Morning roundup:

COLLEGES

Former McGuinness star Richardson will not play for TCU

Dominic Richardson will not attend TCU in the fall.

The former McGuinness star running back has been granted a release from his national letter of intent and can sign with any school, TCU coach Gary Patterson confirmed to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Wednesday.

Richardson is the No. 31-ranked running back nationally in the 2020 class, according to Rivals.com. He signed with TCU in December after helping McGuinness reach the Class 5A state finals.

Since then, the Horned Frogs have landed two elite prospects who play the same position — Kendre Miller of Mount Enterprise, Texas, and five-star prospect Zach Evans of Houston.

GEORGIA: J.T. Daniels, a recent five-star recruiting prospect and one-time starter at USC, announced via social media that he is transferring to Georgia.

GEORGETOWN: Former Georgetown guard Mac McClung will play at Texas Tech after Davide Moretti's departure from the Red Raiders to play professionally at home in Italy.

MISSOURI STATE: Former Putnam North defensive standout Will Taylor has entered the transfer portal after one season with the Bears.

OKLAHOMA STATE: A task force of medical experts, campus leaders and athletic department officials have been working on a plan to safely return athletes to campus, beginning with the football team. Though no specific dates have been released by the university, the Big 12 Conference voted last week that football and men’s and women’s basketball players can begin taking part in voluntary workouts beginning June 15.

SAN ANTONIO: Former Sooner Ron Tatum III announced his commitment to the University of Texas at San Antonio. The 6-foot-5, 270-pound defensive end spent a year at Oklahoma before transferring to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M last spring.

BASEBALL

Nine teams to provide allowances

At least nine major league franchises have informed minor leaguers they will continue to provide allowances after the May 31 expiration of Major League Baseball's policy guarantying those players $400 per week. The San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners are promising payments through August, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles have pledged to do so through at least June. The White Sox are even providing those stipends to 25 minor league players recently released.

Los Angeles is the major league affiliate of the Oklahoma City Dodgers.

NFL

Madden franchise to continue

The Madden franchise will continue to be a part of the gaming universe for at least the next six years. NFL owners on Thursday approved an extension of their deal with Electronic Arts, continuing a relationship that has existed for 30 years. It was also recently approved by the NFL Players Association. The current contract was set to expire after the 2021 season. The extension means that EA Sports will continue to be the league's exclusive publisher of football simulation games through 2026.

SEAHAWKS: Seattle added another option at running back by signing veteran Carlos Hyde to a one-year deal Thursday. Hyde is coming off the best season of his career after rushing for 1,070 yards and six touchdowns with Houston. It was his first 1,000-yard NFL campaign.

ETC. NFL owners have tabled a proposal that would have offered a fourth-and-15 play as an alternative to the onside kick and approved testing expanded use of video replay in the preseason to aid in officiating.

ETC.

Boston Marathon canceled

The Boston Marathon has been canceled for the first time in its 124-year history. Organizers said Thursday that they instead will have a “virtual event” in which participants who verify that they ran 26.2 miles on their own will receive their finisher's medal. The race had originally been scheduled for April 20 before being postponed to Sept. 14 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Around 30,000 people run the race each year on Patriots’ Day, the third Monday in April, which commemorates the first battles of the Revolutionary War. All large city events in Boston had previously been canceled through Labor Day.

AUTO RACING: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said racing will be allowed to resume in the state without spectators. The governor said NASCAR will race at Martinsville Speedway on June 10, and that other forms of auto racing and horse racing also are cleared to resume.

GOLF: Two weeks before the PGA Tour is set to resume its schedule, John Deere Classic officials decided Thursday to cancel what would have been the fifth tournament back. Tournament director Clair Peterson said there were too many obstacles to overcome involving too many risks from the COVID-19 pandemic, and that it made financial sense in the long run to not hold the tournament. The John Deere would have been July 9-12 in Silvis, Illinois.

NHL: Washington's Alex Ovechkin and Boston's David Pastrnak share the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy as the NHL's top-goal scorer after tying with 48. Although Ovechkin was stopped short of a ninth 50-goal season, his ninth goal-scoring title extends his NHL record. Edmonton's Leon Draisaitl won his first Art Ross Trophy for leading the league with 110 points, which he accomplished in 71 games.

HORSE RACING: Nadal, one of trainer Bob Baffert's early favorites for the rescheduled Triple Crown, injured his ankle after a workout at Santa Anita on Thursday and is out of contention for the series.

Wire reports