3:20 PM ET Vice President Mike Pence spoke to the College Football Playoff management committee in a teleconference on Wednesday morning about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on college athletics, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN. The committee, which is comprised of the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick,
Month: April 2020
Apr 15, 2020 Steve KimESPN The World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight finals between Yuniel Dorticos and Mairis Briedis, which was set for May 16 in Riga, Latvia, has been canceled. The bout had been originally scheduled for March 21, but it was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The organization released this statement: “WBSS is
2:35 PM ET For five-time NBA champion Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the parallels between the coronavirus pandemic and the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s are apparent. “The same issues we had then, we have now where bad information, myth about ‘it couldn’t happen to us in the black community,’ not being educated enough
2:12 PM ET Hall of Fame defensive end Willie Davis, who thrived with the Green Bay Packers in the Vince Lombardi era, died Wednesday at age 85. Davis had battled health issues recently. He was part of five championship teams, including the first two Super Bowls. He was enshrined in Canton in 1981 and into
2:43 PM ET Steve KimESPN Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder said he had surgery on his left bicep following his seventh round loss to Tyson Fury on Feb. 22. “Recovery is going well,” the 34-year-old Wilder told the PBC podcast. “I’m in therapy. I ended up injuring it in my last fight, somewhere up
9:06 AM ET There are no live boxing events for the foreseeable future because of the coronavirus pandemic, but boxing fans will have a chance to revisit some of the best fights in history on Saturday, starting at noon ET on ESPN. And when we say the best fights in history, we mean the best
2:30 PM ET When former LSU quarterback Joe Burrow won the Heisman Trophy last year, a trio of former Ohio State Buckeyes called each other to celebrate. Former quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator Tim Beck was in Texas at the time, driving home from dinner with his wife and daughter, when Cardale Jones called him.
12:01 PM ET Steve Fainaru Close ESPN Senior Writer Winner, 2008 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting Four-time first-place winner in Associated Press Sports Editors competition Co-author of New York Times best-selling book, “League of Denial” Mark Fainaru-Wada Close ESPN Staff Writer Investigative reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit since 2007 Co-author of New York
1:51 PM ET One member of the Los Angeles Chargers organization has tested positive for COVID-19 and two others have shown symptoms, league sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Team owner Dean Spanos, general manager Tom Telesco and head coach Anthony Lynn were not among the group to test positive or show symptoms, team spokesman Josh
1:03 PM ET Ohio State coach Ryan Day said all possibilities should be considered for college football to happen this year, including playing a shortened season that would be conference-only games. “Any football is better than no football,” Day said Wednesday. “We’ll do whatever we need to do. We’ll make it work — whatever they
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