Month: March 2020

10:40 PM ET Although the United States Golf Association is sticking to its edict to have a decision by mid-April, a report in the New York Post on Thursday night said the U.S. Open would be postponed but with the intention of still playing at Winged Foot Golf Club in suburban New York later this
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8:16 PM ET The NFL draft will go on as scheduled April 23-25, commissioner Roger Goodell said in a sternly worded leaguewide memo distributed Thursday. In his memo, obtained by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Goodell served warning to those around the league who criticize the league’s stance. “Public discussion of issues relating to the draft serves
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6:53 PM BST England coach Eddie Jones has accepted a pay cut of over 25% to help ease the financial burden on the Rugby Football Union (RFU) which is set to lose money due to the coronavirus pandemic. The RFU faces losses of up to £50 million over the next year-and-a-half due to the outbreak
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12:00 PM BST The Rugby Football Union (RFU) have announced that they expect to make a £50 million loss over the next 18 months in part due to the coronavirus. The RFU have provided support for community clubs in England with a relief package worth £7m as domestic rugby continues to feel the negative financial
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5:00 PM BST Rebecca Chaplin Sport is currently navigating unchartered waters, as the coronavirus wreaks havoc on fixtures, training and global participation. Rugby’s Six Nations tournament was one of the first events to feel the strain, when it was announced that Ireland vs. Italy in Dublin would be postponed at the start of March. Some
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7:00 AM ET Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall Craig Haubert Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Who
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5:09 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Some University of Tennessee students, growing a little bored with online courses during the COVID-19 outbreak and campus-wide shutdown, received a nice jolt Thursday morning from one of UT’s most famous alums. Peyton Manning “crashed” his former professor’s Communications 499 class, surprising the students and doing his part to
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3:38 PM ET If the NHL were to resume play this season, Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby wouldn’t mind skipping right to the postseason. Of course, it helps that the Capitals and Penguins were in first place and third place in the Metropolitan Division, respectively, when the NHL paused play on March 12. “I’d rather
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3:34 PM ET The NCAA Board of Governors voted unanimously on Thursday to distribute $225 million to Division I schools in June — less than half of what it had previously budgeted — following the cancellation of its basketball tournaments and other winter and spring championships because of the coronavirus pandemic. The NCAA had planned
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3:18 PM ET Fred “Curly” Neal, the face of the Harlem Globetrotters for 22 years, died Thursday morning in Houston at the age of 77, the team announced on Twitter. Neal, with his slick ballhandling skills, recognizable shaved head and playful banter, in 2008 became just the fifth Globetrotters player to have his jersey retired,
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