Month: March 2020

6:16 PM ET Baseball’s present is on hold, its immediate future is uncertain and at least one major part of its storied past will be temporarily inaccessible. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., announced Saturday that it will close to the public indefinitely, beginning Sunday, at 5 p.m. ET in
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6:17 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals released relief pitcher Hunter Strickland on Saturday. Unconditionally releasing Strickland and David Hernandez were among a handful of moves made by the Nationals. They also optioned Jake Noll, Ben Braymer, Aaron Barrett and Kyle McGowin to Triple A and assigned Jacob Wilson, Brandon Snyder, Taylor
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5:55 PM ET The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) on Saturday voted to suspend all combat sports events in the state until March 25. The emergency meeting was called in order to address the coronavirus outbreak that has affected many sports worldwide. The next NSAC meeting is scheduled for March 25, and that is when
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4:55 PM ET The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Saturday that it will temporarily close to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Canton, Ohio, facility will be closed to the public starting Monday until Friday, March 27. The Hall of Fame will induct its 2020 class on Aug. 8, with the Hall
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4:20 PM ET Multiple team officials are skeptical that the NFL will be able to start its league year next week, expressing doubt to ESPN’s Adam Schefter given the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the country and the typical in-person visits, including physicals, that would have to happen as part of free agency. It’s a situation
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1:33 PM ET In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the World Boxing Super Series on Saturday announced that the final of its second-season cruiserweight tournament has been postponed. World titleholder Yunier Dorticos and former world titlist Mairis Briedis were due to meet in the already long-delayed final of the eight-man tournament on March 21 in
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1:19 PM ET Steve KimESPN The troubles continue for former four-time world champion, Adrien Broner, who was arrested on Friday night in Miami for DUI. TMZ.com first reported that the 30-year-old Broner, was pulled over at 8:45 p.m. and was arrested by police as they believed he was under the influence. He was taken into
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12:32 PM ET Belgium’s Defline Persoon, who returned to amateur boxing so she could compete in Tokyo 2020, has lost her opening bout in the European qualifying tournament in London to Nikoleta Peta. One of the most successful women’s professional boxers of recent years — Persoon narrowly lost her professional world title to Katie Taylor
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12:59 PM BST Super Rugby will be put on hold after this weekend’s matches in the wake of New Zealand announcing that travellers entering the country must self-isolate for 14 days due to fears over the coronavirus outbreak. SANZAAR, who run the Southern Hemisphere club competition, said on Saturday it “has no option but to
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