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!
BALTIMORE RAVENS QB LAMAR JACKSON IS THE NEW FACE OF MADDEN NFL 21. JACKSON SAYS IT’S BEEN A DREAM OF HIS TO BE ON THE MADDEN COVER, AND HE’S NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANY CURSE THAT COMES WITH IT. LAMAR POINTS OUT, PATRICK MAHOMES WAS ON THE COVER LAST YEAR, AND HE WON THE SUPER BOWL.
ROUND ONE OF THE NFL DRAFT COMES THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE NFL IS STILL TRYING TO WORK SOME KINKS OUT OF THEIR VIRTUAL FORMAT. THEY HELD A MOCK DRAFT MONDAY AFTERNOON TO PREPARE, BUT A TECHNICAL GLITCH MESSED EVERYTHING UP. REPORTS ARE THE NFL IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH BANDWIDTH. DUE TO THE VIRUS, TEAMS WILL BE MAKING THEIR PICKS FROM THEIR HOME OFFICES.
NASCAR IS BIG IN NORTH CAROLINA. FIVE STATE SENATORS ARE CALLING FOR THE GOVERNOR TO ALLOW UPCOMING NASCAR RACES AT CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY TO BE RUN WITHOUT FANS. THE MAY 16TH ALL STAR RACE AND MAY 24TH 600 HAVE NOT OFFICIALLY BE CANCELLED. NORTH CAROLINA IS UNDER A STAY AT HOME ORDER THROUGH APRIL 29TH.
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.