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 SOUND FROM 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!
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF FIRSTS THIS YEAR—HERE’S ANOTHER. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AN OLYMPIC GAMES HAS BEEN POSTPONED FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN WAR—THE CORONAVIRUS. THE JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER AND THE INTERNATIONAL OLMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT AGREE TO POSTPONE THE GAMES UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
IT WASN’T LONG AGO WHEN CAM NEWTON WAS THE TOAST OF THE NFL, NOT ANYMORE. THE CAROLINA PANTHERS HAVE RELEASED THE QB AFTER BEING UNABLE TO TRADE HIM. NEWTON WAS WITH CAROLINA FOR 9 YEARS, IN THAT TIME HE WON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, MVP, AND LEAD THE PANTHERS TO THE SUPERBOWL IN 2016, LOSING TO DENVER. CAROLINA JUST SIGNED QB TEDDY BRIDGEWATER TO A 3 YEAR, $63 MILLION DEAL.
THE OWNER OF THE NBA’S 76ers AND NHL’S DEVILS, JOSH HARRIS, WAS GOING TO REDUCE EMPLOYEE SALARIES 20%. IN THE WAKE OF PUBLIC BACKLASH HARRIS HAS REVERSED COURSE AND WILL BE PAYING EMPLOYEES THEIR FULL SALARIES. HARRIS THEN APOLOGIZED FOR GETTING IT WRONG THE FIRST TIME.
MLB SEASON OPENERS FOR THE CARDINALS AND ROYALS WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY. THE START OF THE SEASON WILL BE DELAYED, OWNERS BELIEVE FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF MONTHS.