- UFC: Been going about a month now. Minimal, if any, problems. UFC 251 in Abu Dhabi at the new "Fight Island", featuring 3 title bouts, July 11. Weekly Fight Nights to lead up.
- Boxing: Two major Top Rank ESPN cards last week welcomed that back. Seven more cards, five fanless in Vegas, lined up to help the restart this month.
- PGA: First tournament back this weekend. Secondary Korn Ferry Tour also began this weekend, Seattle's Luke List won by one stroke.
- Aussie Rules: Restarted this weekend, as did the Aus/NZ Super League of Rugby. 20,000 saw a match in New Zealand, a country with no cases in three weeks.
- Wrestling: Still no plans to return to large-scale fan cards yet -- New Japan starts up again tonight and will have a rescheduled (and domestic-talent revamped) New Japan Cup starting this week. Plan is to start at 1/3 capacity for the finals of that tournament and the Dominion card in Osaka in about four weeks.
- NFL: Still planning to start on schedule. There is quite pessimism on that end, though.
- NHL: Training camps to open July 10, pending an agreement to actually return to play for the playoffs in August. One Phoenix Coyotes staffer has tested positive for the coronavirus.
- NBA: Players beginning returns to home markets -- trip to Orlando bubble July 7, first games July 30 of the last eight games of the season for the 22 relevant teams.
- MLS: Draw for the MLS Is Back Tournament held this weekend. Teams head to THEIR Orlando bubble June 24, group stage begins July 8 -- group stage counts in the season standings.
- MLB: Who knows? If there's a season, it will be Commissioner-imposed. I found out the players CANNOT strike due to the current CBA. I do, however, think a lockout is very possible, and is my current prediction.
The truth is not what actually happened. It's what you can ENFORCE happened. It's ALL enforcement.
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