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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City. Something is finally clear in the uncertain NBA. Players believe they&#039;re going to play games again this season. The obvious questions like how, where and when remain unanswered.

AP sources: No consensus yet on NBA return-to-play plan

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City. Something is finally clear in the uncertain NBA. Players believe they&#039;re going to play games again this season. The obvious questions like how, where and when remain unanswered.

May 29, 2020, 4:04pm National Sports

The NBA Board of Governors met again without a consensus opinion emerging on how many teams should be back on the floor for the planned late-July resumption of the pandemic-interrupted season, three people familiar with details of the call said Friday. Read story

Chase Elliott does a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup race Thursday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Elliott ends week of misery with overdue Cup victory

Chase Elliott does a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup race Thursday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

May 28, 2020, 9:11pm National Sports

NASCAR’s grueling return to racing finally ended with a Cup victory for Chase Elliott. Read story

The elite men break from the start of the 123rd Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., last year. The 2020 Boston Marathon, which was rescheduled to run on Sept. 14th, was canceled Thursday, May 28, 2020 for the first time in its 124-year history due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak.

Boston Marathon canceled for 1st time in 124-year history

The elite men break from the start of the 123rd Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., last year. The 2020 Boston Marathon, which was rescheduled to run on Sept. 14th, was canceled Thursday, May 28, 2020 for the first time in its 124-year history due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak.

May 28, 2020, 2:43pm National Sports

Organizers canceled the Boston Marathon on Thursday for the first time in its history, bowing to the social distancing requirements of the coronavirus outbreak and ending a 124-year run that had persisted through two World Wars, a volcanic eruption and even another pandemic. Read story

Woods, Manning win a TV charity match as good as real thing

May 24, 2020, 6:42pm Latest News

Tom Brady delivered the shot of the match that made it easy to forget the rest of his swings. Tiger Woods didn't miss a fairway and earned a small measure of revenge against Phil Mickelson. Read story

The NHL Players’ Association's executive committee authorized moving forward in talks with the league on returning to play from the coronavirus suspension, approving 24 teams making the playoffs.

NHLPA approves going forward with 24-team playoff talks

The NHL Players’ Association's executive committee authorized moving forward in talks with the league on returning to play from the coronavirus suspension, approving 24 teams making the playoffs.

May 22, 2020, 8:25pm National Sports

The NHL Players’ Association’s executive committee authorized moving forward in talks with the league on returning to play from the coronavirus suspension, approving 24 teams making the playoffs with other aspects still to be negotiated. Read story

FILE - This Nov. 26, 2010, file photo shows Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan protesting a call by officials during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Salt Lake City. The Utah Jazz have announced that Jerry Sloan, the coach who took them to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 on his way to a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame, has died. Sloan died Friday morning, May 22, 2020, the Jazz said, from complications related to Parkinson&#039;Aos disease and Lewy body dementia. He was 78. (AP Photo/Steve C.

Jerry Sloan, Jazz great and Hall of Fame coach, dies at 78

FILE - This Nov. 26, 2010, file photo shows Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan protesting a call by officials during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Salt Lake City. The Utah Jazz have announced that Jerry Sloan, the coach who took them to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 on his way to a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame, has died. Sloan died Friday morning, May 22, 2020, the Jazz said, from complications related to Parkinson&#039;Aos disease and Lewy body dementia. He was 78. (AP Photo/Steve C.

May 22, 2020, 9:12am National Sports

Jerry Sloan, the Hall of Fame coach who was a fixture for decades in Utah and took the Jazz to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, died Friday. He was 78. Read story

Denny Hamlin (11) drives during the NASCAR Cup Series auto race Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Darlington, S.C. Hamlin won the race shortened by rain.

Hamlin wins NASCAR Cup race cut by rain

Denny Hamlin (11) drives during the NASCAR Cup Series auto race Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Darlington, S.C. Hamlin won the race shortened by rain.

May 20, 2020, 9:45pm National Sports

Denny Hamlin won NASCAR’s first Wednesday race since 1984 when rain stopped the event with 20 laps remaining at Darlington Raceway. Read story

Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, May 17, 2020, in Darlington, S.C.

Harvick wins at Darlington as NASCAR returns to racing

Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, May 17, 2020, in Darlington, S.C.

May 17, 2020, 5:19pm National Sports

This was a 400-mile drive unlike any other in modern day NASCAR. Read story

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2018, file photo, Dustin Johnson of the United States, left, and Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland talk on the 10th fairway during the first round of the Abu Dhabi Championship golf tournament in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Dustin Johnson left The Players Championship two months ago and didn&#039;t play golf again until Sunday. He figured his game needed to be in shape for Rory McIlroy, his partner, in a charity match Sunday at Seminole that will be live golf&#039;s return to television.

McIlroy delivers the winner as live golf returns to TV

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2018, file photo, Dustin Johnson of the United States, left, and Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland talk on the 10th fairway during the first round of the Abu Dhabi Championship golf tournament in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Dustin Johnson left The Players Championship two months ago and didn&#039;t play golf again until Sunday. He figured his game needed to be in shape for Rory McIlroy, his partner, in a charity match Sunday at Seminole that will be live golf&#039;s return to television.

May 17, 2020, 4:38pm National Sports

Rory McIlroy delivered the money shot Sunday as live golf returned to television for a Skins game that revealed plenty of rust and raised more than $5 million for COVID-19 relief funds. Read story

CBS sportscaster Phyllis George pictured on set Nov. 28, 1976. George, a former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS&#039;s &quot;The NFL Today&quot; and served as the first lady of Kentucky, died Thursday, May 14, 2020. She was 70.

Phyllis George, female sportscasting pioneer, dies at 70

CBS sportscaster Phyllis George pictured on set Nov. 28, 1976. George, a former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS&#039;s &quot;The NFL Today&quot; and served as the first lady of Kentucky, died Thursday, May 14, 2020. She was 70.

May 16, 2020, 6:16pm National Sports

Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’s “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died. She was 70. Read story