In a perfect world, a world not completely under siege from COVID-19, the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's Sweet 16 round would begin Thursday night.

It's hard to see the Games canceled — this is a multi-billion-dollar extravaganza — so moving them back a year considering the logistics and the details makes sense.

If you believe longtime and long respected International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound, the coronavirus outbreak will force the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo to be postponed until 2021, if they haven't been already by the time you read this.

With mounting pressure from some of the biggest participating nations, it appears the 2020 Summer Olympics will be at least postponed and most likely pushed back at least a year.

Mike Keith earns his money talking about the Tennessee Titans, but he had some thoughts on the recent roster moves made by the Atlanta Falcons, too.

Bucket list. The Masters. For sports fans the world over, those two entities go together like dogwoods and azaleas, Amen Corner and Rae's Creek, Butler Cabin and the green jacket.

The Friday mailbag.

The first day of March Madness always brought the surge of buzzer beaters, the drama of upsets, the finality of lose-and-go-home (the sport's original and best one-and-done), brackets busted or saved.

I have read about and thought about visiting Reelfoot Lake for years, and now here I am.

Tom Brady is gone. I didn't think it would happen, to be honest.

Longtime Tennessee Titans season-ticket holder Dr. Trey Carico has felt a little better about his favorite National Football League team each time he's checked the incredibly shrinking sports wire heading into the start of NFL free agency, which officially begins Wednesday at 4 p.m. EDT.

Let the ripples reach.

Welcome to March Madness held hostage, Day Six.

Morning, hope you're safe. We're going to make it through this thing, friends.

It was 4:40 Sunday afternoon, and a handful of kids were about to start a pickup game on an outdoor basketball goal at DuPont Elementary on Hixson Pike.

Until medical experts tell us the threat has decreased to the point that we're safe to return to our routines, sports must take a back seat to real-life concerns.

Gang, as you would expect, the flood of coronavirus emails was staggering.

This newspaper's Gene Henley and I had just gotten on the shuttle bus that would take us from Nissan Stadium to Bridgestone Arena on Thursday morning when the "breaking news" headlines flashed across various social media outlets.

How was your coronavirus Wednesday? It certainly was news filled.

Let the spring excitement begin for Johnny Vols Fans everywhere.

College football coaches love to coach. Especially when they've been cooped up all winter watching it rain and snow as the wind blows cold.

Barry Bonds sat down with The Athletic for a very interesting — and quite candid — interview.

What if they played the Final Four and no fan could attend?