7:30 AM ET ESPN staff NEARLY HALF OF major college football and men’s basketball coaches have taken voluntary pay cuts in response to the financial crisis facing higher education because of the coronavirus pandemic, but most of the highest-paid coaches have not, an ESPN survey found. Eight of the 10 top-paid football coaches and at
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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but says she has no intention of retiring. Ms Ginsburg, who at 87 is the court’s oldest member, said a scan in February, followed by a biopsy, revealed lesions on her liver. The information she revealed about her condition indicated
Social distancing will need to continue for a “long period of time” and eliminating COVID-19 in the UK is unlikely, England’s chief medical officer has said. Professor Chris Whitty told the Lords science and technology committee that certain hygiene measures would remain for the foreseeable future and that people would also need to continue keeping
I took the London Underground today for the first time since February. At 8.30am, a carriage that would usually hold around 200 people squashed like sardines saw just seven of us leisurely spaced. Getting off at Bank station was almost beautiful in its eeriness. Image: London faces the risk of being redrawn if workers are
A 26-year-old man has been jailed for the “ferocious” killing of his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend and their baby during a jealous rage. Aaron McKenzie, from Peckham, south London, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 35 years for the murder of Kelly-Mary Fauvrelle, also aged 26, and a further 20 years for
8:44 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500. Long shot Cole Custer (200-1) got his first Cup Series victory last Sunday. The rookie emerged after a late restart and finished just ahead of Martin Truex Jr. to win the Quaker
Scientists have identified six distinct types of COVID-19 – each with a specific collection of symptoms – in a breakthrough that could help doctors predict which patients are most at risk. The different forms of the disease are believed to determine its severity among those infected – and whether they are likely to need respiratory
7:00 AM ET John Hynes began the 2019-20 NHL season as head coach of the New Jersey Devils, a position he had held since 2015. But after 26 games, having amassed only 22 points in a highly hyped season, Hynes was fired on Dec. 3. He wasn’t out of a gig for long: On Jan.
An artist friend of Johnny Depp’s has dismissed images of Amber Heard with injuries as “phoney baloney” at the High Court, and accused the actress of filing a “fraudulent” domestic violence claim to “extort and blackmail” the actor. Isaac Baruch, who the court heard lived rent-free in one of Depp‘s Los Angeles apartments, was the
Swift local lockdowns – including the shutting down of businesses, cancellation of events and restrictions on travel to certain areas – will aim to control future COVID-19 outbreaks. Boris Johnson outlined the plan to contain localised flare-ups in COVID-19 infections as he expressed his hope of a “more significant return to normality” by Christmas. As
The country’s first so-called battery “gigafactory” has moved a step closer after a site in South Wales was identified as the preferred location. Britishvolt said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Welsh government to develop its plans for the “green” factory, which would mainly produce electric car batteries under its own solar
An urgent review has been ordered into how the daily coronavirus death figures are calculated after it was claimed the current method does not take into account the fact that some people may have recovered from COVID-19 and died of a different cause. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has asked for the examination of Public Health
Jim Carrey has revealed what went through his mind when he thought he had only 10 minutes to live after a missile alert was mistakenly broadcast in Hawaii. The actor said he spent what he believed were his last moments staring into the Pacific Ocean when the warning of an imminent ballistic missile was broadcast
Spacewalking astronauts completed their part of a three-year power upgrade to the International Space Station on Thursday, replacing six more outdated batteries with powerful new ones. It was the third spacewalk in as many weeks involving battery work by NASA’s Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy. Running more than an hour ahead of schedule, they managed
A solar probe built by the European Space Agency and NASA has delivered the closest photos ever taken of the Sun’s surface, revealing a landscape rife with thousands of tiny solar flares that scientists dubbed “campfires” and offering clues about the extreme heat of the outermost part of its atmosphere. “When the first images came
British Airways’ iconic 747 jumbo jet will no longer be operated by the airline after it decided to retire its entire fleet with immediate effect. BA has used the famous Boeing plane since 1989 and is currently the world’s biggest operator of the 747-400 model. Image: The Boeing plane is one of the air industry’s