Tag: coronavirus

The Premier League announced that it will restart its season behind closed doors on June 17. (Image: Alamy Live News)

Premier League Set to Restart Season with Two Matches on June 17

The Premier League announced Thursday that it will resume its season in less than three weeks, with two matches on June 17 signaling a return to action for England’s top soccer competition. EPL clubs agreed to the “Project Restart” date during a shareholders’ meeting on Thursday. Premier League Plans for […]

Lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko (pictured) could fight fellow champion Teofimo Lopez in September, one of many rescheduled boxing matches being added to the calendar in the months to come. (Image: Rich Schultz/Getty)

Boxing Planning Return as Fights Get Rescheduled for Summer, Fall Dates

Boxing promoters are beginning to plan for the sport’s return, scheduling a number of postponed fights for new dates in the summer and fall in Las Vegas and other locations. Las Vegas stands out as a focal point of these efforts, with Top Rank Boxing’s Bob Arum having already announced […]

Premier League teams have returned to limited training, but more extensive practice is necessary before resuming matches. (Image: Arsenal FC/Getty)

Premier League Likely Delaying Restart Until Late June

The Premier League will likely push back its restart date from June 12 to June 26, as clubs look to give players time to regain match fitness before playing games. Multiple media outlets reported this week that the EPL clubs will meet Thursday, where they expect to approve the June […]

Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan now plans to have its Opening Day on June 19. (Image: Atsushi Tomura/Getty)

Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball Set to Return in June

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) will start its season on June 19, as Japan continues to reduce restrictions put in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. A government advisory panel approved a plan to end a state of emergency in the five prefectures that were still part of that order, clearing […]

New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing during a game against the New Jersey Nets at the Meadowlands in the late 1990s. (Image: Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty)

Ex-Knicks Star, Georgetown Coach Patrick Ewing Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Patrick Ewing, current head coach at Georgetown and former 11-time All-Star with the New York Knicks, tested positive for coronavirus. Ewing is in isolation at a local hospital while he recovers from coronavirus. Georgetown confirmed that Ewing is the only member of the Georgetown men’s basketball team (including players, coaches, […]

The sight of fans in the stands will greet horses at Texas' Lone Star Park. The track can reopen after Friday with 25% capacity. (Image: Lone Star Park)

Texas Becomes First State Allowing Fans Back Into Racetracks

Texas is about to become the first state in the COVID-19 era to reopen racetracks with fans in attendance, courtesy of Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order that allows facilities to reopen at up to 25% of capacity. Abbott signed executive order GA-23 Monday afternoon. It opens the state’s simulcast facilities […]

Cattino Mobley shoots over Joe Johnson in a Big3 basketball game. (Image: Jamie Squire/Big3/Getty)

Big3 Cancels 2020 Season, Vows to Return with Fans for 2021

The Big3 basketball league announced Monday that it’s canceling its 2020 season, while promising to deliver a quality product next year. The 3-on-3 basketball league began play in 2017 and expanded to a dozen teams in the 2019 season. Big3 Says Fan Experience Paramount for League Big3 Founder Ice Cube […]

Amalie Arena, home of the Tampa Bay Lightning, sits empty during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Image: Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times)

NHL, NHLPA Moving Closer to Finishing Season with 24-Team Playoff Format

The NHL and NHL Players Association are discussing a plan that would result in a 24-team playoff to conclude the 2019-20 season, according to a report by The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun. LeBrun cited sources as saying that the current proposal would see all teams return to at least some regular […]

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo explained why he approved horseracing's resumption during his Saturday coronavirus briefing. (Image: WRVO)

New York Racing Resumes in June After Governor’s Approval

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo put his state back in the horseracing game Saturday when he announced during his daily coronavirus briefing New York may resume spectator-free racing June 1. Along with Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields resuming in California and Churchill Downs resuming in Kentucky, this is […]

Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 will meet for another round of their traditional rivalry as the Bundesliga returns to action on Saturday. (Image: Alexander Scheuber/Bundesliga/Getty)

The Bundesliga Returns: Betting Odds, Preview for Saturday’s Matches

The Bundesliga will become the first elite soccer league to return to action during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as the German league plays nine matches over three days beginning on Saturday. The action starts with six matches on Saturday, with all 18 teams in Germany’s top tier competing over the […]

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says professional sports teams like the Diamondbacks can start playing – without fans – in the state beginning Saturday. (Image: Jennifer Stewart/Getty)

Professional Sports Returning to Arizona Without Fans

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced Tuesday that professional sports teams can hold activities and games in the state without fans in attendance starting on Saturday, part of his broader decision to ease restrictions in place due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Ducey says that he will allow the current […]