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March 31, 2020

Massachusetts lays plans for spring sports season amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) is efforting to keep some semblance of a spring sports season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, schools in the Bay State are closed until May 4 on orders from Governor Charlie Bake...

March 30, 2020

US Justice Department weighs in on transgender athletes civil suit

A federal civil rights lawsuit aimed at blocking transgender athletes in the state of Connecticut from competing as the gender they identify as during varsity athletics has gotten the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice. Attorney General W...

March 25, 2020

Coaches, athletes getting creative to connect, stay in shape at home

[caption id="attachment_28887" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo: Carissa Swan / Twenty20[/caption] With a long list of cancellations and suspensions across winter and spring sports due to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus outbreak, and the imple...

March 20, 2020

High school officials feeling impact of coronavirus sports stoppages

With many areas of the country on a virtual lockdown due to the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic, high school sports athletic associations have been forced to cancel or indefinitely suspend winter and spring sports. [caption id="a...

March 18, 2020

MHSAA dealing with potential high school officials shortage

[caption id="attachment_28864" align="alignright" width="300"] Image: David Sanborn / Creative Commons[/caption] In roughly a decade, the number of high school officials in the Michigan High School Athletic Association has dropped by 2,500 officia...

March 17, 2020

WBCA, Pat Summitt Leadership Group announce strategic partnership

ATLANTA (Feb. 13, 2020) — The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and the Pat Summitt Leadership Group (PSLG) have teamed up to develop and offer educational leadership programs for girls’ and women’s basketball coaches. Utilizing â...

March 16, 2020

NCAA will grant additional eligibility to spring-sports athletes

Following the cancellation of all winter and spring seasons and championships due to the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, many athletes were left wondering what their eligibility status would look like for coming seasons — especially senio...

March 13, 2020

USA Basketball suspends all events until further notice due to COVID-19

With the global health pandemic that is the COVID-19 novel coronavirus continuing to spread, many sports organizations are opting to cancel their seasons or suspend 2020 campaigns until further notice. [caption id="attachment_12489" align="alignrigh...