Month: April 2020

9:29 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Shortstop Carlos Correa and catcher Martin Maldonado of the Houston Astros are partnering with the team’s owner, Jim Crane, and other players and artists from Puerto Rico to bring medical aid to the island to assist with the coronavirus
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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 for 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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8:13 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — Might Mike Mayock’s history as a “virtual general manager” for all 32 teams in his previous role as the NFL Network’s draft analyst uniquely prepare him for next week’s unprecedented “virtual NFL draft” and his role as the GM of the Las Vegas Raiders? Mayock laughed at that notion.
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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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7:25 PM ET Associated Press The parent company that oversees the NHL Buffalo Sabres announced a series of cost-cutting measures, including layoffs and furloughs affecting 125 employees as a result of the new coronavirus pandemic. Pegula Sports and Entertainment says 104 employees are being furloughed, while another 21 were laid off on Tuesday. A person
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7:21 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says his state is willing to host all 30 major league teams at the time public health concerns allow, which eventually could lead to the start of the baseball season primarily in empty spring training ballparks. MLB and the players’ association have had
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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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6:00 PM ET The Seattle Seahawks have reached a one-year deal to bring back guard Mike Iupati, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Tuesday. Iupati signed a one-year deal worth $2.75 million with Seattle last March in what was effectively a swap of left guards with the Arizona Cardinals, who replaced Iupati by
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