People familiar with the discussion tell The Associated Press that putting all 30 teams in the Phoenix area this season and playing in empty ballparks was among the ideas discussed by Major League Baseball and the players’ association.

Prosecutors revealed new details of alleged bribes paid to FIFA executive committee members to gain their votes for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup

Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee has long been an advocate for the Boys and Girls Clubs in Dallas and Fort Worth, but during the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL star is working overtime for the organization.

Hall of Famer Al Kaline, longtime star for the Detroit Tigers, dies at 85, family friend tells AP

The NFL draft will be conducted in a virtual format, with team personnel working from their homes

Following on the heels of The Masters, organizers of the British Open announced Monday the tournament, one of golf’s four major tourneys, would also be cancelled in 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Texas moved quickly to hire a new women’s basketball coach, luring Vic Schaefer away from powerhouse Mississippi State on Sunday.

Bobby Mitchell, the speedy Hall of Famer who became the Washington Redskins’ first black player, has died

Former NFL kicker Tom Dempsey has died at 73 from what his family described as complications from the new coronavirus

After throwing for 45 touchdowns and more than 4,000 yards in his sophomore season, Southlake Carroll quarterback Quinn Ewers, NBC 5’s Big Game Friday underclassman of the year in 2019, was named ESPN’s top recruit in the nation for the Class of 2022.

A hacker posted a racial slur hundreds of times in an online fan video chat Friday with a black New York Rangers prospect.

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant has been posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame according to an official announcement by the organization on Saturday. Bryant played 20 seasons in the NBA, all with the Los Angeles Lakers. Over those 20 years, he was an 18-time NBA All-Star, the 2007 NBA MVP, a two-time NBA Fin...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by fantasy sports contestants who claimed they were damaged by sign stealing in Major League Baseball.

Six days a week, most of the players on the Mansfield high school golf team meet at Walnut Creek Country Club in Mansfield to practice at a proper social distance.

A unique Hall of Fame class will be announced Saturday in a unique way. Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett are all expected to be officially announced as part of the 2020 class of enshrinees by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which typically reveals its annual selections at college basketball’s Final Four. This year, with spor...

The WNBA has postponed the start of its season because of the coronavirus pandemic

The idea began as an indoor, quarantine shoutout to the seniors’ favorite trick shot artists – Dude Perfect.

The Dallas Cowboys are taking a chance on another suspended defensive end, signing Aldon Smith to a contract while his playing status in the NFL is uncertain.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is taking action to support health care workers in Massachusetts and New York amid the coronavirus crisis. Kraft purchased more than 1.7 million N95 masks and used the Patriots’ team plane to fly the critical supplies from China to Boston overnight in order to help hospitals in both states combat the on...

Rangers veteran Shin-Soo Choo is giving $1,000 each to 191 minor league players in the Texas organization.

No surprise. Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki has continued his charitable ways, even in the face of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Major League Baseball’s opening day isn’t just a big deal for fans and players, but for vendors too.

The latest installment in Kobe Bryant’s “The Wizenard” book series was released on Tuesday, the late NBA player’s widow revealed in an Instagram post, NBC News reports.

Wimbledon canceled for 1st time since World War II because of coronavirus pandemic

NFL team owners have voted to expand the playoffs by one team in each conference for a total of 14 next season

Billy Gillispie was named head coach at Tarleton State, taking over a program making the transition from NCAA Division II to Division I. The move Monday came two years after Gillispie had a successful kidney transplant, and eight years after his last Division I job. The former Texas A&M, Kentucky and Texas Tech coach had been at a Texas......

Former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal has addressed his controversial cameo in Netflix’s “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” a true crime docuseries about Oklahoma zookeeper Joseph Maldonado-Passage, stating that he is “not friends” with Maldonado-Passage and had “no idea any of that stuff was going on,&...

The NCAA will permit spring-sport Division I athletes who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus outbreak to have an additional year of eligibility

Orlando McDaniel influenced the lives of many young female athletes in North Texas. He started the North Texas Cheetahs Track Club, making stars of many of his athletes. Over the weekend, he died from COVID-19. “I knew he was sick,” Jasmine Moore, one of McDaniel’s former athletes, said. “I didn’t think he was that bad...

Timmy Hill won the virtual race at Texas Motor Speedway, where a highlight came when Daniel Suarez was parked by iRacing officials for intentionally trying — but failing — to crash Ty Dillon.

Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony rescheduled for July 23, 2021; closing ceremony on Aug. 8

Before the Olympics were postponed, Japan appears to have the coronavirus infection contained.

Lauren Cox and the Baylor Lady Bears had their sights set on a second straight national championship, but an invisible opponent, the coronavirus, ended that dream.

