As more states return to normal activity, positive cases of COVID-19 continue to rise making it more of a challenge for professional sports to make its return.
From college baseball walk-on, to NCAA All-American, and now to a top-10 MLB Draft pick, former NMSU infielder Nick Gonzales saw his dreams come to fruition as he was selected seventh overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
As social media accounts have joined the movement to "Black Out Tuesday" across social media sites, local sports organizations, coaches and players have voiced their support for justice amid the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
Late Thursday evening, hundreds of minor league baseball players were cut with hundreds more expected to lose their role as Major League Baseball prepares for the almost certainty that the minor league season will be canceled.
The KT Wiz held a social distancing pregame promotion prior to their KBO Opening Day game where a kid walked to home plate in a giant baseball balloon.