Officials leave the court before an NBA basketball game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Utah Jazz was postponed in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, March 11, 2020.

Coronavirus and sports: The latest on how COVID-19 is impacting athletics

Contributors: Deseret News Staff

SALT LAKE CITY — The risk of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt increasingly in the sports world, including in Utah, as the NBA suspended the season Wednesday night after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.

Here’s the latest news on how this is impacting the sports world:

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March 04, 2020 01:24 PM

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Aug 26, 2020 11:48 a.m. MDT

To play or not to play — athletes should have a say in current college football environment

By Doug Robinson

“These are extraordinary times; they call for extraordinary measures.”
Aug 18, 2020 12:10 p.m. MDT

Scattershooting: Would a bubble work to keep BYU football players safe?

By Dick Harmon

Would a bubble work for BYU? The SEC slicks up its schedule, and Pac-12 television partners have some hurdles to address
Aug 12, 2020 10 p.m. MDT

This Utah high school is at the center of the country’s return of high school football

By James Edward

Herriman, one of the state’s largest 6A schools, hosts Davis High on Thursday in the opening night of high school football for not just Utah, but the entire country.
Aug 12, 2020 3:08 p.m. MDT

Utah Utes: Postponements could cost school $50-60 million this year

By Dirk Facer

While postponing fall sports was a difficult move, Utah athletics director Mark Harlan “fully supportive of that decision.”
July 27, 2020 11:44 a.m. MDT

NCAA punts on fall sports decision, while MLB model begins to crumble

By Dick Harmon

As the NCAA postponed a decision on what to do with fall championships, it may have found the answer with Major League Baseball struggling to launch a shortened season
July 22, 2020 11 a.m. MDT

From strikes to world wars to pandemics — the history of shutting down America’s sports

By Doug Robinson
July 14, 2020 4:01 p.m. MDT

Is college football in the spring a ‘viable option’? Coaches, ADs and commissioners weigh in

By Brandon Judd

With the world in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the 2020 college football season closing in quickly, that scenario is being scrutinized more closely.
July 14, 2020 2 p.m. MDT

Wait ’til next year: Cancellation of minor league baseball season leaves void in lives of players and fans alike

By Joe Coles
July 14, 2020 1:01 p.m. MDT

BYU indefinitely postpones football media day, responds to cancellation of rivalry game with Utah

By Jay Drew

Cougars are ‘actively working’ to replace Utes, others on 2020 schedule even as more questions emerge over the viability of playing college football this fall in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
July 14, 2020 11:11 a.m. MDT

For BYU, independence has brought its challenges, but never more so than now

By Doug Robinson

The fluid situation in college football with the COVID-19 pandemic causing scheduling changes doesn’t leave the Cougars many options.