ESPN ran a marathon of classic boxing matchups on Saturday afternoon including the Ali-Frazier trilogy. Viewership for the marathon fared well with there being no live sports to watch. The third fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier drew the most viewers on Saturday on ESPN with 699,000 viewers and 177,000 in the A18-49 demo. […]
Anonymous tip states WWE is forcing employees back to work
Jon Alba of Spectrum Sports 360 in Florida reports that at a Orange County Board of County Commissioner meeting, a WWE employee identifying themselves as “John” indicated that the employees are being “forced to work” TV tapings despite stay at home order. At Tuesday's Orange County Board of County Commissioners meeting, a #WWE employee named […]
Good tests positive for COVID-19
UFC welterweight Lyman Good has been diagnosed with COVID-19 according to a report from ESPN. Good was scheduled to fight at UFC 249 on April 18th but his fight with Belal Muhammad was called off before the cancellation. Good spoke with Ariel Helwani about testing positive for COVID-19. He indicated that as soon as he […]
Amanda Nunes out of May 9th UFC event
Amanda Nunes announced that she will not fight on May 9th so that she may have a full training camp. She told CBS Sports this on Monday. Nunes indicated that she wanted to wait until “coronavirus pass” to have a full camp. Nunes was to defend her bantamweight title against Felecia Spencer. The May 9th […]
Report: PFL suspends 2020 season
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that the Professional Fighters League has suspended its entire 2020 season with the league returning in 2021. Contracted athletes will receive a monthly stipend according to the promotion’s CEO Peter Murray. On March 30th, Murray sent out a statement that the company would be “adjusting our plan for the rest of […]