Texas A&M guard Chennedy Carter says she will forego her final year of eligibility and declare for the WNBA draft.

The Easton, Pennsylvania-based company that makes Major League Baseball uniforms has switched to producing masks and gowns in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic

Tokyo Olympic organizers are leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in the spring of 2021

They are the sights, sounds and smells of typical spring baseball days, but the coronavirus pandemic has, at minimum, put baseball season on hold. The college baseball season has already been canceled and a premature ending of the high school baseball schedule is still very possible. “All the kids that are having to deal with this, it’s tough,” sai...

The final pitch of the 2020 baseball season could be thrown closer to Christmas than Halloween.

The Dallas Cowboys and kicker Greg Zuerlein have agreed on a $7.5 million, three-year contract.

ESPN NBA broadcaster Doris Burke, a Curt Gowdy Award recipient by the Basketball Hall of Fame for excellence in her field, has revealed that she tested positive for the coronavirus. Burke made the announcement Friday on an ESPN podcast hosted by NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski. Burke says she started feeling extreme fatigue on March 11, the day the...

Jimmy Wynn, the diminutive Houston slugger whose monster shots in the 1960s and ’70s earned him the popular nickname “The Toy Cannon,” has died. He was 78.

Commissioner Roger Goodell told NFL teams on Thursday that the draft will go on as originally scheduled for next month.

Fred “Curly” Neal, the dribbling wizard who entertained millions with the Harlem Globetrotters for parts of three decades, has died

The league announced Thursday that its draft will still be held April 17 as originally scheduled, but without players, fans or media in attendance due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The WNBA has announced its draft will be a virtual event this season due to the coronavirus pandemic

The Tokyo Olympics need new dates for the opening and closing ceremonies in 2021

The newly installed president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Soccer Federation used their first news conference to state that settling a lawsuit filed by women’s national team players is a top priority.

Sponsorship executives in the Olympic world are mulling the ramifications of the postponement of the Tokyo Games until 2021 due to the coronavirus.

There will be no hot dogs on the grill, no beer on tap, no vendors in the stands selling peanuts and Cracker Jack. The shiny new stadium deep in the heart of Texas will still be waiting for its first Rangers game. Instead of warming up for his debut with the New York Yankees after a record $324 million, nine-year…

Major League Baseball will air 30 games across its digital platforms Thursday, filling the schedule for an Opening Day postponed by the coronavirus pandemic

Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns revealed his mother is in a medically-induced coma because of coronavirus.

Japan’s NHK public television says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will propose a one-year postponement for the Tokyo Olympics during talks with IOC President Thomas Bach.

Dallas Cowboys center Travis Frederick, who missed the 2018 season with Guillian-Barre Syndrome, says he will retire.

IOC members, national Olympic committees and athletes were all racing toward the same conclusion Monday: The Tokyo Olympics are not going to take place this summer. Craig Reedie, a longtime member of the International Olympic Committee, told The Associated Press that everyone can see where things are headed, with the coronavirus pandemic spreading ...

One of those women making history is Telissa Hubbard, assistant project manager of Manhattan Construction and one of the masterminds behind the construction of the new home of the Texas Rangers, Globe Life Field.

The Tokyo Olympics are going to happen — but almost surely in 2021 rather than in four months as planned.

A worldwide group representing Olympic hopefuls and their supporters is calling on the IOC to postpone the Tokyo Olympics until the coronavirus pandemic is under control

NBC 5’s Pat Doney is joined by 105.3 The Fan’s Gavin Dawson to discuss which sports they miss most during the COVID-19 outbreak, what the franchise tag means for Dak Prescott and how Amari Cooper’s contract is “team-friendly.”

The Tokyo Olympics has reached a critical phase. The torch relay begins in a few days in northern Japan. Organizers are asking fans to attend but be restrained along the roadside for fear of spreading the coronavirus.

Sports fans are on the hunt for new games to watch during the coronavirus pandemic

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and players Luka Dončić and Dwight Powell are teaming up with the Dallas Mavericks Foundation to donate $500,000 to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital as medical personnel continue to tackle the coronavirus pandemic head-on.

The head of USA Swimming wants a postponement of the Tokyo Olympics

Let’s face it — self-quarantine is a letdown for anyone looking to stay fit. That holds true for former Dallas Jesuit baseball player Nic Ready, who turned to the East Texas countryside to find a workout while his current team, the Miami Marlins, faces a delayed season. “No gym, don’t matter,” Ready said between reps in the 11-second vi...

The Olympic flame has arrived in Japan from Greece and was greeted in a scaled-down ceremony at an air base in northern Japan

The number of known coronavirus cases within the NBA has doubled to 14.

