The sports world has not been spared from the coronavirus panic, with the past 48 hours or so being absolutely packed with news related to how different leagues will be responding accordingly to it. As of Tuesday afternoon, there have been at least 116,000 coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide, according to CBS News. About 64,000 people have recovered from the disease while more than 4,000 have died from it.
Things seemed to really kick off for sports around the country with the news that Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert was found to have coronavirus, which led to the NBA suspending the rest of its season indefinitely until further notice. But even with that being the biggest news of the past couple days, big sporting events were getting called off in the run-up to that bombshell news. Here's how the timeline of all things sports and coronavirus played out.
Wednesday, March 11
12:42 pm ET - 2020 CBI tournament canceled
1:50 pm - Columbus Blue Jackets close games to fans
1:55 pm - Tulsa football players quarantined
2:10 pm - Golden State Warriors close home games to fans following city ban on 1,000+ crowds
2:35 pm - XFL's Seattle Dragons announce they'll host Los Angeles Wildcats without fans in attendance
2:44 pm - Ohio governor says an NCAA Tournament games held in the state will be played without fans
3:00 pm - Ivy League cancels all spring sporting events
4:15 pm - NCAA advises events to be held without fans
4:30 pm - NCAA says NCAA Tournament will be held without fans
5:24 pm - Michigan cancels spring football game
6:00 pm - Juventus' Daniele Rugani tests positive for COVID-19
6:33 pm - Sharks announce they've closed home games to fans
6:38 pm - Big Ten tournament closes along with all spring sports
6:40 pm - Big 12 limits 125 fans per team, cheerleaders and teams at basketball tournament
7:58 pm - ACC Tournament closes games to fans
8:40 pm - Jazz vs. Thunder postponed
8:49 pm - AAC closes tournament to fans
8:50 pm - Ohio State cancels spring football game
8:53 pm - Pac-12 closes tournament to fans
9:11 pm - SEC closes tournament games to fans
9:27 pm - Rudy Gobert tests positive for coronavirus
9:31 pm - NBA suspends remainder of season indefinitely
9:52 pm - Conference USA closes tournament to fans
10:40 pm - Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg taken to hospital
10:44 pm - Big East announces Madison Square Garden will be closed to fans for tournament
10:48 pm - Baylor suspends spring football and recruiting
Thursday, March 12
12:34 am - NBA G-League suspended
12:43 am - Nebraska says Fred Hoiberg has influenza A, not coronavirus
9:35 am - ACC commissioner John Swofford says ACC games are still on
10:00 am - America East says no fans at men's or women's basketball title games
10:30 am - Patriot League cancels all spring practices and competitions
10:49 am - Reports that Donovan Mitchell has coronavirus surface
11:15 am - Sun Belt conference says no fans will be at the conference tournament
11:42 am - MLS suspends season for 30 days
11:47 am - SEC cancels basketball tournament
11:48 am - AAC cancels basketball tournament
11:49 am - Big Ten cancels basketball tournament
11:57 am - Atlantic 10 cancels basketball tournament
12:00 pm - WAC, CUSA cancel their men's and women's basketball tournaments
12:03 pm - Notre Dame suspends recruiting and spring football practice
12:09 pm - MAC cancels men's and women's basketball tournaments
12:16 pm - CAA cancels women's basketball tournament and all spring sports contests are suspended
12:16 pm - ACC cancels men's basketball tournament
12:17 pm - Pac-12 cancels basketball tournament and suspends sports competitions
12:27 pm - USL suspends 2020 season for 30 days
12:28 pm - Southland cancels conference tournament
12:32 pm - SEC suspends all on-campus sports
12:34 pm - Sun Belt cancels men's and women's basketball tournaments
12:40 pm - Big 12 cancels men's and women's basketball tournaments
12:44 pm - Big Sky cancels men's and women's basketball tournaments
12:46 pm - America East cancels men's and women's basketball tournaments
12:53 pm - WAC suspends spring sports
12:57 pm - Big East cancels tournament at halftime of St. John's vs. Creighton
12:58 pm - Conference USA cancels spring sports competitions
1:15 pm - Jeff Passan reports that MLB will suspend all operations
1:33 pm - NASCAR announces their Atlanta and Miami races will be held without fans
1:35 pm - NHL puts the remainder of its regular season on pause
1:35 pm - Atlantic 10 tournament canceled
1:41 pm - USC postpones spring football practices
1:49 pm - Duke suspends all athletic activities
1:54 pm - Kansas suspends all athletic activities and cancels all athletic travel
1:59 pm - Arizona State cancels all sports competitions
2:01 pm - MWC suspends all spring sports
2:17 pm - MAAC cancels basketball tournament
2:29 pm - West Virginia suspends athletic activities
2:29 pm - Southland Conference cancels all athletic events through March 30
3:00 pm - ACC suspends all athletics activities
3:09 pm - MLB's 2020 Opening Day delayed two weeks, spring training games canceled and WBC qualifier postponed indefinitely
3:31 pm - Women's Tennis Association announces Miami Open and Volvo Car Open are "not being held at this time"
3:51 pm - Minor League Baseball announces it will delay the start of the 2020 season
4:16 pm - NCAA Tournament canceled
6:28 pm - Arsenal has closed its London training center after head coach Mikel Arteta tested positive for COVID-19
