Month: April 2020

Formula 1 could still hold a world championship this year even if the season cannot start until October, managing director Ross Brawn says. Brawn said F1 was looking at closed-door races as a way to start the season once the coronavirus crisis eases and “every permutation is being discussed”. F1 must run eight races for
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11:21 PM BST Wales’ top rugby players will take a 25% pay cut after the Professional Rugby Board (PRB) said on Wednesday it had reached an agreement with the Welsh Rugby Players’ Association (WRPA) to reduce salaries during the coronavirus crisis. The PRB, which represents the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and the four professional regional
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3:09 PM BST The Gallagher Premiership has been suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers said on Wednesday. The league was originally scheduled to restart on April 24 but it has been announced that it will not resume until safe to do so. Coronavirus: Postponements and cancellations in sport “Following a series of constructive
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10:18 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton has been indicted on a felony charge of injury to a child after his teenage daughter accused him of beating her. A Tarrant County grand jury indicted the 38-year-old Hamilton on Monday. He remains free on $30,000 bond after he
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9:24 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi The UFC is pressing forward with its UFC 249 pay-per-view event on April 18, just as the promotion’s president Dana White had promised. Of course, there have been significant changes
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8:32 PM ET Ottawa Senators coach D.J. Smith said on Wednesday that the members of the organization who tested positive for the coronavirus have recovered. “The good thing is that everyone that had it didn’t have horrible symptoms [like] what we’re seeing on TV and [with] some of the people that have really struggled,” Smith
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8:18 PM ET Associated Press Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp said Wednesday that officials believe a 13-game college football schedule would be possible even if the start of the season was delayed until October because of the coronavirus pandemic. The season is scheduled to begin with seven FBS games Aug. 29 before the majority of
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7:03 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Doc Rivers says he isn’t sure what shape or form the NBA will take if it can resume this season, but he is certain that Kawhi Leonard will be in “phenomenal” shape if there’s a postseason. As teams try to remain prepared during this unprecedented time, with the season
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5:35 PM ET Four-time world titleholder Erik Morales will donate three months’ salary to be used on groceries for communities in need in his native Baja California during the COVID-19 pandemic. Morales, of Mexico, said he began distributing groceries in Mexicali, Tecate, Ensenada and Rosarito on Monday, and he hopes to expand to more affected
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Apr 9, 2020 Almost every day is the same in Kenny Wiggins‘ garage. Get a plan. Get the tools and then get to work in his home woodworking shop. It started in 2015, when the Detroit Lions offensive lineman and his wife, Jennifer, bought their current home in Northern California. She gave approval for part
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4:27 PM ET Add Nick Saban to the list of people who’ve had to find new ways to work while social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Alabama football coach said Wednesday that he finally has his own email account. “I’ve come a long way,” Saban said during an Instagram Live with ESPN’s Maria Taylor.
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