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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9:06 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
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
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
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
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
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
8:54 AM ET The Ultimate Fighting Championship is in the midst of its longest hiatus in eight years (36 days). If this hiatus lasts two more weeks, which it is expected to, given Dana White’s plan for fights to resume on May 9, it will be the promotion’s longest in 13 years. In case you
3:29 PM ET Steve KimESPN Promoter Bob Arum says he is looking into the possibility of scheduling boxing events in Florida this summer, using the WWE’s facilities, with Gov. Ron DeSantis having deemed WWE an “essential business” in the state. DeSantis’ decision, outlined in a memo Thursday from the governor’s office, freed up the possibility
3:26 PM ET Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said the organization has communicated with Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott after a report of an alleged party at the quarterback’s house in Prosper, Texas, last Friday, that would have violated guidelines regarding the coronavirus. “I think they’re certainly aware now of how sensitive these
3:02 PM ET Tickets to the Super Bowl. And a game of the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Final. Tickets to the World Series, College Football Playoff National Championship, Daytona 500, Masters, US Open tennis championships, NCAA men’s Final Four and Olympic Opening Ceremonies. That’s one prize that Fanatics founder Michael Rubin has offered to
3:26 PM ET On the same day Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said the organization has communicated with Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott after a report of a party at the quarterback’s house in Prosper, Texas, on Friday that would have violated guidelines regarding the coronavirus pandemic, a frustrated Prescott issued a statement
3:55 PM ET Wake Forest football coach Dave Clawson will voluntarily take a 10% pay cut to help the university amid the financial fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the school announced Tuesday. Clawson made $2,189,063 in 2019, according to USA Today’s salary database. Clawson joins Wake Forest president Nathan Hatch, athletic director John Currie
2:38 PM ET The PGA of America is planning for a PGA Championship in August without spectators in case local authorities and health experts do not allow for them. Seth Waugh, CEO of the PGA of America, said Tuesday on Sirius XM Radio that the hope is to play the event — with fans —
7:36 AM ET It’s in the nature of a caddie to help others. They stay out of the spotlight, behind the scenes helping their golfer navigate a round. That mentality of helping is partly why Ian Finnis, caddie for PGA Tour player Tommy Fleetwood, decided it was time he helped others. Finnis is at the
2:27 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — The European Tour is warnings its players that everything from prize money to player services will be different when golf resumes because of the coronavirus pandemic that will have a “profound” financial impact, according to a British newspaper. The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday it has obtained a memo
6:05 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ehsan Mani, the PCB chairman, has warned of the financial fallout to world cricket if the T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held later this year, is impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. The tournament is due to take place in Australia in October-November but with much of the world in
5:08 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand seamer Matt Henry has become the latest player to have his county contract cancelled on account of the coronavirus pandemic. Henry was due to join Kent – for whom he starred in 2018 – for seven County Championship games at the start of the season, but with all