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Big3 partners with Endemol for planned quarantined reality show
Ice Cube’s Big3 basketball league is partnering with media production company Endemol to create a planned reality show basketball tournament amid the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Top NBA executives to take pay cuts
Reductions include commissioner Adam Silver, deputy commissioner Mark Tatum
WNBA shifts to virtual format for Draft
Selections to be made without players, media, or guests present
MLB, MLBPA strike deal for pandemic-related issues
League, union reach agreement on key issues for this year including player salaries, service time accrual
NCAA payments to schools less than half of projections
Covid-19 pandemic creates sharp reductions in outlays to member schools
Fanatics shifts uniform factory to produce medical gear
Material for official MLB uniforms to be used for protective masks and gowns
Indy 500 shifted to August due to Covid-19
Motorsports schedule shifts also create combined IndyCar-Nascar weekend in July
MiLB standing at front lines of uncertainty, potential business peril from Covid-19 outbreak
With the vast majority of revenues for Minor League Baseball teams deriving from gate revenues and no games happening due to the Covid-19 outbreak, economic worries are growing. US Editor Eric Fisher reports.
Discovery taps into $500m credit facility amid ‘unknown’ Covid-19 impact
US-based media group Discovery has borrowed $500m (€456.9m) under its credit facility as it seeks to tackle the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Manfred: MLB will be a key part of healing from virus outbreak
MLB commissioner says "nothing's off the table" in terms of recalibrating schedule once play resumes
NHL postponing 2020 Scouting Combine, Draft, Awards
The National Hockey League has announced it is postponing a trio of upcoming tentpole events due to the global Covid-19 pandemic
Boston Bruins, TD Garden owners putting staff on leave and implementing pay cuts
Delaware North, the company which owns both the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins and the TD Garden, has announced it is putting staff on temporary leave and reducing salaries amid the sports shutdown …
MLB creates “Opening Day At Home” amid pandemic
Set of 30 archival games to be shown across various media partners will feature each club
USL creates Rocket League competition to stay active amid shutdown
The United Soccer League has unveiled a new Rocket League esports competition for its Championship and League One teams to take part in during the sports shutdown enforced by the Covid-19 pandemic
Topps expands trading card line with artist collaborations
"Project 2020" will see classic baseball cards reinterpreted by a broad mix of modern artists
Even amid game cancellations, MLB still has keen eye on Mexico
The United States' neighbor to the south is being increasingly viewed by Major League Baseball as a viable location for both regular-season games and perhaps an expansion franchise
Fox Sports to broadcast remainder of Nascar’s new esports series
Fox Sports has reached an agreement with Nascar to broadcast the remainder of the US stock car racing series's new esports competition, the eNascar iRacing Pro Invitational Series
Nascar imposes staff pay cuts until racing resumes
Stock car racing series Nascar has become the latest major sports organization in the United States to impose temporary pay cuts due to the global Covid-19 pandemic