Month: November 2020

7:35 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald has not recorded a sack or even a tackle over the past two games, something the two-time NFL Defensive Player
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4:26 PM ET Minnesota wide receiver Rashod Bateman announced on Wednesday that he is ending his college career early to focus on preparation for the NFL draft. Bateman wrote on Twitter that after the most recent COVID-19 breakout at Minnesota and the cancellation of the school’s game against Wisconsin, he discussed his future with his
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6:05 PM ET No. 18 USC will resume practice Wednesday, a day after one was canceled and its facility was closed after a player tested positive for COVID-19. Contact tracing was conducted and the players, coaches and staff underwent PCR tests in response to the positive case, the school said. One additional player tested positive
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6:07 PM ET Kentucky is without 18 players because of COVID-19 and injury issues, as well as 10 staff members, as it prepares to visit No. 5 Florida on Saturday. Wildcats coach Mark Stoops on Wednesday said the team “can’t afford any more” personnel losses as it goes through another round of COVID-19 testing on
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5:58 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Fresh off winning his first NBA title with the Los Angeles Lakers, Dwight Howard said Wednesday that he’s willing to do whatever he’s asked to do in order to win another with his new team, the Philadelphia 76ers. “Winning the championship was everything, and it made me realize I could
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6:30 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys strength and conditioning coordinator Markus Paul, who was rushed to the hospital Tuesday morning after experiencing a medical emergency, has died, the team announced Wednesday. He was 54. Surrounded by family, Paul died Wednesday evening at Plano Presbyterian Hospital. The cause of death was not announced. “The
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5:56 PM ET Free-agent center Hassan Whiteside has agreed to a one-year deal with the Sacramento Kings, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Whiteside, while averaging 30.0 minutes, led the NBA with 2.9 blocks per game and finished third with 13.5 rebounds last season while with the Portland Trail Blazers. His 25.07 PER was eighth best
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5:54 PM ET Backed by some big names, Oklahoma assistant head coach for offense Shane Beamer will interview for the South Carolina head coaching vacancy and is a strong candidate for the job, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Beamer, the son of Hall of Fame coach Frank Beamer, was South Carolina’s recruiting coordinator in 2009
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5:26 PM ET ESPN News Services Golden State Warriors star guard Klay Thompson underwent surgery on Wednesday and is expected to make a full recovery from a season-ending tear to his right Achilles tendon, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Dr. Richard Ferkel, a noted specialist on ankle injuries, performed the surgery in Los Angeles
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5:24 PM ET Associated Press The Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds swapped three pitchers in a four-player trade Wednesday. The Rockies acquired right-hander Robert Stephenson and minor league outfielder Jameson Hannah from the Reds for right-handed pitchers Jeff Hoffman and Case Williams, a minor leaguer. Stephenson, 27, made 10 relief appearances for the Reds last
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4:22 PM ET Oklahoma‘s game at West Virginia on Saturday has been postponed, the Big 12 announced on Wednesday. The No. 11 Sooners have temporarily paused organized team activities because of recent positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the program. The game with the Mountaineers, originally scheduled to be nationally televised by ABC on
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4:33 PM ET Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers features two of the NFL’s marquee stars in quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady. Mahomes, however, said Wednesday he doesn’t consider himself to be on Brady’s level just yet. “He’s someone that’s a global star,” Mahomes said. “For me, I just
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3:44 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater will return for Sunday’s game at Minnesota, marking his first start against his former team since he suffered a horrific left knee injury during the Vikings’ 2016 training camp. “For me, it’s just another opportunity to do what I love to do,” Bridgewater said
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3:51 PM ET Marc Gasol admits that walking away from the Toronto Raptors — the franchise that delivered him the first and only championship of his 12-year career two seasons ago — was painstaking, even if it meant he was joining the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. “It was tough,” Gasol said Wednesday, conducting his
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2:04 PM ET New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk announced his retirement Wednesday due to an eye injury suffered during the 2019-20 NHL season. “I don’t even think it was a decision. When you play with it and realize there’s something wrong, and then you go and get tests, it really wasn’t a decision; it
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