Month: March 2020

9:24 PM ET Amid the coronavirus pandemic, sportsbook operators, like businesses around the world, are facing challenges they’ve never considered before, including: What if there are no games to bet? On Thursday, the NCAA canceled the men’s basketball tournament, the biggest betting event in U.S. sports. Billions of dollars are estimated to be wagered on
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5:01 PM ET In his first public comments since testing positive for COVID-19, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert apologized on Instagram for his “careless” actions that exposed others to the disease, saying he hopes that his “story serves as a warning and causes everyone to take this seriously.” Gobert tested positive for coronavirus in Oklahoma
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12:42 PM ET The two boxing events that Top Rank is promoting on Saturday night and Tuesday night in New York will go ahead as planned but without spectators being allowed into the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden due to the coronavirus outbreak. “We still want to go ahead with our fights because the
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5:55 PM ET Bellator’s event this weekend will go on, but will be closed to the public. Bellator 241 on Friday night will have no fans in attendance due to the coronavirus outbreak, officials confirmed Thursday. The card will take place as scheduled at Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. Refunds will be
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5:22 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — As Clemson’s pro day unfolded, NFL head coaches like the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ Mike Tomlin and the Detroit Lions‘ Matt Patricia chatted with Clemson’s Dabo Swinney. And it never took long, Swinney said, before the Tigers’ versatile linebacker Isaiah Simmons came up in those conversations. Simmons, the All-American
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4:27 PM ET Having discussed at length with NBA owners whether to take a hiatus due to the coronavirus safety concerns, commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday he opted to suspend the season shortly after canceling the Utah Jazz–Oklahoma City Thunder game on Wednesday night following Rudy Gobert‘s positive test for COVID-19. NBA owners have been
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7:00 AM ET Kendrick Brinson for ESPN In the NFL, where so many players live in mini-mansions and luxury apartments, Baltimore Ravens starting guard Bradley Bozeman‘s home for the past year is on wheels and features 600 square feet of living space, not including the makeshift screened-in porch under the 15-foot outdoor awning where he
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