Daily Issue

04.13.2020

Featured

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A Matter Of Timing

The XFL seems unlikely to return after its abrupt shuttering, but its second incarnation leaves a better legacy than its first time around.

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Talk A Big Game

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Driver Suspended For Using Racial Slur

Coronavirus and Sports

XFL Shutdown Came As Surprise To Many; Some Unclear On Future

Some Sources Skeptical Of Newfound Plans To Start MLB Season

NBA Mulls Options For Season As Pandemic Continues Delay

NHL Has Idea Of Timeframe Needed For Resumption Of Season

Coyotes To Furlough Half Of Staff Until June 30 Over Coronavirus

PGA Tour, Players Council To Meet Tomorrow On Evolving Schedule

PLL Deliberates Scenarios For Starting Season; Rabil Confident

Astros' Bregman Launches $1M Coronavirus Fundraising Campaign

Five-Minute Survey Gives You A Chance To Weigh In On Coronavirus

Marketing and Sponsorship

Esports Ad Buyers Face Changing Market During Global Pandemic

Media

Sources: Drew Brees To Join NBC Sports As Analyst After Retirement

ESPN's "NBA HORSE Challenge" Gets Low Marks For Video Quality

The Maven Criticized For Handling Of Grant Wahl Firing From SI

Fox Sports To Air Five-Episode MLS Video Game Tournament

Leagues and Governing Bodies

NASCAR Suspends Driver Kyle Larson For Using Racial Slur

Bulls' Hire Raises Questions Of Need For More Diversity In NBA Ranks

Historic WNBA CBA Offers Players Expanded Maternity Benefits

Franchises

Proceeds From Browns' New Jersey Sales Will Go To Virus Relief

Raiders Make Plans In Case Of Stadium Construction Delays

Facilities

Globe Life Park's Future In Question With XFL Suspending Operations

Olympics

U.S. NGBs Seeking Government Aid From Economic Relief Package

Tokyo Postponement Hits IOC With Added Costs In The Nine Figures

Colleges

Difficult Financial Decisions Looming For Schools If CFB Season Canceled

Ohio State AD Warns Of Potential Financial Impact From Virus

People and Pop Culture

Bob Iger Effectively Running Disney During Pandemic Crisis

David Levy To Serve As Senior Advisor To The Raine Group

Executive Transactions

Technology

Innovatus Capital Partners Buys Remaining VICIS Assets

“The Show” Goes on With MLB Esports Tournament

MLS Launches New FIFA 20 Esports Tournament

Stadia Ventures’ Mike Bynum: We’ll Find Ways to Move Forward in Remote Environments

XFL Suspends Operations, Lays Off Nearly All of Its Employees

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Everybody has called it a groundbreaking CBA, and the more distance I get from the agreement and the nature of what we accomplished, the more I feel like it wasn't groundbreaking. It was ground-establishing.
-- Sparks F and WNBPA VP Chiney Ogwumike, on the impact the new CBA has on the league.

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