Sports - The Durango Herald

MLB could skip draft

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball is considering skipping its amateur draft this year and putting off the next international signing period as a way to preserve cash while games are affected ...

DATE: Mar 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

PGA Championship the 2nd major postponed by coronavirus

First the Masters, now the PGA Championship. Two days after a federal recommendation to not hold events of 50 or more people for the next eight weeks, the PGA of America decided t...

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Virus forces French Open to September, juggling tennis year

The French Open was postponed for about four months because of the coronavirus pandemic, shifting from May to September and juggling the tennis calendar. The French tennis federat...

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NCAA will have to find a way to recoup after losing millions because of coronavirus

The NCAA made more than $1 billion last year, almost $867 million from the men’s Division I basketball tournament, and most of that from a massive television rights deal with CBS and Turner ...

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Kevin Durant, three other Brooklyn Nets test positive for coronavirus

NEW YORK – Four Brooklyn Nets players, including Kevin Durant, have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total to seven known players in the NBA. The Nets did not...

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

With trials looming, IOC could adjust Olympic qualifying

Almost any athlete will concede that getting picked for an Olympic team is as much of a challenge as competing for one. The IOC acknowledged on Tuesday just how frazzling the whol...

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

UEFA postpones Euro 2020 by 1 year because of pandemic

South American championships also pushed back

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NFL bars player and team personnel travel in free agency

The NFL has barred in-person interviews with free agents and is requiring local physical examinations for them rather than team-conducted exams. In a memo sent to the 32 franchise...

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports