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The NBA and the WNBA brought their players back for an all-out championship “Horse” competition. Eight current and former players faced off from their respective isolated at-home courts, matching each other’s shot In the second matchup, Mike Conley of the Utah Jazz went against NBA Hall of Famer Tamika Catchings. Conley defeated Catchings with relative …
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The NBA’s coronavirus suspension is now in its second month, and the league office has yet to announce a target return date for the 2019-20 season. The league office is currently preparing a 25-day, “back-to-basketball plan,” according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. Individual workouts would last 11 days under the NBA’s potential plan, and teams would then …
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Thanks to Zoom, Saturday Night Live: At Home returned with a special remote episode tonight featuring the cast practicing social distancing, and a surprise guest host: Tom Hanks. In his first TV appearance since being diagnosed with coronavirus, Hanks hosted the show and pondered about why he was chosen to host the unusual episode, admitting he had …
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A streaming fundraiser of 2019’s Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway has been canceled after organizers failed to secure permission to stream the concert. Disney on Broadway was scheduled to stream April 13 on broadwaycares.org in an effort to raise money for the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. The fund …
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California Governor Gavin Newsom stirred up controversy after announcing his state’s plan to send 500 ventilators to the national stockpile on Monday, in order to assist New York and other states that have been hit hardest by the novel coronavirus. However, officials of multiple counties in California have been requesting ventilators themselves. In Riverside County, …
58 prospects, including Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow and Ohio State edge rusher Chase Young, are among those who will participate remotely in the NFL draft next week. Traditionally, top prospects would be invited to the draft itself, but this year’s festivities in Las Vegas were modified due to the coronavirus outbreak. Instead, the draft …
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After weeks of insisting that UFC 249 would take place on on April 18, UFC president Dana White revealed Thursday that all future events – including UFC 249 – have been indefinitely suspended. White made the announcement to ESPN, stating that the decision was made after top-level executives at both Disney and ESPN intervened. Last month on March …
Rapper Kanye West, singer Mariah Carey and media mogul Tyler Perry will participate in Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church’s virtual Easter service. The Houston based mega church will host its “Hope Is Alive” Easter service on Sunday, which will also be streamed. Church officials said the Easter service will be pre-recorded on Friday. Local officials including Houston …
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Andrea Bocelli will live stream an Easter Sunday concert from Milan’s famed Duomo cathedral. The pews will be empty and Bocelli will be accompanied only by organist Emanuele Vianelli. The concert will stream live on Bocelli’s YouTube channel Sunday at 10 a.m. ET. In a statement, Bocelli said he hopes that the Easter concert, which …
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The nation’s coronavirus outbreak epicenter logged its single deadliest day yet. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the state had its highest single-day death toll due to COVID-19, with 779 reported Tuesday, but the average number of hospitalizations has decreased over the past couple of days. Cuomo said Wednesday that dramatic action and social distancing is …
