Month: November 2020

12:56 PM ET Associated Press Three funeral workers have been fired for posing for photos alongside the body of footballer Diego Maradona shortly before his funeral. The images distributed across social media created outrage, even death threats, across a nation that venerated Maradona, who died Wednesday of a heart attack at age 60. Tens of
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12:53 PM ET Poland’s Adrian Meronk carded six birdies and an eagle in a scintillating round of 66 to take a three-shot lead after day two of the European Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Championship on Friday. Meronk, whose only win on tour was the Open de Portugal last year, followed up his two eagles in the
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12:07 PM ET COVID-19 has knocked out this weekend’s UFC main event. The Curtis Blaydes vs. Derrick Lewis heavyweight contender bout scheduled for UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Saturday is off after Blaydes tested positive for coronavirus, sources told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. The UFC is hoping to reschedule Blaydes vs. Lewis for UFC
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12:41 PM ET The SEC is shaking up its football schedule once again as it attempts to reschedule a previously postponed Alabama-LSU game. A source confirmed that No. 1 Alabama is expected to travel to LSU on Dec. 5 so long as this weekend’s slate of games goes off as planned. Yahoo Sports was first
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12:40 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson announced Friday that his season is over as he awaits ankle surgery. “It’s like the inside of my ankle is collapsed,” Johnson said, “so a lot of my power and my push-off that I normally have isn’t there.” Johnson said a stress fracture was forming from
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11:29 AM ET New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold, who practiced Wednesday for the first time in nearly three weeks, will return to his starting role against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, coach Adam Gase said Friday. Darnold has missed two straight games, and four of the past six, because of a sprained AC joint
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11:19 AM ET Gonzaga will hold two players out of Friday’s game against Auburn, the school announced, due to the results of coronavirus testing after Thursday’s game. The father of Gonzaga freshman Dominick Harris tweeted that his son is in quarantine “because he was in close proximity with a player who tested positive.” Gonzaga, the
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11:24 AM ET Associated Press No. 3 Villanova has added a third game at Bubbleville, the 11-day gathering of college basketball teams in Connecticut for early-season nonconference play. The Wildcats are now scheduled to play Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena against Virginia Tech. Temple had been scheduled to be the Hokies’ opponent for
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10:44 AM ET Texas unveiled a new 12½-foot statue of trailblazer Julius Whittier, the Longhorns’ first Black letterman, outside the north end of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Friday. Whittier, who died in September 2018, arrived at Texas as one of the school’s first Black scholarship athletes and played on the 1970 team that
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10:50 AM ET Veteran point guard J.J. Barea has agreed to re-sign with the Dallas Mavericks on a one-year deal for the veteran’s minimum of $2.6 million, sources told ESPN. With Barea’s return, the Mavericks anticipate entering training camp with 16 players on guaranteed contracts, one over the regular-season roster limit. Dallas plans to have
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10:15 AM ET The New Era Pinstripe Bowl, originally scheduled to be played Dec. 29 at Yankee Stadium in New York and broadcast by ESPN, has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns, officials announced Friday. “Due to the recent increase in coronavirus cases, which has led to the imposition of various travel restrictions and the
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10:18 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos have canceled Friday’s practice and the players and coaches will meet virtually after one player and two staff members tested positive for COVID-19. The Broncos were informed of the test results early Friday morning. That is addition to quarterback Jeff Driskel, who was moved to the
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