Month: April 2020

5:06 PM ET Associated Press The U.S.-based National Women’s Hockey League is in the process of establishing an expansion franchise in the Toronto area, a person with direct knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press. The team will be headed by Margaret “Digit” Murphy, and the former Brown University coach already has begun building
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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
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3:55 PM ET Wake Forest 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 and
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3:02 PM ET Tickets to the Super Bowl. And a game of the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals. Tickets to the World Series, College Football Playoff National Championship, Daytona 500, Masters, U.S. Open tennis championships, NCAA men’s Final Four and Olympic Opening Ceremonies. That’s one prize that Fanatics founder Michael Rubin has offered to
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1:14 PM ET Former Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs manager Jim Frey died Sunday at age 88. “We join the baseball community in mourning Jim’s passing and send our condolences to his family and friends,” the Cubs said in a statement Tuesday. No cause of death was given. Frey managed in the big leagues
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