By Associated Press
No big national championship game bets, no wagers on Tiger Woods to win the Masters. No sports means no action, even for the most hardcore gamblers.
About the only thing degenerate sports bettors could do was go online and find a Russian table tennis match to put their money on.
“Russian pingpong has stolen the show,” said Nick Bogdanovich of the William Hill betting chain. “You can’t even find it streaming anywhere to watch, but people are betting on it.”
By Rappler.com
NEW YORK, USA – US college basketball stars who were denied the chance to play for a national crown in “March Madness” due to the coronavirus pandemic will not be given an extra opportunity.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 council voted Monday, March 30, to grant extra eligibility only for spring sport athletes whose seasons had barely started.
By Francisco Guzman and Saeed Ahmed, CNN
March for college basketball fans means a month full of roaring crowds, dramatic upsets, buzzer-beaters, blood, sweat, and tears. But in the shadow of the novel coronavirus outbreak, there could be a new meaning to the phrase March Madness. With the big tournament just a week from tip-off, the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) has prepared for several scenarios to keep the disease from spreading.