The XFL has suspended operations effective immediately, and informed all employees that they have been terminated.
On a call today with COO Jeffery Pollock, XFL employees were just informed that the league is suspending operations and all employees have been laid off. Another sport impacted further by the current COVID-19 crisis.
White, who aimed to hold fights during the coronavirus pandemic, said the card would not be held April 18, as planned.
White said the decision was made after the company received a call from the higher-ups at Disney and ESPN, the UFC’s broadcast partners.
UFC President Dana White spoke to Brett Okamoto about #UFC249 no longer taking place on April 18.
“So I told you this thing has been a battle since day one. We’ve been fighting non-stop all day and all night since this pandemic started to put on this event on April 18. And today we got a call from the highest level you can go at Disney and the highest level of ESPN,” White said. “And one thing that I’ve said since we started our relationship and partnership with ESPN is that’s been an incredible one. It’s been an amazing partnership, ESPN has been very, very good to us and the powers that be there asked me to stand down and not do this event next Saturday.”
The Los Angeles Rams reportedly traded wide receiver Brandin Cooks to the Houston Texans . On Thursday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported the two teams are “in the process” of completing the trade.
Baseball’s proposed idea to bring all 30 teams to Arizona to play in empty spring training stadiums was greeted with skepticism.
Mike Gundy’s xenophobic, imprecise and completely unprofessional news conference Tuesday showed exactly who he is. It also showed why he hasn’t been able to get a bigger, better job.
Adam Rank ranks every player on the NFL’s 2010s All-Decade Team. Where do defensive studs Von Milller and Aaron Donald sit? And which player lands at No. 1?
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is bracing for several more weeks of uncertainty about the remainder of this halted season, revealing tonight that he does not expect the league will be able to decide anything until at least May.