New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton has told ESPN that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.

The University Interscholastic League is extending its suspension of all UIL-sanctioned activities due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Texas.

The Olympic flame from Greece is set to arrive in Japan even as the opening of the Tokyo Games is in doubt.

Dak Prescott has his No. 1 receiver in place again, and of course, the star running back who signed a big contract last summer. The question is whether the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys will play under the franchise tag or get his own long-term deal to go with those handed out to Amari Cooper and Ezekiel Elliott. The biggest…

Regional Olympic officials are rallying around the IOC and have backed its stance on opening the Tokyo Games as scheduled

The NHL has its first known case of the new coronavirus after an Ottawa Senators player tested positive.

Tokyo Olympic organizers say a test event in gymnastics set for April 4-5 has been canceled.

It appears Tom Brady will head south to continue his “football journey” in Florida. Brady, who announced Tuesday morning that he would leave the New England Patriots in free agency, has agreed in principle to a deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the NFL said in a tweet. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported Brady would join Tampa. ...

The PGA Tour has canceled the 2020 AT&T Byron Nelson at Dallas’ Trinity Forest Golf Club due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 event, scheduled for May 4-10, was to be the final Byron Nelson played at the course. The cancellation of the Byron Nelson was one of four cancellations or postponements announced Tuesday. The others canceled wer...

The IOC is making contingency plans to fill about 4,700 spots still up for grabs for the Tokyo Games

Jason Witten will play an NFL snap in a uniform other than that of the Dallas Cowboys in 2020, according to multiple reports. The former Dallas Cowboys tight end reached an agreement Tuesday on one-year deal with the Las Vegas Raiders that could pay him up to $4.75 million, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Witten came out of retirement to&#...

Dallas Cowboys player Travis Frederick tweeted that he and other members of the organization are matching donations to feed school kids affected during school closures. Offensive lineman Travis Frederick wrote that with school closures, kids lose access to food. He and his wife along with other Cowboys players and coaches are matching $40,000 in do...

The NHL is pushing back the possibility of resuming its season by several weeks, if not a month or more.

Churchill Downs is postponing the Kentucky Derby from May to September because of the coronavirus pandemic

The Dallas Cowboys and wide receiver Amari Cooper have agreed to a five-year, $100 million contract, according to multiple reports. Cowboys’ reporter David Moore of NBC 5’s media partner The Dallas Morning News was one of those to report the deal, while ESPN’s Adam Schefter had it first. Cooper caught 79 passes for 1,189 yards and...

The O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, scheduled for March 29 at Texas Motor Speedway, along with the entire NASCAR schedule through May 3, has been postponed due to the spread of coronavirus.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. announced Monday following a conference call with each of the major league clubs that the opening of the 2020 regular season will be postponed to an undisclosed date.

The Dallas Cowboys have placed the franchise tag on quarterback Dak Prescott, our media partners at 105.3 The Fan report.

The already-delayed professional sports seasons in North America could be on hiatus for significantly longer than first planned after federal officials said Sunday that they recommend all in-person events involving 50 people or more be called off for the next eight weeks.

NBC 5’s Pat Doney is joined by 105.3 The Fan’s Jared Sandler to discuss the impact of the coronavirus on Major League Baseball, their favorite MLB stadiums and how the new NFL collective bargaining agreement impacts the Cowboys this offseason.

Before fears about the coronavirus scrubbed sports for the foreseeable future, Sunday was supposed to be the Big Reveal in college basketball

As ski resorts across the United States grappled with how to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus without having to close, industry giants Vail Resorts and Alterra Mountain Company decided Saturday they would shutter 49 of North America’s most well-known resorts

With the NCAA canceling March Madness, college basketball teams are left with only “March Sadness.” Athletes at the University of North Texas are among those who felt the impact of the coronavirus on the sports world. “When we boarded the bus to go to Frisco, our whole mindset was win three games in three days and get that tournam...

The total economic impact of the loss of sports and other events because of the coronavirus pandemic is impossible to calculate

Disney’s ESPN has long called itself the worldwide leader in sports. Now it will have to figure out what to do when there aren’t any. On what could be called Black Thursday for major sports leagues, Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League suspended play, following the National Basketball Association’s lead on Wednesday. The National Co...

The Greek Olympic committee has suspended the rest of its torch relay because of the “unexpectedly large crowd” that gathered to watch despite repeated requests for the public to stay away to prevent the spread of the coronavirus

The Premier League and the Champions League both have been suspended as the chaos stemming from the coronavirus outbreak continues to impact soccer

President Donald Trump’s suggestion to postpone the Tokyo Olympics for a year because of the spreading virus was immediately shot down by Japan’s Olympic minister.