MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The swine flu outbreak has forced the cancellation or postponement of sporting events across the country, affecting everything from prep contests in Texas and Alabama to a college baseball road trip in Delaware.

The Alabama High School Athletic Association is pushing back its championship events until at least next week amid dozens of school shutdowns in the Huntsville area, where two probable cases of swine flu were reported. The state track and field championships were scheduled for this weekend in Gulf Shores and Troy.

Special Olympics Texas, meanwhile, canceled its spring games a day after all public high school athletic competitions in the state were put off until May 11.

Mexico has been at the center of the flu outbreak and its sports have been badly disrupted. Mexican pro soccer matches this weekend — 176 in all — will be played in empty stadiums and a pair of Copa Libertadores matches were moved to Colombia next week. The Copa Libertadores is Latin America's most prestigious club championship.

Back in the United States, the flu's impact hasn't yet hit major league sports.

Texas Rangers spokesman John Blake said team physician David Hunter is keeping in contact with local health organizations. The Rangers also have distributed an information sheet about the flu provided by Major League Baseball to all ballpark personnel.

"It is a concern, because we do travel a lot," New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "We're in places where there are big crowds all the time. I feel very good about the medicine in our country and the way our country handles situations.

"So you try to take as many precautions as you can, but you can't stop living."

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo, who was born in Michoacan, Mexico, and went to high school in Fort Worth, Texas, was concerned about relatives in the area.

"Everybody's pretty worried about it," he said. "But no, I haven't heard anything as far as my family to this point — and hopefully it stays that way."

At the college level, the NCAA said it was monitoring the situation but as of now doesn't plan changes to its various spring championship sites.

The University of Delaware canceled a baseball series at North Carolina-Wilmington after 10 probable cases of the virus were identified among Delaware students, including one team member. The player's name was not released.

Delaware and Hofstra also scratched a three-game softball series at Hofstra this weekend.