Sports

The Masters Tournament, held every April at Augusta National Golf Club, will be postponed this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. (TIM DOMINICK/Associated Press)

The Masters Tournament, held every April at Augusta National Golf Club, will be postponed this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. (TIM DOMINICK/Associated Press)

CORONAVIRUS: Masters, Boston Marathon postponed

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, March 13, 2020
The shock waves from the coronavirus outbreak rattled sports for another day as two rites of spring, the Masters and Boston Marathon, were postponed.
Florida's baseball team stands for the national anthem prior to Tuesday's game against Florida State, in Gainesville. (AAU COMMUNICATIONS)

Florida's baseball team stands for the national anthem prior to Tuesday's game against Florida State, in Gainesville. (AAU COMMUNICATIONS)

COLLEGE SPORTS: NCAA plans to extend eligibility of spring athletes

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, March 13, 2020
NEW YORK — 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. The details of how the extra eligibility will work are still being ironed out.
Columbia’s softball field is pictured prior to Thursday’s game against Madison County. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia’s softball field is pictured prior to Thursday’s game against Madison County. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

PREP SPORTS: High school athletics canceled for two weeks due to coronavirus concerns

JORDAN KROEGER
Friday, March 13, 2020
First it was professional sports, then the colleges. Now it’s the high schools, too. The Florida Department of Education provided a strong recommendation Friday evening that all schools close through March 27 due to the concern over the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakou charges onto the field to face the New Orleans Saints before the start of the first quarter at TIAA Bank Field on Oct. 13, 2019 in Jacksonville. (HARRY AARON/Getty Images/TNS)

Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakou charges onto the field to face the New Orleans Saints before the start of the first quarter at TIAA Bank Field on Oct. 13, 2019 in Jacksonville. (HARRY AARON/Getty Images/TNS)

NFL: Jaguars place franchise tag on disgruntled defender Ngakoue

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, March 13, 2020
JACKSONVILLE — The Jacksonville Jaguars placed the franchise tag on disgruntled defensive end Yannick Ngakoue on Friday, a move that guarantees him more than $19 million next season.
Mike Lemcke, from Richmond, Va., sits in an empty Greensboro Coliseum after the games were canceled at the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament in Greensboro, N.C. (BEN McKEOWN/Associated Press)

Mike Lemcke, from Richmond, Va., sits in an empty Greensboro Coliseum after the games were canceled at the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament in Greensboro, N.C. (BEN McKEOWN/Associated Press)

CORONAVIRUS: March Madness leads long list of canceled sports

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, March 12, 2020
The world's sports schedule cratered at warp speed Thursday, with one of the biggest events on the U.S. calendar, the fun-filled and colorful college basketball tournament known as March Madness, becoming the first mega-event to be scrubbed due to fear of the spread of the coronavirus.