file photo from Miami Herald: Miami Marlins owner Derek Jeter announced that he will not take a salary from the Marlins and that his baseball operations staff will be paid through May 31st during the epidemic

Headline Sports podcast with Barbara:

#1 Barbara the Coronavirus epidemic will most likely cancel 47% of all sports with only 53% of all sports taking place this year.

#2 There are a number of CEOs taking a cut in pay and Miami Marlins owner Derek Jeter is no different Jeter who earns $5 million annually says he will forego his salary until the epidemic is over. Jeter also informed employees of the operations staff they will be paid through May 31st.

#3 The Louisville Slugger factory that produces Major League Baseball bats will shut it’s doors until the epidemic is over. Louisville said they have furloughed most of it’s employees. Louisville CEO John Hillerich IV said that he hopes they can stay solvent before they run out of cash.

#4 The WNBA’s Stephanie Dolson of the Chicago Sky said that her entire family has Covid-19 virus. Dolson said she came down positive and her mother had to be hospitalized for four days. Dolson thanks the health care workers at the hospital as her mom is back home safe and sound.

#5 The WNBA’s Commissioner Cathy Englebert said that the WNBA and NBA might play doubleheaders in the same building Indiana, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New York and Phoenix share the same building with an NBA team. Englebert also said that the Coronavirus epidemic “will change sports forever”

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