LISTEN TO CHRIS SCHNEIDER’S RENEGADE RADIO SPORTS UPDATES AROUND :30-:40 PAST THE HOUR, FROM 6:30 AM TO 6:30 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CHRIS IS PLAYING PORTIONS OF HIS CLASSIC INTERVIEWS WITH SPORTS GREATS LIKE ROGER STAUBACH, LOU HOLTZ, BOBBY BOWDEN AND MANY OTHER LEGENDS AND HALL OF FAMERS IN THE SPORTS UPDATES!
REPORTS ARE ESPORTS REACHED THE $8 BILLION IN TOTAL WAGERS MARK IN 2019, WITH THE PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE STUCK AT HOME, THAT NUMBER IS LIKELY TO RISE THIS YEAR. TRADITIONAL SPORTS MAY BE POSTPONED, ESPORTS HAVE TAKEN OVER AS A MAIN SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT. THE NEVADA GAMING CONTROL BOARD HAS APPROVED CERTAIN EVENTS THAT NEVADA BOOKIES CAN ACCEPT WAGERS ON NOW, MAKING IT ALMOST CERTAIN THE NUMBERS WILL RISE.
DALLAS COWBOYS QB DAK PRESCOTT US UNDER FIRE FOR HOSTING A PARTY AT HIS HOUSE RECENTLY. TMZ REPORTED DAK HAD 30 PEOPLE, INCLUDING TEAMMATES AT HIS HOUSEFOR A FRIENDS BIRTHDAY. DAK REFUTES THE REPORT, SAYING IT WAS LESS THAN 10 PEOPLE, AND IT WASN’T A PARTY IT WAS A DINNER. THE COWBOYS QB SAYS HE IS VERY FRUSTRATED AND DISAPOINTED IN THE INACCURATE REPORTS.
LOOKS LIKE SOCCER IS GOING ESPORTS. MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER HAS JOINED WITH eMLS PLAYERS TO HOST A TOURNAMENT SPECIAL. THE 5 WEEK TOURNAMENT WILL START THIS WEEKEND AND BE BROADCAST ON FOX SPORTS 1. MANY TOP MLS PLAYERS WILL PARTICIPATE. EACH WEEK OF THE TOURNEY, THE MLS AND FOX WILL MAKE DONATIONS CHARITIES TO HELP GET THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
LOOKS LIKE THE PRO GOLF TOUR HAS A COMEBACK PLAN. THE PGA WANTS TO RETURN TO PLAY ON JUNE 11TH AT THE COLONIAL TOURNAMENT IN FORT WORTH. IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE FANS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE FIRST TOURNEY, AND PROBABLY SEVERAL OTHERS AFTER.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS DEEMED THE WWE AN ESENTIAL BUSINESS. SO, THIS WEEK’S LIVE EPISODE OF MONDAY NIGHT RAW IN ORLANDO CARRIED ON. ‘WRESTLEVOTES’ REPORTED ON THE BACKSTAGE MOOD AT THE EVENT, SAYING THE PERFORMANCE CENTER WAS FILLED WITH UNCERTAINTY BY WRESTLERS. CEO VINCE MCMAHON HAS DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO DO LIVE SHOWS EVERY WEEK.