8:52 AM ET ESPN News Services Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert who has been one of the faces of the United States’ fight against the coronavirus, says the only way professional sports will happen this summer is to do so without fans and by keeping players in hotels. “There’s a way
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8:46 AM ET CFB betting experts It’s only April, but with no major sports currently being played, oddsmakers have had more time on their hands. And college football bettors have more options as a result. Caesars Sportsbook has released 2020 Heisman Trophy odds, and our esteemed panel of college football experts — Doug Kezirian, David
9:06 PM ET Associated Press Five FBS conference commissioners have asked the NCAA to relax some requirements to compete in Division I for four years, including the minimum number of sports a school must sponsor. The letter from the commissioners of the American Athletic Conference, Mountain West, Mid-American Conference, Sun Belt and Conference USA to
Apr 17, 2020 Over the past several weeks, the coronavirus pandemic has rattled the college sports landscape — along with the rest of the world — to its core. The unprecedented step to cancel March Madness might have seemed shocking at first, but after the NCAA’s spring seasons suffered the same fate, the path forward
3:02 PM ET Tickets to the Super Bowl. And a game of the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Final. Tickets to the World Series, College Football Playoff National Championship, Daytona 500, Masters, US Open tennis championships, NCAA men’s Final Four and Olympic Opening Ceremonies. That’s one prize that Fanatics founder Michael Rubin has offered to
3:55 PM ET Wake Forest football coach Dave Clawson will voluntarily take a 10% pay cut to help the university amid the financial fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the school announced Tuesday. Clawson made $2,189,063 in 2019, according to USA Today’s salary database. Clawson joins Wake Forest president Nathan Hatch, athletic director John Currie
8:22 PM ET Mississippi State defensive lineman Fabien Lovett, who entered the NCAA transfer portal after criticizing Bulldogs coach Mike Leach’s tweet that showed a meme of a woman knitting a noose for her husband during self-quarantine, announced Monday that he’s transferring to Florida State. Lovett, a redshirt freshman from Olive Branch, Mississippi, will have
7:17 PM ET Associated Press Nebraska fans can scratch their football itch Saturday when the school’s athletic department streams a virtual spring game on its social media platforms. All 39 spring games scheduled this week have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Nebraska spring game typically draws as many as 85,000 at Memorial
5:19 PM ET Associated Press Washington State athletic director Pat Chun, head football coach Nick Rolovich and men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith will all take voluntary 5% pay cuts through the end of the 2020-21 academic year due to revenue reductions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a lengthy letter to fans and alumni, Chun
5:58 PM ET The father of former Maryland offensive lineman Ellis McKennie III has been released from the hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Ellis McKennie Jr. was admitted to the hospital on March 18 after falling ill and being diagnosed with pneumonia. Doctors tested McKennie Jr. on March 21 for COVID-19 and the result