Month: April 2020

8:46 AM ET CFB betting experts It’s only April, but with no major sports currently being played, oddsmakers have had more time on their hands. And college football bettors have more options as a result. Caesars Sportsbook has released 2020 Heisman Trophy odds, and our esteemed panel of college football experts — Doug Kezirian, David
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8:50 AM ET Bill Peters has been hired as the new head coach of Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Russia’s KHL. Peters, 53, resigned as coach of the Calgary Flames in November, days after a former player, Akim Aliu, came forward and said the coach directed racial epithets toward him while they were in the minors 10
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12:08 AM ET Salvador Rodríguez Steve Kim The World Boxing Organization is ceasing all activity until at least June 15 and the annual conference scheduled for October is up in the air because of the COVID-19 pandemic, WBO president Francisco Valcarcel told ESPN. All fights, transactions, release of rankings and other administrative actions will be
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9:43 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s enlisting advisers from nearly all sectors of American commerce, the medical field, elected office and the sports world to help shape his plans to reopen the coronavirus-battered economy. The panel of advisers, whom Trump said he will consult with by
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9:06 PM ET Associated Press Five FBS conference commissioners have asked the NCAA to relax some requirements to compete in Division I for four years, including the minimum number of sports a school must sponsor. The letter from the commissioners of the American Athletic Conference, Mountain West, Mid-American Conference, Sun Belt and Conference USA to
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8:37 PM ET Associated Press The USGA is investing $5 million in a relief fund for 59 members in its Allied Golf Association, which represent state and regional golf associations. The fund goes to grants to help keep businesses running and people in their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Individual associations can apply for up
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7:26 PM ET ESPN News Services Sergio Garcia now is part of his own foursome, and the timing couldn’t have worked out any better. Garcia took to Twitter to announce his wife, Angela, gave birth to their second child on April 10, which would have been the second round of the Masters that was postponed
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7:25 PM ET Associated Press The parent company that oversees the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres announced a series of cost-cutting measures, including layoffs and furloughs affecting 125 employees as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Pegula Sports and Entertainment said 104 employees are being furloughed, and another 21 were laid off Tuesday. A person told The
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7:26 PM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC president Dana White has promised his company will be the first major sports organization to return to a normal schedule amidst the coronavirus, and he’s already planning his next event on May 9 at a location to be determined. White told ESPN on Tuesday he is already deep
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