Live sports might be shut down for the foreseeable future, but the NFL's offseason is plowing forward. Plans are moving ahead to hold the NFL draft as scheduled later this month, even if it has to move online.

Over the weekend in a conference call with the commissioners of many different pro sports leagues, president Donald Trump expressed his desire to see the NFL open its season on time in September, a person familiar with the call told USA TODAY Sports.

Can't wait for Week 1 to arrive? Well, if you're one of those die-hard football fans who starts feeling a little melancholy while scrolling past a blank NFL Red Zone channel ... there's a light at the end of the locker room tunnel.

NFL Network's popular seven-hour gameday highlights show, hosted by Scott Hanson, will run continuously for the next 17 days — with one week of the 2019 NFL season featured every day.

With Week 1 kicking things off, fans can relive some of last year's great season-opening performances, such as the Baltimore Ravens' 59-point outburst in Miami, Sammy Watkins' 198 receiving yards against the Jacksonville Jaguars and Austin Ekeler's three-TD day as the Los Angeles Chargers defeated the Indianapolis Colts in overtime.

The games kick off at 8 a.m., 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET each day through April 22 — conveniently concluding the day before the NFL draft gets underway.

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Tonight would have been the night we crowned the men's champion for the 2019-20 college basketball season. Of course, USA TODAY Sports did simulate the NCAA Tournament to get a virtual champion, but nothing can simulate the real thing when it comes to CBS's "One Shining Moment" montage.

So we'll just have to remember what it was like last season when the Virginia Cavaliers reigned as national champs.

What to watch

NFL

If you're in need of some vintage NFL action to get your football fix, ESPN will replay a "Monday Night Football" game from 2006 featuring the Atlanta Falcons at the New Orleans Saints at 8 p.m. ET. Check out Mike Tirico, Joe Theismann and Tony Kornheiser on the call!

NFL Network will air the 2018 Week 14 overtime thriller between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs at 3 p.m. ET. Later, you can catch the Super Bowl 50 clash between the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos at 8 p.m. ET.

MLB

MLB Network has a pair of games from the 1979 World Series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles. Game 2 is at noon ET, followed by Game 5 at 2 p.m. ET. Watch it with your whole fam-i-ly.

Then at 8 p.m. ET, catch the "Sixth Inning" of Ken Burns' acclaimed documentary series, "Baseball."

MLS

Monday marks the 24th anniversary of Major League Soccer's inaugural game, the San Jose Clash's 1-0 win over DC United on April 6, 1996. ESPN2 will celebrate the occasion with an eight-hour marathon of classic MLS games.

NHL

NBC Sports Network has its Hockey Happy Hour at 5 p.m. ET with Game 6 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs' opening round between the St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets.

NHL Network will re-air the Jan. 20 game pitting the Winnipeg Jets against the Chicago Blackhawks at 7 p.m ET, followed by the Feb. 22 game between the Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils at 9 p.m., and the New York Rangers vs. Florida Panthers clash from Nov. 16 at 11 p.m. ET.

College basketball

CBS Sports Network continues to air some of the best NCAA tournament classics:

7 p.m. ET: 2019 Final Four: Auburn vs. Virginia

9 p.m. ET: 2019 Final: Virginia vs. Texas Tech

11 p.m. ET: 2019 Final Four: Texas Tech vs. Michigan State

NBA

NBA TV will air the December 6, 2000, overtime thriller between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers in which Antawn Jamison and Kobe Bryant scored 51 points apiece.

Also, catch the Jan. 7 Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Brooklyn Nets overtime game at 10:30 p.m. ET.

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April 6 in sports history

1896: The first modern Olympic Games begin in Athens, Greece.

1952: Sam Snead gets his second green jacket by winning The Masters by four strokes over Jackie Burke Jr.

1958: Arnold Palmer wins the first of his four Masters titles and first of his seven major golf titles.

1973: The Pittsburgh Pirates retire uniform No. 23 in honor of Roberto Clemente, who died in a plane crash less than four months earlier.

1980: Gordie Howe finishes a record 26th season in pro hockey.

1992: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the new home of the Baltimore Orioles, hosts its first official MLB game, a 2-0 win for the Orioles over the Cleveland Indians.

1996: Major League Soccer's inaugural game is played at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. Eric Wynalda scored the first goal in league history as the San Jose Clash defeat DC United.

2004: Diana Taurasi wins her second consecutive Most Outstanding Player award as she leads Connecticut to the NCAA women's basketball title over Tennessee.

2014: Nineteen-year-old Lexi Thompson shoots a bogey-free 68 to win her first major title in women's golf, taking the Kraft Nabisco Championship by three strokes over Michelle Wie.

2015: Tyus Jones pours in 23 points to lead Duke past Wisconsin for the NCAA men's basketball title.

Games we're missing

MLB

Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins

Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates

Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals

Seattle Mariners at Chicago White Sox

Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds

Toronto Blue Jays at Philadelphia Phillies

Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox

San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves

Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals

Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals

Oakland A's at Los Angeles Angels

Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants

NBA

Chicago Bulls at Los Angeles Clippers

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