DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban plans to pay arena employees after the league suspended games indefinitely over concern surrounding the potential spread of coronavirus. The NBA’s decision came after Utah Jazz Center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus. One of his teammates also tested positive. Cuban stands behind the league’s decision to suspend…… MORE
(AP) – The NHL is following the NBA’s lead and suspending its season amid the coronavirus outbreak. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the league is “pausing” its season. The move comes a day after the NBA suspended play following a player’s positive COVID-19 test. The NHL has not said any player has tested positive for…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – For the second time this week, trading halted on Wall Street for 15 minutes as fears of the coronavirus outbreak continue. As of midmorning Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down about 1,800 points, or nearly 8%, while the broader S&P 500 was off 6.2%. The steep decline comes amidst…… MORE
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The increasingly bitter dispute between American women’s national soccer team and the U.S. Soccer Federation spilled onto the field Wednesday night when players wore their warm-up jerseys inside out in a protest before their 3-1 victory over Japan. Players filed a gender discrimination suit against the USSF last year, a case scheduled for…… MORE
Alvarado, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Alvarado I-S-D will remain closed today and Friday amid concerns about COVID-19. Campuses were shut down Wednesday after a community member of the Alvarado North Elementary community was quarantined for possible exposure. In a letter to parents last night, the district says members of the quarantined individual’s household, who are AISD…… MORE