The New York Knicks will only sell playoff tickets to vaccinated fans if they advance past round one, the team announced Friday, though it did not say how it would verify if a fan has been vaccinated.
Why it matters: The team hosted the Atlanta Hawks at Madison Square Garden for games one and two and welcomed more than 15,000 fans each game, making them the largest indoor events in New York City since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the team said.
The 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500 takes place Sunday (12:45pm ET, NBC), back in its normal Memorial Day weekend slot after moving to August last year.
Why it matters: 135,000 fans (40% capacity) will be in attendance at the enormous Indianapolis Motor Speedway, making this the largest sporting event since the pandemic began.
When the Ivy League announced in February that it was canceling its spring sports seasons, thousands of athletes were impacted.
Between the lines: Lacrosse being called off for the second straight year was a particularly tough blow, as it is one of the few team sports where the Ivy League routinely competes for national championships.
Only about 2% of college athletes who recovered from COVID-19 were later diagnosed with myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart, according to a new study published Thursday in JAMA Cardiology.
Why it matters: The study, with some of the most comprehensive data yet on the cardiac condition connected to COVID-19, reveals its prevalence is less than previously recorded.
When sports shut down last spring, it instantly made the pandemic feel more urgent and signaled just how drastically our lives were about to change.
What's happening: Now that fans are returning in droves, sports are once again acting as a barometer of the world's well-being and foreshadowing our future reality — only this time, it's a reality worth getting excited about.
Donald Trump reportedly offered money to a U.S. senator to drop his investigation into the Patriots' Spygate scandal in 2008, according to a new ESPN report.
Catch up quick: In 2007, Patriots staffers were caught illegally videotaping Jets defensive signals, sparking an NFL investigation.
