SURVEY: ATHLETIC DIRECTORS BRACING FOR FINANCIAL CRISIS

Athletic directors at the nation’s biggest sports schools are bracing for a potential financial crisis related to the coronavirus pandemic.

According to a survey released Thursday by LEAD1, an association of athletic directors from 130 major college football schools, 63% forecast a worst-case scenario in which their revenues decrease by at least 20% during the 2020-21 school year.

Even an abbreviated football season could cause schools to lose that much.

LEAD1 and Teamworks, a company that created an app designed to help keep teams and athletic departments connected, conducted the survey of more than 100 ADs from schools in Division I’s Football Bowl Subdivision.

The NCAA canceled winter and spring sports on March 12, separating thousands of college athletes from teammates and coaches and leaving them unable to practice and compete.

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The Ivy League has decided not to allow its spring-sport athletes who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus pandemic to have an additional year of eligibility as graduates, despite the NCAA granting that option earlier this week. The move was consistent for the Ivy League with its policies. The conference hasn’t allowed athletes to participate in any sports as graduates.

Filly dies after training at Santa Anita. There’s been

A RC A DI A, C A LIF . a horse fatality at Santa Anita, which is temporarily closed for racing because of the coronavirus pandemic.

It’s the seventh death at the track in Arcadia since December.

Smiling Ali had just completed a two-furlong timed workout in 25 seconds when she died on the main dirt track. The cause was not immediately determined, although it was believed to be a probable heart attack. A required necropsy will be conducted.

MLS extends training moratorium. Major League Soccer has extended its training moratorium through April 24 because of the coronavirus outbreak. Team facilities are closed to players and staff — except for players requiring treatment that cannot be administered at their homes.

Players are expected to remain in market with their teams during the moratorium to avoid the spread of the virus. The league will consider individual requests for players to travel to another city by car.

Ed Farmer, White Sox broadcaster, former pitcher, dies at 70.

CHICAGO» Ed Farmer rooted for the White Sox growing up on Chicago’s South Side and went on to become an AllStar reliever for them.

Where he really made his mark was in their radio booth the past three decades. Whether he was calling nohitters, chronicling a championship season in 2005 or simply telling entertaining stories, Farmer was an inviting voice who brought listeners along for the ride.

The White Sox said he died Wednesday night in Los Angeles at age 70 following complications from an illness.

NASCAR delays next generation car until 2022. NASCAR has delayed the debut of its next generation stock car that was scheduled to hit the track next season.

The car will now be delayed until 2022 because the coronavirus pandemic has slowed development.

The Next Gen project has been years in the works as an industrywide collaboration to cut costs and improve competition.

Hobey Baker finalists: Kawaguchi, Perunovich, Swayman.

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Kawaguchi, Minnesota Duluth defenseman Scott Perunovich and Maine goalie Jeremy Swayman were named as the three finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, given to the most outstanding player in college hockey.

All three players were juniors this season, before play was halted March 12 because of the spread of the COVID-19 virus.