Month: April 2020

5:58 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR has delayed the debut of its next generation stock car that was scheduled to hit the track next season. The car will now be delayed until 2022 because the coronavirus pandemic has slowed development. “Due to challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic, the debut of the Next Gen car
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5:49 PM ET ESPN News Services The Ottawa Senators are making temporary layoffs and salary reductions because of COVID-19. The team’s parent company says the full-time workforce will be reduced starting Sunday, when the NHL club’s season was originally scheduled to end. Those not laid off could be placed on furlough. Others could have their
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8:00 AM ET Two years ago, the 10-team Sun Belt Conference broke into two divisions. This was a semi-pointless exercise considering each team plays eight of nine conference opponents every year, which nearly ruins the point of an inter-division rotation. It was also a bit unfair to the teams in the Sun Belt East —
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9:45 PM GMT Warwickshire have donated their Edgbaston stadium for the use of the NHS in a bid to help in the battle against COVID-19. The ground – more specifically, the car park – will be used as a drive-through testing centre for NHS staff. Those requiring tests will drive in through the Edgbaston Road
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4:08 PM ET Mississippi State coach Mike Leach apologized Thursday for a since-deleted tweet that showed a meme of a woman knitting her husband a noose during quarantine. Leach removed the tweet, which was posted Wednesday night, and had the caption, “After 2 weeks of quarantine with her husband, Gertrude decided to knit him a
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4:03 PM ET Associated Press Former baseball All-Star Jim Edmonds says he tested positive for the new coronavirus and for pneumonia. “I am completely symptom free now and doing really well, and so I must have had it for a while,” Edmonds said in a video posted to his Instagram account. “I appreciate everyone who
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3:13 PM ET The California State Athletic Commission canceled all combat sports events in the state through May on Thursday, per an announcement from the state’s Department of Consumer Affairs. The measure was taken due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The Commission didn’t take this decision lightly and understands the potential economic loss to promoters and
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3:30 PM ET UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko said she hopes to be back “sometime in August” from the leg surgery she underwent a week and a half ago. “I was hoping [the injury] would heal by itself, but when it started to frustrate me a little bit, doctors advised me to have surgery,”
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