5:42 AM ET Jonathan Taylor had never heard of Zoom before March 13. But when the NFL banned in-person visits due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Taylor — like the rest of the country — got a crash course in video chat platforms. The former Wisconsin running back was already five minutes late to a 2020
Month: April 2020
3:58 PM ET Calling it an “unbelievable tragedy,” coach Dave Tippett remembered Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave, who died April 11 after suffering a brain bleed earlier that week. “Just an outstanding young man that I really feel for,” Tippett said of the 25-year-old Cave on Friday during an NHL media call. “He grew up
3:03 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, who is now quarantined in his Denver-area home with the COVID-19 virus, said Friday that he’s “proof anybody can get it.” The 31-year-old Miller, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection, told ESPN’s NFL Live on Friday that he had tried to take every precaution over
3:23 PM ET The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association are finalizing a plan to withhold 25% of each player’s paycheck beginning May 15, sources told ESPN. A formal ratification of the plan was underway Friday, but details are in place to deliver a gradual reduction in player salaries should the force majeure provision
1:17 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR has suspended its May 9 race at Martinsville Speedway and did not give an indication on when the season will resume. When NASCAR suspended racing four events into the season, it listed the event in Virginia as its return date. But Virginia is under a stay-at-home order until June
12:06 PM ET The NCAA Eligibility Center is waiving the standardized test score requirement for incoming freshman student-athletes in both Division I and Division II for the 2020-21 academic year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the governing body announced Friday. Students who expect to graduate from high school in time to enroll in a Division
12:18 PM ET Ted Leonsis — the CEO of Monumental Sports and Entertainment, which owns the NBA’s Washington Wizards, WNBA’s Mystics and NHL’s Capitals — said he’s committed to paying his 1,500 part-time employees through April. “I felt that it was the right thing to do, to pay our part-time employees that signed up to
12:23 PM ET The Winnipeg Jets and Dustin Byfuglien have mutually agreed to terminate the defenseman’s contract, the NHL and NHLPA announced on Friday. The move also resolves Byfuglien’s grievance against the club. The 35-year-old Byfuglien is now an unrestricted free agent. Byfuglien was suspended by the Jets after failing to report to training camp
12:10 PM ET Steve KimESPN Longtime boxing referee Eddie Cotton died Friday morning after being hospitalized due to the coronavirus, the International Boxing Federation announced. He was 72. According to his wife, Ruby, Cotton was hospitalized two weeks ago with pneumonia. He was then diagnosed with COVID-19 at the hospital. The resident of Paterson, New
11:10 AM ET With the PGA Tour aiming to return to action — without fans — at Colonial Country Club on June 11, the tournament director of the Charles Schwab Challenge feels the pressure “to make sure we do it right.” The PGA Tour on Thursday announced it would try to resume its season at
11:17 AM BST Three-time World Player of the Year Dan Carter announced he was leaving Japanese Top League side Kobelco Steelers in an Instagram post on Friday. Carter, who won the Top League in his first season with Kobe last year, signed a two-year contract with the club in 2018 but, with Japan’s domestic season
7:00 AM ET In the 1980s, television made stars — and money — all across the college football landscape. Jackie Sherrill landed the first million-dollar contract at Texas A&M in ’82. There was even more bombast, from Barry Switzer’s Oklahoma teams to the camo-clad Miami Hurricanes under Jimmy Johnson. And at SMU, those factors combined
10:57 AM ET Associated Press Women’s golf has lost another senior major because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Senior LPGA Championship has been canceled. It was scheduled to be played July 30-Aug. 1 at French Lick Resort in Indiana. The USGA previously canceled the U.S. Senior Women’s Open. The Senior LPGA will stay at French
8:00 AM ET The Cincinnati Reds of the 1970s are in the middle of any conversation about all-time great teams, largely because of a lineup stacked with all-time great players. There’s Johnny Bench, generally regarded as the best catcher in baseball history. Joe Morgan, a two-time MVP whose all-around ability is reflected in his career
8:00 AM ET SHORTLY AFTER HE tucks his sons into bed, Jordan Palmer climbs into his truck and drives across Orange County to keep one of his newest appointments. It’s Wine Night. On most Wednesdays in February and March, Palmer uncorked wine bottles and watched football with men who have arms worth millions of dollars
9:28 AM ET Associated Press Marion Hollins financed and developed a golf course for women in New York and was the brains behind two fabled golf courses in California. And with one determined swing, she set in motion plans for the famous par-3 16th at Cypress Point. A visionary in golf course architecture, a confidante
9:54 AM ET Associated Press The fourth edition of the Laver Cup exhibition event founded by Roger Federer‘s management company is postponed for a year because of changes to the tennis calendar caused by the coronavirus pandemic. It now will be at TD Garden in Boston from Sept. 24-26, 2021. The original dates were Sept.
2:10 PM GMT Danyal Rasool PCB chairman Ehsan Mani expressed Pakistan’s disappointment with the ICC’s decision to split points for an ICC Women’s Championship series between India and Pakistan that went unplayed after the BCCI were unable to obtain permission from the Indian government to go ahead with the series. The decision meant India qualified
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