News & notes

With schools remaining closed until at least April 29, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) announced Monday that spring sports will remain suspended until that same date.

That makes it increasingly unlikely that there will be a 2020 spring sports season, all due to COVID-19. The NYSPHSAA, following in lockstep behind Governor Cuomo's recent announcement to extend the closure of schools, may be looking at a spring without sports. Stay tuned.
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As expected, and this was left out of previous reports, the Times-Union Center has rescheduled a planned live broadcast of Smackdown, originally intended for May 1, all the way to September 25. It is expected that any tickets not refunded for the May 1 program will be honored in September. WWE has been operating out of its Performance Center in Orlando since last month, but with Florida under a stay-at-home, "shelter-in-place" order, there are questions regarding anything not yet recorded, since it appears the last pre-taped program was last night's episode of Raw.
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The longer the pandemic continues, the less likely it might be that the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League and other, smaller summer sports leagues will see action this year as well. The Albany Dutchmen and the rest of the PGCBL, as well as teams in the Northeastern Football Alliance, a semi-pro football league which operates throughout New York, are waiting out the storm, hoping to start their seasons, but to this point, no one knows for sure.