Adam Zielonka

XFL cancels remainder of season, says it will return in 2021

The XFL, the alternative football league, canceled the remainder of its 2020 season due to the coronavirus, but a statement from the league said it planned to return in 2021.

March 12, 2020

Coronavirus leads to mass sports cancellations; many events ‘can’t be replaced’

There will be no NCAA champion, no Final Four, no March Madness at all, as the coronavirus on Thursday dealt a deadly blow to college basketball's men's and women's tournaments and put the rest of American sports on life support.

March 12, 2020

Ted Leonsis: No events at Capital One Arena ‘until further notice’

All events at Capital One Arena, the biggest concert venue in the District, will be postponed "until further notice," Monumental Sports and Entertainment CEO and chairman Ted Leonsis said.

March 12, 2020

Major League Baseball to suspend spring training: report

Major League Baseball is expected to suspend spring training and likely will delay the beginning of the regular season due to the coronavirus outbreak, ESPN reported Thursday.

March 12, 2020

NHL latest to suspend season due to coronavirus

The National Hockey League has joined the National Basketball Association and Major League Soccer in suspending its season Thursday due to the coronavirus outbreak.

March 12, 2020

Big Ten, SEC, other conferences cancel basketball tournaments in wake of virus

The Big Ten, the SEC and the American Athletic Conference canceled the remainder of their conference tournaments on Thursday, the latest in a string of cancellations across the American sports landscape.

March 12, 2020

Major League Soccer suspending play ‘temporarily’ due to virus

Major League Soccer will become the second prominent sports league in the U.S. to suspend play out of caution over the coronavirus pandemic, reports said Thursday.

March 12, 2020

Wizards to self-quarantine after recently playing Jazz, who have infected player

The Washington Wizards' players, coaches and basketball operations personnel have been advised to self-quarantine for the next three to four days after they may have come in contact with people or rooms infected with COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.

March 12, 2020

Coronavirus and sports: List of events postponed, canceled, held without fans

From the NCAA Tournament to regular season NBA games to even the rodeo, the threat of the rapidly spreading coronavirus has prompted officials and teams to make drastic changes to their sporting events. Here's a list of what has been affected so far.

March 11, 2020

Coronavirus leads to NCAA tournament fan ban, other shakeups around U.S. sports

The NCAA barred fans from attending its men's or women's basketball tournaments this month, the most resounding and extensive measure to be taken in the U.S. following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

March 11, 2020

NCAA bans fans from men’s, women’s basketball tournaments due to coronavirus

No fans will be allowed to attend the NCAA men's or women's basketball tournaments this month, NCAA president Mark Emmert said Wednesday.

March 11, 2020

Capitals, Wizards games to stay open to fans despite D.C. Health’s recommendation

Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards home games during the month of March will go on as scheduled and remain open to fans, Monumental Sports and Entertainment said Wednesday.

March 11, 2020

Nationals postpone homecoming gala due to coronavirus

The Washington Nationals have postponed their annual homecoming gala event due to coronavirus fears.

March 11, 2020

Bryce Harper not worried about coronavirus: ‘I live, man’

Is Bryce Harper afraid of COVID-19? The Philadelphia Phillies outfielder and former Washington Nationals star reportedly "seemed to acknowledge the absurdity" of Major League Baseball's edict that players stay eight feet away from reporters when talking.

March 10, 2020

Coronavirus leads to canceled events, threatening sports at busiest time of year

Across sports, the coronavirus has prompted to imagine the once-unthinkable -- all while leagues prepare diligently as the virus continues to spread.

March 10, 2020

NBC declines Al Michaels trade talks with ESPN: Report

NBC declined ESPN's request to discuss a trade to send football play-by-play voice Al Michaels to ESPN, the New York Post reported.

March 10, 2020

Anthony Cowan Jr. faces one last postseason to cement Maryland legacy

At the end of a season in which he passed names like Walt Williams and Tom McMillen in career scoring and moved into fifth on the program's all-time assists leaderboard, postseason success is arguably the only thing missing from Anthony Cowan's resume at Maryland.

March 9, 2020

Maryland ranks No. 12, Virginia No. 17 in final AP poll of regular season

In the final Associated Press men's college basketball poll before major conference tournaments get underway this week, the Maryland Terrapins slipped three spots to No. 12 and the Virginia Cavaliers moved up by five to No. 17.

March 9, 2020

NCAA basketball conference tournament schedule: Tracking 32 automatic bids

The time of year just before March Madness has arrived, a time still mad unto itself. Here is the schedule of all 32 Division I conference championship games.

March 9, 2020

Big Ten Tournament bracket and schedule: Maryland No. 3 seed after three-way tie for first

The Maryland Terrapins earned a share of the Big Ten regular-season title for the first time Sunday by finishing their conference schedule 14-6, tying themselves with Wisconsin and Michigan State. But in that three-way tie, Maryland comes up third when seeding the bracket for the Big Ten Tournament.

March 9, 2020