With the multitude of unprecedented cancelations of athletic events in the last 24 hours due to the coronavirus, The Daily News has done its best to compile a list of what all has been canceled or suspended in the world of sports. Please be advised this list is in no way complete. It includes information The Daily News has received from various sources and will be updated as more updates come through.
Muncie's annual St. Patrick's Day parade, previously scheduled to take place Saturday, has been postponed, according to statement released on the City of Muncie's Facebook page.
Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher announced at a press conference at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on March. 12 that the 2020 MAC Basketball Tournament has been canceled over concerns of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Dylan Lewandowski, sophomore business administration and marketing major, won the president pro tempore election at Wednesday’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting.
Phil Nichols, former chairman for a political party in Delaware County, and Jess Neal, sergeant for the Muncie Police Department, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and witness tampering, U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler announced in a press release.
Every Monday and Thursday at 5:30 p.m., senior acting major and Rec Fit instructor Immanuel Simon flips on the ceiling fans in RC 212B and starts his cardio hip-hop class.
Taking drastic action Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced he is cutting off travel from Europe to the U.S. and moving to ease the economic cost of a viral pandemic that is roiling global financial markets and disrupting the daily lives of Americans.
Tom Hanks and his actress-singer wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus, the actor said in a statement Wednesday.
Beginning March 16, all in-person classroom instruction for the duration of the spring semester at Ball State has been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, said President Geoffrey Mearns in a campus-wide email.
While the arena was empty and the Cardinals lost their quarterfinal game of the Mid-American Conference to Eastern Michigan 64-63, the season as a whole isn’t empty, as there is still hope for more tournament basketball this season.
Ball State administrators have chosen to suspend all in-person classes for the rest of the spring semester, according to an email Wednesday night from Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns.
When Christian Dixie, freshman journalism major, was 9 months old, he fell in love with the game show “Wheel of Fortune.”
Expressing alarm both about mounting infections and slow government responses, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic but also said it’s not too late for countries to act.
As more cases of the novel coronavirus are confirmed worldwide, in the United States and in Indiana, Muncie Community Schools (MCS) has taken steps to prepare schools in case the virus spreads to Muncie.
Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago.
With the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament in the books, the brackets for both the men's and women's tournaments have been set. In the women's bracket, No. 2 Ball State Women's Basketball will face No. 7 Eastern Michigan. In the men's bracket, No. 3 Ball State Men's Basketball will face No. 6 Kent State.
A four-run sixth lifted a weight off the Cardinals’ shoulders and propelled them to a 9-4 victory in their home opener. Head coach Rich Maloney said his team’s offensive production in the last few innings was a confidence booster.
The Cardinals took eighth place through 54 holes over Monday and Tuesday. Ball State started out a bit rocky, as the team tallied a 310 and a 324 in the first two rounds.
The Grand Princess cruise ship, Tuesday’s Democratic primaries and caucus, President Donald Trump’s plans for payroll tax relief, travel concerns for theme parks and professional sports leagues closing locker rooms amid the virus outbreak make up this week’s five national stories.
In response to the coronavirus outbreak, Ball State has suspended all work-related travel to three countries and cancelled future study abroad programs, among other steps, according to a campus wide email sent out March 5.
