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Oklahoma athletic director is not trying to alter non-conference games

Oklahoma AD Joe Castiglione joined Siruis radio to set the record straight on Oklahoma’s non-conference dealings.

With the coronavirus pandemic creating uncertainty throughout the sports world, Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione joined Holly Rowe, Gabe Ikard and Chris Plank on Siruis radio to set the record straight on Oklahoma’s non-conference dealings.

The Sooners are currently set to travel to West Point, New York to play Army in 2020 before conference games begin.

New York has been the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, with over 192,394 total cases in the state according to The New York Times on May 14.

“We’re not investigating any other alternative with non-conference games,” Castiglione said. “Sure there may be some last minute adjustment, but you start trying to move one it creates a chain reaction. I don’t see that being the wisest way to go forward with football.”

College football has yet to see cancellations or postponements outside of spring practices and games.

Oklahoma’s season is currently set to begin on September 5.

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NFL team win total best bets: How many games will the New York Jets win in 2020?

Assessing the New York Jets’ projected win total for the 2020 NFL season, with best bets for their Over/Under.

How many games will the New York Jets win in the 2020 NFL season? We look at BetMGM‘s projected win total and the Over/Under odds, while looking back at the 2019 season and key offseason roster changes.

New York Jets’ 2019 season

Record: 7-9 (3rd in AFC East)

Against the spread: 7-9

Over/Under: 7-9

New York Jets’ 2020 offseason changes

Notable additions: OT George Fant, RB Frank Gore, WR Breshad Perriman and C Connor McGovern.

Notable departures: WR Robby Anderson, CB Darryl Roberts, LB Brandon Copeland and OT Kelvin Beachum.

Top draft picks: LT Mekhi Becton (Round 1), WR Denzel Mims (Round 2), RB La’Mical Perine (Round 4).

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New York Jets’ 2020 opponents

WEEK (DATE)	OPPONENT
Week 1 (9/13)	at Buffalo Bills
Week 2 (9/20)	vs. San Francisco 49ers
Week 3 (9/27)	at Indianapolis Colts
Week 4 (Thursday, 10/1)	vs. Denver Broncos
Week 5 (10/11)	vs. Arizona Cardinals
Week 6 (10/18)	at Los Angeles Chargers
Week 7 (10/25)	vs. Bills
Week 8 (11/1)	at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 9 (Monday, 11/9)	vs. New England Patriots
Week 10 (11/15)	at Miami Dolphins
Week 11	BYE
Week 12 (11/29)	vs. Dolphins
Week 13 (12/6)	vs. Las Vegas Raiders
Week 14 (12/13)	at Seattle Seahawks
Week 15 (TBD)	at Los Angeles Rams
Week 16 (TBD)	vs. Cleveland Browns
Week 17 (1/3)	at Patriots

New York Jets’ 2020 win total: Best bet

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Odds last updated Friday, May 8 at 2 p.m. ET.

Projected wins: 6.5 / OVER: -130 / UNDER: +110

The success of the Jets in 2020 boils down to if head coach Adam Gase is the guy for the job and if QB Sam Darnold is a franchise quarterback. If either is untrue, then how could you bet the Jets Over 6.5 wins? Gase has failed to make the playoffs, or finish .500 or above, for the past three seasons (one at the Jets and two as head coach of the Miami Dolphins).

A Gase-coached team has never been ranked higher than 25th in yards per game and was ranked higher than 26th by Football Outsiders’ offensive DVOA once (his first season coaching the Dolphins in 2016).

New general manager Joe Douglas did a good job getting pieces to fit around Darnold with Becton and Mims but they’ll need to be good fast if the passing game is going to turn around in 2020. Pro Football Focus graded Darnold as the 31st-best quarterback last season (out of 37) and the Jets passing game ranked 27th in QB Rating, 29th in passing yards per game and gave up the fourth-most sacks.

The Jets’ schedule isn’t doing Darnold any favors either; the top-10 stingiest passing defenses they face include the Bills (twice), Patriots (twice), 49ers, Chiefs, Chargers and Browns.

TAKE the JETS UNDER 6.5 wins (+110).

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Mekhi Becton can’t wait to meet Sam Darnold, make first trip to New York

Mekhi Becton is excited to meet Sam Darnold and make his first trip to New York.

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New Jets OT Mekhi Becton is ready to meet the man he’ll be protecting for years to come.

Becton was selected by the Jets with the 11th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft on Thursday night. While Becton didn’t expect to fall to the Jets at No. 11, he is excited to get to work with quarterback Sam Darnold.

