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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy has issued an apology for comments made about the coronavirus pandemic. Gundy had previously said that he planned to have players report for spring camp on May 1, which would have violated federal social-distancing guidelines. The university was quick to dispute Gundy’s plan and said the athletic
calendar was not decided by the long-tenured coach.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Mississippi State has hired former Old Dominion women’s basketball coach Nikki McCray-Penson to replace Vic Schaefer. McCray-Penson is a Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer and was the SEC Player of the Year twice in her playing career at the University of Tennessee under legendary coach Pat Summitt.
NBA
The NBA 2K20 Players Tournament wrapped up with former Kentucky Wildcat Devin Booker emerging as the champion, as he swept Phoenix Suns teammate Deandre Ayton
in the best-of-three final. The three-day, 16-player Xbox One competition was broadcast on ESPN. By winning, Booker earned a
$100,000 donation to the coronavirus-related relief effort of his choosing.
NHL
Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave has died after undergoing emergency surgery to treat a brain bleed. Cave’s wife Emily shared the news through a team press release, The 25-year-old Cave was flown to Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital on Monday night after the brain bleed was discovered, and he was placed in a medically induced coma Tuesday. He then underwent emergency surgery to remove a colloid cyst that was causing pressure on his brain and remained in a coma afterward.
MLB=
Glenn Beckert, one of the best second baseman in Chicago Cubs history, has died at the age of 79. Beckert began his MLB career with Chicago in 1965 and played for the Cubs through the 1973 season. He was a four-time All-Star during that stretch and also won one Gold Glove Award. Among second baseman, Beckert ranks in the top five in Cubs
history in games played, hits, doubles, triples, runs scored and walks.
AUTO RACING=
Motor racing great Stirling Moss has died at the age of 90 following a long illness. Moss is widely considered to be the finest driver never to win the Formula One world championship, finishing runner-up four times and third three times from 1955 to 1961. Known as “Mr. Motor Racing,” Moss won 212 of the 529 races he entered across many racing categories and competitions before his career ended at the age of 31 after a crash left him in a coma for a month in April 1962.