The Montreal Canadiens became the first Canadian team to postpone games in the NHL this season, as the team has shut down all activities through Sunday. The NHL announced that two Canadiens players are currently in the league’s COVID-19 protocol. Canadiens face hectic schedule after postponements On Monday, the Canadiens […]
The Maryland Jockey Club announced Tuesday it will allow 10,000 fans into the 2021 Preakness Stakes when that second jewel of the Triple Crowns runs on Saturday, May 15 at Pimlico Race Course. This decision came after The Stronach Group officials met with Baltimore-area and Maryland state health officials, who […]
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee has declared the first-round March Madness game between Oregon and Virginia Commonwealth University a no contest due to multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the VCU program. As a result, VCU has withdrawn from the NCAA Tournament, and Oregon automatically advances to the second round. VCU […]
The rambling wreck of Georgia Tech just got some horrible news after learning that Moses Wright, the ACC Player of the Year and Tech’s top scorer, will miss the first round of March Madness after testing positive for COVID-19. Georgia Tech qualified for March Madness for the first time since […]
Del Mar officials announced Tuesday they will allow a limited number of fans into the seaside track when its summer meet opens in mid-July. Track officials didn’t specify an allotted number of tickets it plans to sell when its 82nd summer meet opens on Friday, July 16. Nor did it […]
Jayhawks down. The #11 Kansas Jayhawks became the fourth major college basketball program in the last 24 hours, and the first Big 12 team, to prematurely exit from their conference tournament due to a positive COVID-19 test from a player. Kansas and Texas were scheduled to meet semifinals of the […]
For the second day in a row, a team pulled out of the ACC college basketball tournament. The #16 Virginia Cavaliers (18-6) were ranked #1 in the ACC conference tournament, but withdrew after a player tested positive for COVID-19. Virginia and Georgia Tech were slated to meet in the ACC […]
After the NCAA canceled its men’s and women’s basketball championships last year, the return of March Madness in 2021 comes as a welcome treat for sports fans who missed out on their chance to fill out a bracket in 2020. But while there will be as much action as ever, […]
The Duke Blue Devils (13-11) were on the bubble of the 2021 March Madness college basketball tournament, but an outbreak of COVID-19 derailed their lackluster season. Duke withdrew from the ACC Tournament after one member of the team tested positive for COVID-19. Unranked Duke was slated to meet #15 Florida […]
Star jockeys Umberto Rispoli and John Velazquez lost their mounts for Saturday’s $20 million Saudi Cup after Saudi race organizers abruptly changed their COVID-19 testing protocols. That takes Rispoli off Max Player and removes Velazquez from Tacitus. Rispoli had three mounts on the Saudi Cup card, including Cowan in the […]
Four members of the San Antonio Spurs tested positive for COVID-19 and the NBA postponed the team’s next four games in accordance with the league’s health and safety protocols. The NBA also postponed tomorrow night’s game between the Charlotte Hornets and the Chicago Bulls, and bumped Friday night’s Charlotte game […]
A worker at a Melbourne hotel tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, halting play at six different events leading up to next week’s Australian Open. The individual in question works at the Grand Hyatt, one of three Melbourne hotels being used to quarantine players, coaches, and officials for the […]
Several teams will miss action this week as the NHL grapples with multiple squads who have players in the league’s COVID-19 protocols. The league cancelled all games for the New Jersey Devils through Saturday, which impacts two games against the Pittsburgh Penguins and another with the New York Rangers. Sabres […]
The red-hot LA Clippers won seven games in a row and are about to embark on a six-game road trip, but they won’t have Kawhi Leonard (25.9 ppg) or Paul George (23.9 ppg) with them for at least a week until both star players clear COVID-19 safety protocols. Neither player […]
Aqueduct Racetrack once played host to a Pope and the only triple dead heat in a stakes race. Now, the New York track plays host to a state-run COVID-19 vaccination distribution center. The New York Racing Association (NYRA) opened Aqueduct’s first floor to state health officials, who began distributing the […]
Even as economic impacts on tiny European villages, dependent on yearly World Cup stops, are incalculable, the alpine World Cup has soldiered on, creating a safe and COVID-free environment for its athletes and staff thus far this season. So, it came as a bit of a surprise Monday evening to […]
Golden Gate Fields, shut down in November after a COVID-19 breakout ravaged its workforce, will resume racing Jan. 15, according to track owners, The Stronach Group. That ends a two-month shutdown of the Northern California track imposed when 24 workers initially tested positive for COVID-19. In the wake of that, […]
Oaklawn Park officials said Wednesday they plan on admitting limited spectators inside the gates for their 2021 meet, keeping in line with an Arkansas Department of Health directive allowing the move. The 57-day Oaklawn meet begins Jan. 22 and runs through May 1. Last year, Oaklawn was one of only […]
Alex Morgan, perhaps the most recognizable athlete on the US Women’s Soccer team, revealed Tuesday she contracted the COVID-19 virus over the holiday break while spending time with family in California. Morgan, 31, had recently come back to the US from England, where she played striker for Tottenham in the […]
The NBA gave its franchises and individuals a warning Christmas Eve that nobody in the league could cut in line for the first round of COVID-19 vaccines. In a memo released Thursday afternoon, the league made official their position on the FDA-approved Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which started to be […]
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