7:24 PM ET Associated Press Victor Oladipo is going to be busy on the next few Friday nights. The Indiana Pacers guard is hosting a Friday night Instagram Live concert series called BASE:LINE LIVE. Each week, three independent artists will be featured on the NBA’s Instagram account for the show. It speaks to one of
Month: April 2020
7:30 PM ET The XFL surprised its workforce Friday morning by issuing mass layoffs and implying a grim outlook for the future of the league. The XFL suspended operations, and multiple sources told ESPN that the league currently has no plans to return in 2021. Indeed, it will likely become this country’s first pro sports
6:36 PM ET Associated Press Tom Webster, the former NHL and WHA forward who went on to coach the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings, died Friday. He was 71. The Carolina Hurricanes announced Webster’s death. Webster scored 53 goals and helped the franchise — then the New England Whalers — win the World
6:40 PM BST South Africa captain Siya Kolisi and his wife, Rachel, have donated 1,000 masks to a Cape Town hospital’s neonatal unit for mothers who are breastfeeding their babies amid the coronavirus crisis. The 2019 Rugby World Cup winner said that he made the donation to the Groote Schuur hospital to acknowledge the role
5:25 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Pat Stapleton, a longtime NHL defenseman who famously kept an air of mystery over whether he possessed the puck from the winning goal of the 1972 Summit Series, has died. He was 79. The Strathroy Rockets, a Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League team with which Stapleton was involved,
5:53 PM ET The PGA Tour on Friday sent a memo to players that outlined efforts to reconfigure the schedule and said events initially could be played without spectators. The tour confirmed that Tyler Dennis, chief of operations for the PGA Tour, sent a memo to the membership as he has been doing every Friday
6:05 PM ET Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Quarter horse trainer Bobby R. Martinez, whose combined earnings over a decades-long career total nearly $13 million, has been hit with a hefty fine and a 34-year suspension for several doping violations. Documents obtained from the New Mexico Racing Commission show the violations involved horses that tested
5:44 PM ET Associated Press The Orlando Magic‘s home arena will become a distribution center for medical equipment and supplies as part of the ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced the plan Friday, along with the Magic. The Amway Center, which includes the AdventHealth Practice Facility that serves as the
5:28 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Former Baltimore Ravens defensive end Ufomba Kamalu was arrested on a warrant for a domestic violence charge on Thursday, according to Baltimore County police. On Wednesday, police responded to a call for domestic violence at 10 a.m. ET and determined that an argument between Kamalu and a woman
5:49 PM ET Drew Brees appears to have his second career lined up. The New Orleans Saints quarterback has agreed to join NBC Sports as a football analyst when he is done playing, the New York Post reported Friday. Brees, 41, has not announced when he plans to retire. He plans to play the 2020