11:08 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Five members of the Formula One paddock have now been tested for coronavirus after two more Haas employees reported potential symptoms on Thursday morning in Melbourne. The results of two Haas team members and a McLaren team member, who were tested on Wednesday, are expected later on Thursday and
3:31 AM GMT The fate of the IPL will be up for discussion with the tournament’s Governing Council set to meet on March 14. With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) as a pandemic, there is growing concern over whether or not the IPL should go ahead as scheduled from March 29.
10:21 PM ET Steve KimESPN Three fight cards scheduled for March at the Casino of Montreal were canceled Wednesday because of concerns about the coronavirus. One card, featuring a middleweight contest between Steve Butler and Marcos Reyes, was scheduled for Thursday and was called off a few hours after the boxers weighed in. Eye of
9:02 PM ET UFC fighter Brian Ortega offered a more robust apology Wednesday for an incident that occurred last Saturday night in the crowd at UFC 248. On Instagram, Ortega wrote he now understands “what I did was truly wrong.” The featherweight fighter was referring to his slapping of popular Korean-American rapper Jay Park during
8:43 PM ET ESPN News Services Wednesday’s Oklahoma City Thunder–Utah Jazz game at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City was postponed before tipoff after a player tested positive for the coronavirus, the NBA said in a statement. The player is the Jazz’s Rudy Gobert, sources told ESPN. 2 Related The NBA said in a statement
9:38 PM ET The NBA announced that it has suspended its season until further notice after the completion of Wednesday night’s games after a member of the Utah Jazz has preliminarily tested positive for the coronavirus. The player is the Jazz’s Rudy Gobert, sources told ESPN. That led to the Jazz game at Oklahoma City
9:00 PM ET ESPN staff The 2020 NFL draft order is set, with all 255 picks and seven rounds locked in for April’s draft. The Cincinnati Bengals kick off things with pick No. 1 — Joe Burrow, anyone? — and the New York Giants end it with pick No. 255. The 2020 NFL draft begins
9:50 AM ET After finishing third in the regular season, the Straubing Tigers were well-positioned to challenge for Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga championship. It would have been the first one in franchise history for Straubing, a city of fewer than 48,000 people in lower Bavaria whose hockey team consistently has one of the smallest budgets
6:02 PM ET The Columbus Blue Jackets became the first NHL team to say Wednesday they would play home games without fans due to the coronavirus outbreak. The team’s announcement comes after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he will issue an order banning spectators from games in the state. The Blue Jackets’ statement says: “Remaining
6:54 PM ET Johnny Cueto will start on Opening Day for the San Francisco Giants against the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 26, manager Gabe Kapler told reporters Wednesday. The Dodgers have already announced that ace left-hander Clayton Kershaw will be their starter for the game. This will mark Cueto’s first time starting the opener