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The NHL Coaches' Association has pushed up the start date of its new mentorship program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — Unable to play games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Toronto FC players and others across Major League Soccer are doing their bit to inform — and entertain.

Amid a slew of postponements and cancellations in golf, the LPGA Tour announced a September date for what traditionally is its first major championship of the year.

MINSK, Belarus — Almost all of Europe has suspended soccer games amid the coronavirus pandemic, but Belarus is just getting started.

At least Bill Daly's commute is a lot easier. That's perhaps the only silver lining for the NHL's deputy commissioner amid the COVID-19 pandemic that's swept the globe, crippled economies and forced sports leagues to suspend operations indefinitely.

The number of known coronavirus cases within the NBA doubled to 14 on Thursday, when Marcus Smart of the Boston Celtics pleaded with people to take social distancing more seriously and the league ordered all teams to shutter their training facilities

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams have released Todd Gurley, their superstar running back with a massive contract and a troubling injury history. The Rams made the move Thursday, several minutes before $10.

The NFL's off-the-field business has joined most of the rest of the country in full work-from-home mode, turning signings and trades into tests of patience and technology.

Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley is urging people to follow health authorities' guidelines in wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. "These are trying times but we can do this," he said in a video posted Thursday on social media. "Stay strong.

CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. — Woodbine Mohawk Park will suspend harness racing after Thursday's card due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Racing had continued at the track during the outbreak before officials made the move to call it off Thursday.