NASCAR will stay in South through June

It will be a summer in the South for NASCAR: The stock car series announced Thursday it will stick to Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, Florida and Alabama for June races — all of them without fans.

NASCAR has now set plans for 20 races — including nine in the elite Cup Series — as it returns to the tracks after being shut down for more than two months by concerns about the coronavirus.

The Cup Series is scheduled to resume this Sunday at Darlington Raceway and run four times in 11 days at the South Carolina track and at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

Then NASCAR will go to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee on May 31. The track is roughly three hours’ driving distance for most of the Charlotte-area based teams. Some drivers could fly privately to the track via helicopter.

NASCAR will then race at Atlanta Motor Speedway with the Truck Series and Xfinity Series on June 6 and the Cup Series on June 7. The track in Hampton, Georgia, is at least a four-hour drive and teams could need hotels.

The Cup Series will race on a Wednesday night at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia on June 10.

Then all three national series will run together and require air travel with two full days at Homestead-Miami Speedway in South Florida. The Truck Series and Xfinity Series will race June 13, then the Xfinity Series will run again on June 14 in a warm-up for the Cup Series.

NASCAR will then go to to Talladega Superspeedway with the ARCA Series and the Xfinity Series racing June 20 and Cup on June 21. The teams can drive to the Alabama speedway but many might use hotels.

NASCAR postponed events at Kansas and Michigan, the Xfinity Series race at Mid-Ohio and the Truck Series race at Texas. The Xfinity race at Iowa scheduled for June 13 has been moved to Homestead on June 14.

Horse racing: Santa Anita will resume live racing Friday after receiving approval from Los Angeles County health officials. The historic track stopped live racing on March 27 by order of the county health department because of concern over the spread of the coronavirus. From March 12-27, the track raced without spectators. Racing will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday with only essential personnel on hand.

NFL: Police in Miramar, Florida were trying to find Giants CB DeAndre Baker and Seahawks CB Quinton Dunbar after multiple witnesses accused them of an armed robbery at a party, according to authorities. Arrest warrants were issued for both men on four counts each of armed robbery with a firearm. Baker faces an additional four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. Baker, 22, and Dunbar, 27, were attending a cookout Wednesday night when a fight broke out, and Baker pulled out a handgun, the warrant said. Baker, Dunbar and two other men began robbing other people at the party of thousands of dollars in cash, watches and other valuables, witnesses told investigators.

Soccer: MLS is extending a leaguewide moratorium on group and team training through June 1. The moratorium had been in place through May 15. MLS players are permitted to use outdoor team training fields for voluntary individual workouts, in compliance with local health authorities and government orders, that were created in consultation with medical and infectious disease experts. Team training facilities remain closed to all players, with the exception of those requiring medical treatment or rehabilitation, under the direction of the team medical staff, that cannot be performed from the safety of their residences. MLS suspended the season on March 12, closing all team facilities but asking players to remain in market with their teams . ... The Premier League received government backing to resume next month — if games become more accessible to fans shut out of stadiums and it spreads wealth more across the English league . ... New Augsburg manager Heiko Herrlich will miss his team’s first match when the German league resumes Saturday because he broke quarantine rules to buy toiletries. Bundesliga rules mandate a seven-day quarantine for players and staff before the league resumes after a two-month suspension.