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Officials hope that the NFL season is not interrupted by coronavirus, but now we know the pandemic has impacted at least one notable football legend. NOLA.com reported Sunday morning that record-setting Saints kicker Tom Dempsey died from coronavirus complications over the weekend.

COVID-19, the novel coronavirus currently gripping much of the globe in a pandemic and is particularly deadly in nursing facilities. And as ESPN confirmed the report, we know it is responsible for the death of the 73-year-old placekicker who once held the NFL record for longest field goal for 28 years.

Former New Orleans Saints kicker Tom Dempsey, who famously made a 63-yard field goal in 1970 despite being born without toes on his right kicking foot, has died due to complications of the coronavirus, his family told NOLA.com. He was 73.

Dempsey had been battling Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. He was a resident at the Lambeth House senior living center in New Orleans, which has been hit hard by the virus. More than 50 residents have been affected, according to NOLA.com.

The Saints released a statement they shared on Twitter Sunday morning.

Dempsey’s most impressive record was set in 1970 when he made four field goals in a 19-17 win over the Detroit Lions, including an NFL record 63-yard field goal. That record stood for nearly three decades until it was tied in 1998 by Denver Broncos kicker Jason Elam. In 2014, Matt Prater broke the record with a 64-yard field goal. The custom cleat he used to kick with still sits in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The people simply can’t get enough Tiger King, and now one notable figure from the Netflix show says more is on the way. Jeff Lowe, a big cat enthusiast featured on the show, says at least one more episode of the wild docuseries is in the works and may be here sooner than you’d think.

The New York Post reported Saturday night that Lowe claims a new episode of Tiger King is coming, and Netflix is filming for a release that may come in a matter of days. Appearing, strangely, in a video tweeted by Los Angeles Dodgers player Justin Turner, Lowe says he will be in a new episode.

“Hey Kourtney and Justin, this is Jeff and Lauren from the ‘Tiger King’ show on Netflix. Thanks for watching our show,” Lowe said in the video.

“Netflix is adding one more episode. It will be on next week. We’re filming here tomorrow.”

Lowe ends the video with some coronavirus advice — telling Turner to “stay safe, and put your mask on.”

Lowe apparently got connected with Turner after the show was mentioned on his wife Kourtney’s podcast, Holding Kourt. The original run of the docuseries was seven episodes, all of which came out in mid-March. And though it was years of filming in various locations to get the full story, quite frankly it very much ended in medias res, so to speak, as (spoilers) its star remains in jail while others who appear to be involved in some shady dealings remain free. Lowe, one of those very shadowy figures who takes over the zoo once run by Joe Exotic, actually saying more Tiger King is coming probably means something is in the works, and he certainly seems willing to appear on camera again.

Variety reported that Netflix did not comment on the potential for another episode, so it’s initially unclear if this very tight production schedule could actually work and there will be a new episode by week’s end. Netflix did recently release a reunion episode of a similar hit, Love is Blind, so it’s not completely outside the box to go back to the well on what works. There’s also plenty of reasons to be skeptical, though, given the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has essentially shut down production on TV and movies around the world, especially in the United States. Given what we learn about Lowe in the series it’s more than reasonable to remain skeptical of it all until new Tiger King actually pops up on Netflix, but we’ll keep you posted.

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Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE WrestleMania 36 results for night one, originally aired on April 4, 2020. The first night of the show “Too Big For Just One Night” featured the Raw Women’s Championship match between Becky Lynch and Shayna Baszler, the ladder match for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship, a BONEYARD MATCH, and more. Make sure you’re here tomorrow for the first of two Best and Worst of WrestleMania 36 columns.

WrestleMania 36 Night One Results:

1. Kickoff Match: Cesaro defeated Drew Gulak with the UFO, his no-hands Airplane Spin.

– The show opened with a message from Stephanie McMahon, followed by a montage of ‘America The Beautiful’ performances from previous WrestleManias.

– Rob Gronkowski and Mojo Rawley opened the show, and waved at the wrestlers from the WWE Performance Center’s little balcony. Michael Cole and JBL were on commentary.

2. Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross defeated the Kabuki Warriors (c). Cross hit a neckbreaker on Kairi Sane, and Bliss followed up with Twisted Bliss to win the match. Bliss Cross Applesauce are now two-time Women’s Tag Team Champions. You can watch highlights from that here.

3. Elias defeated King Corbin. Corbin said that Elias wasn’t going to compete and demanded a forfeit, but Elias showed up anyway. The referee saw Corbin try to pin Elias with his feet on the ropes, allowing Elias to win with a roll-up with a handful of tights.

4. Raw Women’s Championship Match: Becky Lynch (c) defeated Shayna Baszler. Lynch arrived in her personalized semi-truck, and countered the Kirifuda Clutch into a pin to retain the championship.

5. Intercontinental Championship Match: Sami Zayn (c) defeated Daniel Bryan. Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura attacked Drew Gulak at ringside, causing Bryan to dive into them to make the save. Bryan tried to come back into the ring off the top rope and got kicked in the face, and Zayn pinned him.

6. Triple Threat Ladder Match for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship: John Morrison (c) defeated Kofi Kingston and Jimmy Uso. All three men were fighting at the top of ladders and pulled down the hook that had been holding the title belts. Kingston and Uso knocked Morrison off the ladder, but Morrison brought the belts down with him as he fell, winning the match.

7. Kevin Owens defeated Seth Rollins Owens originally won by disqualification when Rollins hit him with the ring bell. Owens got on the microphone and taunted Rollins, challenging him to a no rules, no disqualification match. Owens put Rollins through the announce table with a senton off the WrestleMania sign, then hit a Stunner to win the match. You can watch that here.

– R-Truth asked Mojo Rawley and Rob Gronkowski to help him out and give him a break from having to defend the 24/7 Championship. They attacked him, obviously. Gronkowski tried to make the pin, but Rawley pulled Gronk off of Truth and took the pin himself to regain the 24/7 Championship.

8. Universal Championship Match: Braun Strowman defeated Goldberg (c). Strowman won the championship after four powerslams. You can watch that here.

9. Boneyard Match: The Undertaker defeated AJ Styles. Undertaker won a highly cinematic match with a chokeslam off the roof of a building, and a boot to send Styles into a graveplot. Undertaker buried him and drove off on a motorcycle to win the match. You can watch that here.