“He’s a great dude,” Becton told reporters after getting picked. “He can take a team pretty far… I can’t wait to meet him.”

Maybe Darnold can show Becton around New York City once the COVID-19 pandemic comes to an end. Becton, a Virginia native, has never been to New York before, but said that he remembers watching Brett Favre and LaDainian Tomlinson play for the Jets.

“I just love the New York griminess. I love New York. New York’s real tough,” Becton said in February at the NFL combine.

Darnold should love what Becton brings to the Jets offensive line. He’s a nasty football player that loves to put his defenders on the ground and keep them there. That’s the kind of guy Darnold needs so that he doesn’t get pummeled into the ground like he did a season ago.

Becton will get acclimated with his fellow offensive lineman, too. The Jets have plenty of new entering 2020, so everyone being in a new situation could ease Becton’s NFL transition.

WATCH: USTA converting site of U.S. Open into temporary medical facility

The USTA is converting the site of the U.S. Open, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, into a 350-bed medical facility.

The U.S. Tennis Association could start construction as soon as Tuesday on a temporary medical facility at one of the country’s most iconic tennis venues.

Chris Widmaier, a spokesperson for the USTA, told the Wall Street Journal that the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the site of the U.S. Open in New York, will be converted into a 350-bed medical facility to help overwhelmed hospitals in the area.

Per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New York leads the United States in confirmed cases with approximately 67,000 as of Tuesday.

Widmaier says the medical facility is meant to treat patients who have not contracted the coronavirus, but that could change.

“We’re there to do whatever the city and state needs,” Widmaier told the Wall Street Journal.

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USTA converting site of U.S. Open into temporary medical facility

The USTA is converting the site of the U.S. Open, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, into a 350-bed medical facility.

Boxing Hall of Fame weekend canceled over coronavirus

The Boxing Hall of Fame induction weekend scheduled to begin June 14 in Canastota, New York is off because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosley and Juan Manuel Marquez will have to wait to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

A Hall of Fame official told ESPN Sunday that the induction weekend scheduled to begin June 14 in Canastota, New York is off because of the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s class will be inducted with the Class of 2021 a year from June.

Hopkins, Mosley and Marquez were scheduled to be inducted in the modern boxer category. Also, Christy Martin and Lucia Rijker were to be the first women inducted.

“By combining the celebrations of the induction classes of 2020 and 2021, the Hall of Fame can honor inductees with all the bells and whistles that the Hall of Fame weekend is known for and provide each inductee with the recognition they each so richly deserve,” Hall of Fame Executive Director Ed Brophy told ESPN.

“By honoring the two classes in a one-of-a-kind induction weekend, the Hall of Fame will be able to put all the winning combinations together for the inductees, fans and the entire sport of boxing.”

Others set to be inducted were: Frank Erne and Paddy Ryan in the old-timer category; Barbara Buttrick in the women’s trailblazer category; promoters Lou DiBella, Kathy Duva and the late Dan Goossen; and journalists Bernard Fernandez and Thomas Hauser in the observer category.

Those who purchased tickets for induction weekend can use them next year or receive refunds.

The pool of fighters who become eligible for election next year is deep. Among them: Floyd Mayweather, Wladimir Klitschko, Miguel Cotto and Andre Ward.

Four Nets, who last played Lakers, test positive for coronavirus

Shams Charania reports that one of the players who tested positive is two-time NBA champ and NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant.

Less than a week ago, the Los Angeles Lakers played their last game prior to the NBA’s decision to suspend the league last Tuesday against the Brooklyn Nets. On Tuesday, the Nets announced that four of their players had tested positive for the coronavirus. The Nets last game was against the Lakers and the team travelled to San Francisco before their game against the Warriors scheduled for March 11 was ultimately cancelled.

After a short time, two-time Finals MVP Kevin Durant confirmed via The Athletic’s Shams Charania that he was one of the four players who tested positive for coronavirus, though he is not showing symptoms. According to Nets, only one of the three players exhibited symptoms of the virus. Meanwhile, Durant is the latest member of the NBA, joining Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, and Christian Wood, to tell fans to heed the recommendation of health experts to stay quarantined.

Kevin Durant tested positive for coronavirus, Durant tells @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Durant says he is feeling fine: "Everyone be careful, take care of yourself and quarantine. We're going to get through this."

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 17, 2020

As four players for the Nets remain quarantined and checked on by doctors, the NBA the rest of the world remains on hold amidst a global pandemic. Also, the Nets did not play either the Jazz nor the Pistons, the other two teams with player who tested positive for COVID-19, in the past six weeks.

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