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Knights’ Briana Cedillo joins the Lady Vikings
MOSES LAKE — Briana Cedillo from the Royal Knights girls basketball team has signed with Big Bend Community Colleg…
Virus-related sports cancellations leave little to bet on
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — There's still darts.
College World Series among spring events axed by virus
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The cancellation of the NCAA basketball tournaments shook the nation Thursday, but more than two dozen other men's and women's championships won't be contested this winter and spring, either — an…
NCAA plans to extend eligibility of spring sports athletes
NEW YORK (AP) — The NCAA is planning to extend the eligibility of athletes on spring sports teams by one year to make up for the season lost to the new coronavirus.
Montana announces first 4 cases of patients with coronavirus
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana has its first four cases of patients with the new coronavirus, Gov. Steve Bullock announced Friday.
Americans adjust to new life, hunker down amid coronavirus
Workers lost their jobs, parents came up with impromptu home lesson plans for children kept home from shuttered schools. Families fretted over dwindling retirement accounts, the health of elderly parents, and every…
Analysis: With unease, Americans lurch into coronavirus era
So this is where we are:
NCAA tells AP it planned to salvage March Madness with a 16-team tournament before canceling the entire event
NEW YORK (AP) — NCAA tells AP it planned to salvage March Madness with a 16-team tournament before canceling the entire event.
Thursday Sports in Brief
VIRUS OUTBREAK
Montana announces first 4 cases of patients with coronavirus
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana has its first four cases of patients with the new coronavirus, Gov. Steve Bullock announced Friday.
UIC fires basketball coach Steve McClain after 5 seasons
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois-Chicago fired coach Steve McClain on Friday after five seasons.
NCAA plans to extend eligibility of spring sports athletes
NEW YORK (AP) — The NCAA is planning to extend the eligibility of athletes on spring sports teams by one year to make up for the season lost to the new coronavirus.
UNC Wilmington hires NC State assistant Siddle as coach
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — UNC Wilmington hired North Carolina State assistant coach Takayo Siddle as basketball coach Friday.
Rutgers crushed: 1st NCAA spot in 29 years was but days away
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers seemed to be a only couple of days away from ending a nearly three-decade absence from the NCAA Tournament.
AP Source: Pitino will return for 8th season with Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota coach Richard Pitino will return for his eighth season with the program, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed on Friday.
Column: The stunning week that sports came to a halt
It was the week the sports stopped.