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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 fansVideo
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’sVideo
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 bidVideo
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 TournamentVideo
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 2001Video
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 TournamentVideo
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...
East Tennessee State defeats Wofford for Southern Conference titleVideo
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Isaiah Tisdale said he had a dream East Tennessee State was going to win the Southern Conference Tournament. That dream was realized Monday night. Tisdale scored 24 points and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player as top-seeded ETSU defeated upset-minded Wofford, 72-58, to win the SoCon...
Duke’s Tre Jones earns ACC Player of Year honorsVideo
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The ACC on Monday named Duke guard Tre Jones as the league’s player of the year and its defensive player of the year and Leonard Hamilton of regular-season champion Florida State as coach of the year. Jones, a sophomore, is averaging 16.2 points and 6.4 assists for...
Iowa’s Luke Garza earns Big Ten honor; Penn State’s Lamar Stevens makes 1st teamVideo
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Iowa center Luka Garza is the Big Ten Player of the Year after emerging as one of the nation’s best players this season, and Wisconsin’s Greg Gard took coach of the year honors in voting announced Monday. Garza leads the Big Ten in scoring and ranks fifth...
Florida State wants to live up to No. 1 seed in ACC TournamentVideo
Florida State has accomplished several milestones in Leonard Hamilton’s nearly two decades with the Seminoles, from winning an ACC Tournament to getting within a game of the Final Four two seasons ago. Yet, his fourth-ranked Seminoles have never been in the position they are this week: entering the league tournament...
NHL, MLB, NBA, MLS close locker room access amid coronavirus outbreakVideo
MIAMI — The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer are closing access to locker rooms and clubhouses to all non-essential personnel in response to the coronavirus crisis, the leagues announced in a joint statement Monday night. The leagues said they made the decision “after consultation with infectious...
Indian Wells tennis postponed after coronavirus confirmedVideo
The BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, set to begin this week, has been postponed after a case of coronavirus was confirmed in the Coachella Valley. The Riverside County Public Health Department declared a public health emergency Sunday for the desert cities located 110 miles east of Los Angeles, including Indian...
Liberty returning to NCAA Tournament after winning Atlantic Sun title gameVideo
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row, but there is a big difference between them making it last year and doing it again. Expectations. “Any time you have a target on your back or you’re the team that’s expected to...
Joey Logano’s late charge holds off Kevin Harvick for NASCAR win in PhoenixVideo
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Joey Logano raced to his second NASCAR Cup Series win in three weeks, holding off Kevin Harvick over the final two laps after an overtime restart Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. Also the winner two weeks ago in Las Vegas for Team Penske, Logano has 25 career Cup...
No. 9 Maryland tops No. 25 Michigan for Big Ten title shareVideo
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Each member of the Maryland basketball team took turns gripping the trophy awarded to the Big Ten champions. They wore bright red hats boasting their accomplishment, and they proudly cut down the nets on each side of the court. It really didn’t matter to coach Mark...
Michigan State tops Ohio State, shares Big Ten titleVideo
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Cassius Winston scored 27 points, and No. 16 Michigan State beat No. 19 Ohio State, 80-69, on Sunday to win a third straight Big Ten championship. The Spartans (22-9, 14-6 Big Ten) shared the conference title with No. 9 Maryland and No. 24 Wisconsin, and they...
Hatton hangs on to win tough tournament at Bay HillVideo
Tyrrell Hatton went from losing his mind to winning the tournament. Bay Hill served up the most demanding test this side of a major, and Hatton kept it together down the stretch Sunday by playing bogey-free over the last seven holes for a 2-over-par 74 to win the Arnold Palmer...
Bradley grabs 2nd straight Missouri Valley Conference crown, earns NCAA bidVideo
ST. LOUIS — Darrell Brown scored 21 points, and Elijah Childs added 17 to lead fourth-seeded Bradley to its 10th NCAA Tournament with an 80-66 win over seventh-seeded Valparaiso in the Missouri Valley Conference championship game Sunday. Ja’Shon Henry scored 16 points for the fourth-seeded Braves, Nate Kennell chipped in...
