Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said that the conference is at least six weeks away from making key determinations, and the conference today "extended the hold on all organized team activities, setting June 1 as the new date to re-evaluate." Warren: “We will take the next six weeks to gather the information to make an informed and intelligent decision.” Warren said that he will "lean on the Big Ten’s Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases," which was formed last month (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 5/4).

Meanwhile, the Big Ten announced today that it has "undertaken a league-wide initiative to promote mental health among its student-athletes, coaches and athletic administrators." The league in December made public the formation of a Big Ten Mental Health and Wellness Cabinet, a board of 31 representatives from the school's 14 member institutions and affiliate members. As one of the cabinet's first strategies, the league has "purchased the use of the Calm app for its 9,600 student-athletes, as well as its athletic department personnel" (ESPN.com, 5/4).

The NFL has canceled its five planned international games this year in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the league said today. The league had planned to again play four games in London and one in Mexico City as part of its efforts to find new fans and revenue abroad. Instead, the four teams that had been identified as the home teams for those games -- the Cardinals, Jaguars, Dolphins and Falcons -- will play their games at their home stadiums. A statement said the NFL stadia will allow for “consistent protocols focused on the well-being of players, personnel and fans.”

“After considerable analysis, we believe the decision to play all our games domestically this season is the right one for our players, our clubs, and all our fans in the U.S., Mexico and U.K.,” said NFL Exec VP and Chief Strategy & Growth Officer Chris Halpin. “We greatly appreciate the support of our governmental and stadium partners in Mexico and the United Kingdom, who all agree with this decision, and we look forward to returning for games in both countries in the 2021 season."

Read more on our Breaking News blog.

NHL teams had until last Friday to submit bids to the league to be "one of the four cities chosen as a centralized bubble site for season resumption," and between 11-14 teams "submitted bids." That list is "expected to be whittled down a bit this week," though it is doubtful the league gets "right to the final four this early in the process." It is "not a guarantee the league and NHLPA go the four-site route for the season resumption format" (THEATHLETIC.com, 5/4).

ESPN will broadcast Korea Baseball Organization games to its U.S. audience, "starting with the first day of the season" tomorrow. ESPN "struck a deal with Eclat, the Korean company with international distribution rights to KBO games." ESPN will "air one game per day, with an Opening Day game between the Samsung Lions and the NC Dinos leading things off." The game is set to begin at 2:00pm local time, or 1:00am ET. The KBO said that ESPN also will "offer KBO highlights." Financial terms and the length of the deal "weren't immediately available" (YONHAP, 5/4).

Major League Lacrosse is holding its collegiate draft tonight, and the league’s teams will be adding honorary selections of healthcare workers as a special touch. The Philadelphia Barrage are slated for the No. 1 pick, and the team at that time will announce an honorary selection in Laura Kupsey, a nurse at the Delaware County Memorial Hospital who also does lacrosse photography in her spare time. All teams will make such honorary selections. The draft starts at 7:30pm ET and is being conducted remotely via teleconference and social media. Cascade is the presenting sponsor of the event.

A majority of sports fans surveyed by ESPN said that they are "in favor of watching televised sports without fans rather than waiting for sports to resume only when fans can be in attendance." The ESPN Coronavirus Lockdown Fan Study surveyed 1,004 sports fans aged 18 or older, and 65% were "in favor of sports returning even if fans can't be in the stands." That approval number "grew to 76% when participants were asked if they support the return of sports without fans in the stands if players were kept in hotels and their contact with others was closely monitored." Whenever sports do return, 88% of study participants who consider themselves avid sports fans said that they "plan to watch as much sports as they can" (ESPN.com, 5/4).

Don Shula, the winningest coach in NFL history, died this morning at the age of 90. The Pro Football HOFer spent 33 years on the sidelines -- 26 with the Dolphins and seven with the Colts, winning Super Bowl VII and VIII. He also coached the only undefeated team in the Super Bowl era, the ’72 Dolphins. Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross in a statement said, “His contributions to his sport, to the Miami Dolphins franchise, and to the South Florida community will have a lasting impact” (THE DAILY).

Shula “put Miami on the national sports map,” and he “grew to be one of the most revered figures in NFL and Miami history” (MIAMI HERALD, 5/4). Shula could stand “alongside Henry Flagler for the sculpting of a Mount Rushmore for Florida” (PALM BEACH POST, 5/4). A recent generation “may be more familiar with Shula as a name on a popular chain of steakhouses than for the details of his career in football” (South Florida SUN SENTINEL, 5/4).

The AAC's summer kickoff and football media days event, scheduled for July 12-14 in Newport, R.I., will not be held. A virtual iteration of the event will be held at a later date (AAC).

The All In Challenge passed the $30M mark this weekend and is now over $31M. New auctions from the Michael Rubin-led effort include batting practice with the Yankees and a Nets game with the Islanders' Mat Barzal (THE DAILY).

SailGP's four remaining second season races have "been rescheduled to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and results from the first race have been declared null and void" (REUTERS, 5/4).

Browns RB Nick Chubb and Bears WR Anthony Miller have teamed up with insole company VKTRY Gear to provide free insoles for healthcare workers during the pandemic (VKTRY).

"We have to create confidence for our student-athletes and their parents that we can minimize risk" -- Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek, on the athletic department's plan to have student athletes return to campus by July 15, which he said would allow football season to start on time (KATV.com, 5/4).

"There’s a good possibility that this upcoming season will be different, if it even happens. As an athlete, I don’t want to focus on that. It’s never a good sign when your self-image is kind of based on athletics and if you can’t do those athletics a lot of athletes will lose that self-identity" -- Silver Medal-winning U.S. slider Chris Mazdzer (AP, 5/4).

I'm just happy that after years of concern about teams tanking for high draft picks, the NHL is going to hand the empty cicada exoskeleton known as the 2019-20 Red Wings either Alexis Lafrenière or Quinton Byfield because they're moving the draft up.

— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) May 4, 2020

Although NFL announces 4 games set in London this fall will be moved to the states, Navy-Notre Dame game in Dublin, Ireland on Aug. 29 still scheduled as of now

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) May 4, 2020

To be clear, there haven’t been any Fury-Joshua negotiations yet. First the offer to host the fight has to come from one of the interested countries. Then, if the offer is substantial enough, Team Wilder would be approached about the possibility of a step-aside https://t.co/qA9WwoEvp3

— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) May 4, 2020

Keep this in mind: Before you can have D-1 college sports, you need to be able to put thousands of students safely in dorms. Students from all over the world. Now think of the contagion in cruise ships, prisons, nursing homes etc. It's not an easy problem to solve.

— Jane McManus (@janesports) May 4, 2020

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— New England Revolution (@NERevolution) May 4, 2020

$65M -- The amount the Las Vegas Stadium Authority has in reserve to "handle expected hotel room tax revenues shortfalls for March, April" (LVSPORTSBIZ.com, 5/4).