Silver: NBA has no timetable to restart
The NBA isn’t close to making any decisions on a potential restart, and it isn’t setting any deadlines, commissioner Adam Silver said Friday.
Ionescu picks up WNBA torch as she steps into New York spotlight
With expectations higher than the skyscrapers of Manhattan, the WNBA’s number-one overall draft pick Sabrina Ionescu is poised to transform the New York Liberty and ready to torch the competition with the national spotlight pointed on her.
Ionescu picked first in WNBA ‘virtual draft’ under quarantine
Sabrina Ionescu was selected first overall in the WNBA’s draft on Friday, as quarantined coaches and players pivoted to an online format amid life in the era of the new coronavirus.
Athletes banned until 2020 can compete at Olympics: Athletics Integrity head
The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics will allow athletes banned until 2020 to qualify for the Games next year as doping bans are based on time periods and not events, Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) head Brett Clothier told Reuters.
With tires and rice bags, Cuba’s athletes invent home workouts
A triathlete swims in a tiny above-ground pool on her rooftop, her waist attached to the wall with resistance bands, while a baseball player bats into a car tire and a boxer throws his punches into a bag of rice hanging from a mango tree.
Ionescu picked first as WNBA draft kicks off under quarantine
Sabrina Ionescu was selected first overall in the WNBA’s draft on Friday, as quarantined coaches and players pivoted to an online format amid quarantine life in the COVID-19 era.
NBA: Players to receive 25% less pay from May 15
The NBA has reached an agreement with the National Basketball Players Association to withhold 25% of each player’s salary from May 15 due to the shutdown of the sport because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Darts: Home Tour proves a hit despite blurred images and dodgy WiFi
The images were blurred, and the wifi decidedly dodgy, but darts stepped up to the oche on Friday to provide some rare live entertainment for sports-starved fans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Broncos’ Miller on testing positive: ‘I was shocked’
Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller admitted he was stunned to learn that he tested positive for the coronavirus, especially since he maintains he was strict in his adherence to social distancing.
Djokovic shares Olympic regrets with Murray in live chat
Live tennis action is a fading memory during the coronavirus shutdown but 20,000 fans tuned in to watch old rivals Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray chew the fat on Instagram on Friday.
