Sporting events nationwide, from local high school games to Major League Baseball, shut down Tuesday following terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

        Many sports are wrestling with the issue of when to resume, accounting for security issues and a respectful period of mourning.

        Major League Baseball's postponement of its entire schedule of 15 games Tuesday was the first time since D-Day in 1944 that it wiped out a whole day of regular-season play.

        Race tracks around the nation called off their cards, and the NFL, criticized for playing after President Kennedy's assassination in 1963, said it wasn't sure what it would do with this weekend's schedule.

        Ohio State on Tuesday night postponed Saturday's football game with San Diego State, and college football commissioners are considering postponing this weekend's entire schedule.

        Commissioner Bud Selig called off the baseball owners' quarterly meeting that was set to start Tuesday but did not make any decisions about today's games.

        The Thoroughbred Racing Association canceled all its cards Tuesday, including simulcast wagering at River Downs. Turfway Park canceled today's card — as did Arlington Park in suburban Chicago — though River Downs plans to open its Race Book today for simulcasts.

        Among local teams, the Reds had their Tuesday visit to the Chicago Cubs postponed; they are scheduled to play a day game there today. The Bengals had a scheduled off day Tuesday and are to resume practice today.

        The University of Cincinnati, Miami University and the College of Mount St. Joseph each postponed volleyball games Tuesday. Mount St. Joe also canceled a women's tennis match.

        The Northern Kentucky University men's golf team played in the Southern Indiana Invitational, but that began at 8a.m. Tuesday, an hour before the first terrorist attack.

        State high school associations in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana each left decisions on individual contests up to their member schools. An Enquirer sampling of Cincinnati schools found none going ahead with events Tuesday.

        “If (schools) aren't canceling events (Tuesday), it gives me new perspective on what people think is important,” Kentucky High School Athletic Association commissioner Louis Stout said. “This is not the time to be thinking about wins and losses.”

        Tuesday was only the third time Major League Baseball postponed an entire day's schedule, aside from labor strife or weather, according to Scot Mondore of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

        The others were Aug.2, 1923, when President Warren G. Harding died, and June 6, 1944, when Allied forces invaded France in World War II.

        “This is incomprehensible,” Selig said. “The greatest country in the world is being attacked. So all of this doesn't mean very much today.”

        The NFL was unsure what it would do.

        “Regarding Sunday's games, we will make no decision today,” league spokesman Joe Browne said Tuesday. “We'll gather information and speak to several parties within the next 24 to 48 hours.”

        The commissioners from all the Division I-A football conferences discussed their options for staging this weekend's games in a conference call hours after the attacks.

        The NCAA said conferences and schools have the authority to determine whether to play football games this weekend as well as hold other events.

        “The games themselves are insignificant in the face of what has happened today,” NCAA president Cedric Dempsey said. “Our focus is entirely on the safety of student-athletes, athletics personnel and fans.”

        The PGA Tour canceled Thursday's starts of the World Golf Championship and two other tournaments.

        Commissioner Tim Finchem said the American Express Championship in St.Louis, featuring Tiger Woods and top players from tours around the world, would begin Friday with 36 holes.

        “This is a sad, sad day in America,” Woods said after playing a practice round.

        The Tampa Bay Classic will open with 18 holes each Friday and Saturday and a 36-hole conclusion. The same schedule has been applied to the Buy.com Tour event in Oregon.

        The Senior Tour will remain on schedule, with a 54-hole event that starts Friday in North Carolina.

        NASCAR also was monitoring the situation before making any decision on Sunday's New Hampshire 300, spokesman John Griffin said. The Indy Racing League said it will decide today on the status of Sunday's Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.

        Baseball's minor leagues — their regular seasons over — postponed postseason games in all nine leagues that were to play Tuesday.

        Major League Soccer postponed all four of tonight's games.

        Some local colleges were unsure about upcoming events because of travel issues. Miami's volleyball team has matches scheduled Friday and Saturday in Denver, and its field hockey team is scheduled to play host to Stanford on Thursday. Xavier's men's golf team is scheduled to play in a tournament Friday in Iowa.

        There were no reports of local colleges canceling practices Tuesday. Some high schools, including St. Xavier, Fairfield and Hamilton, canceled practices.

        Tom Groeschen and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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