repeats as Horizon champs, heads to NCAA Tournament 
INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Sharpe scored 16 points, and Jalen Tate added 14 on Tuesday, helping Northern Kentucky beat UIC, 71-62, to lock up its second straight Horizon League Tournament title and earn another trip to the NCAA Tournament. The second-seeded Norse (23-9) will make their third appearance in four seasons...
Hofstra returns to NCAA Tournament for first time since 2001 
WASHINGTON — Senior guard Eli Pemberton scored 12 of his 19 points in the second half, and Hofstra came from behind to beat Northeastern, 70-61, on Tuesday night to win the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament and return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2001. The top-seeded Pride...
Penn State hoping to bounce back in Big Ten Tournament 
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo thought he had seen everything during his 25-year tenure. Then came this season, in which three teams with six Big Ten losses shared the league’s regular-season crown and as many as 11 remain hopeful of making the NCAA Tournament’s 68-team field. Izzo doesn’t...
Ivy League cancels basketball tournaments over coronavirus concerns
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Ivy League on Tuesday canceled its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus. The four-team tournaments were scheduled to be played Friday through Sunday at Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge. The Ivy League instead will award its automatic NCAA Tournament bids...


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