Month: April 2020

3:47 PM ET The manager for former UFC women’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas says she withdrew from UFC 249 due to two deaths in the family related to coronavirus. “Her hopes are to return to the Octagon as soon as possible but for now we ask for people to respect their privacy during this time,”
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6:03 PM ET UFC 249 will not proceed on April 18 despite UFC president Dana White’s efforts to move forward with the pay-per-view event. All other UFC events have also been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Today, we got a call from the highest level you can go at Disney, and the highest
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5:18 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN The sports world has been at a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic for roughly a month, and despite the widespread eagerness to restart games, a majority of Americans in a recent poll would not attend sporting events in person just yet. A whopping 72% of Americans polled said they
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1:28 PM ET If Canelo Alvarez meets Gennadiy Golovkin for the third time in September, the middleweight champion’s trainer believes his superstar boxer will win by knockout and settle once and for all the debate over who is better. “Without a doubt. If this fight happens, Canelo-Golovkin III, no doubt we’ll knock him out,” Eddy
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3:51 PM ET General manager Don Waddell said that the Carolina Hurricanes are preparing for home games with a capacity that’s intentionally limited due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We have multiple plans. We have a task force that we’ve put in place internally to talk about all of these options. One of them is that
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3:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Forbes estimates the New York Yankees are baseball’s most valuable franchise at $5 billion, up 9% over last year and 47% more than the No. 2 Los Angeles Dodgers at $3.4 billion. The Yankees are second among all sports in Forbes’ evaluations to the Dallas Cowboys, listed
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3:10 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has added homeschooling elementary teacher to his resume. The sports stoppage from the coronavirus pandemic has thrown a red flag on Johnson’s farewell tour. He had planned a final season of racing a full NASCAR schedule, but so far that has lasted
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