Month: April 2020

3:34 PM ET Three months after the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, nearly 100 items of Bryant memorabilia — including game-worn sneakers from the NBA Finals and a championship ring originally belonging to his mother, Pam Bryant — are being auctioned off. “We believe it is the largest collection ever in one place of Kobe
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3:38 PM ET Associated Press Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck is taking an unpaid week, joining about 200 other leaders in the university system to do so in response to the budget crunch caused by the coronavirus pandemic. President Joan Gabel announced the furloughs earlier this month. Fleck confirmed Thursday on a video conference call
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2:35 PM ET Colorado is the latest Division I athletics program to announce voluntary reduced pay for its athletic director and coaches in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the university announced Thursday. The Buffaloes announced that athletic director Rick George, new football coach Karl Dorrell, men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle and women’s basketball coach
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6:40 AM ET Mulitple Contributors Imagine the Iron Bowl … in May. Or, something even more inconceivable … no Iron Bowl at all. With the coronavirus pandemic affecting sports calendars worldwide, conference commissioners and athletic directors across the United States are considering every alternative to college football’s current Aug. 29 start date, including playing the
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Apr 23, 2020 Ferrari has warned Formula One against making knee-jerk changes to its financial regulations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The global outbreak has resulted in the 2020 F1 season being put on hold, with no certainty over when racing will resume. The hiatus will be financially damaging for the sport and
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10:34 AM ET Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc likes the idea of racing in the “wrong” direction once Formula One emerges from the global coronavirus lockdown. The sport is considering various options to get its stalled season started, with grands prix likely to be held without spectators and some European circuits hosting more than one race. Coronavirus:
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1:20 PM ET Formula One has given some of its teams advanced payments in order to ensure they survive the current economic downturn linked to the coronavirus pandemic, Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei confirmed Thursday. Several Formula One insiders have raised concerns about the financial health of certain teams and the possibility that as many
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