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National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman says players and staff have been told to stay away from the rink and self-isolate during the coronavirus outbreak By STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writers March 13, 2020, 8:13 PM 4 min read The NHL is telling its players and staff to stay away from the […]

MIAMI — David Edelman can usually be found at a Denver Nuggets basketball game or a Colorado Rapids soccer game. As an usher, he interacts with fans in a role he calls a staple of his life. But there are no Nuggets games for at least a month. No Rapids games, either. And Edelman has

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — For the last 75 years, the golf landscape never changed. March brought anticipation of azaleas and Amen Corner, of the drive down Magnolia Lane and the chase for a green jacket. The annual road to the Masters took a major detour Friday — but not a dead end, like other

The Boston Marathon has been postponed until Sept. 14 because of the coronavirus pandemic By WILLIAM J. KOLE and JIMMY GOLEN Associated Press March 13, 2020, 5:10 PM 5 min read BOSTON — The Boston Marathon on Friday was postponed for five months due to the coronavirus pandemic, abandoning the customary Patriots Day start in

Rudy Gobert has apologized for demonstrating a flippant attitude toward the coronavirus just days before testing positive for COVID-19 himself.  Footage of a Monday press conference showed Gobert, an All-Star player for the NBA’s Utah Jazz, touching journalists’ microphones and recorders in arguing that the public was overreacting to the illness threat. On Wednesday, however, Gobert tested

JERUSALEM — Religious authorities cancelled or limited weekly prayer gatherings across the Middle East on Friday to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as they encouraged the faithful to pray for those afflicted by the global pandemic. Iran, which is mired in the worst outbreak in the region, meanwhile announced another 85 deaths,

MADRID — Spanish karate athlete Sandra Sánchez has always been the stubborn type. It’s been part of her personality for her entire life. Since a young age she had to work hard to get what she wanted, starting with convincing her parents to let her be in karate instead of dance classes. That never-give-up attitude

The Bahrain and Vietnam Grand Prix races have been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer March 13, 2020, 1:06 PM 2 min read PARIS — The Bahrain and Vietnam Grand Prix races were postponed Friday because of the coronavirus outbreak, the third and fourth races of the Formula

The Premier League and the Champions League both have been suspended as the chaos stemming from the coronavirus outbreak continues to impact soccer By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer March 13, 2020, 11:54 AM 3 min read DÜSSELDORF, Germany — The Premier League and the Champions League were both suspended Friday as the chaos stemming

Olympic javelin champion Dana Zatopkova has died By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press March 13, 2020, 11:09 AM 3 min read PRAGUE — Dana Zatopkova, an Olympic javelin champion and the wife of running great Emil Zatopek, has died. She was 97. The Czech Olympic Committee said Zatopkova died Friday at Prague’s military hospital. No details