Month: April 2020

12:58 PM ET Associated Press Two-time Stanley Cup-winning forward Kris Versteeg is retiring after 11 NHL seasons. The 33-year-old announced his decision through the NHL Players’ Association on Tuesday, and after ending this season playing with his brother, Mitch, with Slovakia’s HK Nitra. Versteeg was a member of the Blackhawks‘ championship teams in 2010 and
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12:06 PM ET The Chinese Basketball Association is facing another setback in its efforts to resume play in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sources told ESPN that league officials met overnight to discuss the fate of its season, which has been on hold since Jan. 24, and elected to postpone its calendar again, this
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11:08 AM ET ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chip Ganassi Racing has fired star NASCAR driver Kyle Larson after he used the N-word during a virtual race, it was announced Tuesday. Larson was competing in an iRacing event Sunday night when he appeared to lose communication with his spotter on his headset. During a
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Apr 14, 2020 The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) said it would discuss a salary reduction programme for higher earning players and staff with the governing body’s finances badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend and the SRU board have taken a 25% wage deferral until Sept. 1 to help ease the
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10:09 AM ET The Senior Open Championship has been postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus, the R&A announced. The event was scheduled to take place from July 23-26 at Sunningdale Golf Club in England. “We will continue to investigate alternative options to host The Senior Open later in the year if at all possible
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8:36 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — After weeks of holding out hope the Tour de France would be able to go ahead as planned despite the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s most famous cycling race was finally added to the list of sporting events called off. It might still take place this year, but it’s
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