The NFL expanded the Rooney Rule on the same day teams were allowed to reopen practice facilities if area regulations allowed. Team facilities were shut in late March out of COVID-19 concerns.
David Edwards was going to play the mascot for the Quad Cities River Bandits in Iowa. But the baseball season was canceled and he also lost a second job. "I feel very scared about my future," he says.
Major League Baseball owners will submit a proposal to the players' union to start its 2020 season in July without fans. If the proposal is approved, spring training would start in early to mid-June.
As golf courses around the country begin to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic, golfers now find a new normal. Social distancing and other changes are part of a different game.
After a five-week delay, the league had its opening day on Tuesday. It came just hours after ESPN signed a deal to broadcast six games per week, starting between 1 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. ET.
"Don Shula was the patriarch of the Miami Dolphins for 50 years," the Hall of Fame coach's team said in a statement. Shula had 347 career wins, more than any other coach in NFL history.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Women's National Team says they'll appeal in their quest to receive compensation on par with the men's team. Other claims in the lawsuit will go to trial.
The news of Roger Goodell's pay cut came as an internal league memo announced executive salary reductions and furloughs of league employees. He said coronavirus-control disruptions are to blame.
The change could be in place by the 2021-22 school year, as the NCAA backs measures that would let student-athletes be paid for their name, image and likeness.