Month: November 2020

5:25 PM ET Gonzaga guard Andrew Nembhard, who transferred from Florida in the spring, is eligible to play immediately this season after the NCAA approved his waiver Tuesday. Prior to his waiver, Nembhard was considered the top sit-out transfer in the country for the 2021-22 men’s basketball season. A 6-foot-5 point guard from Canada, Nembhard
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5:00 PM GMT Flanker Jack Willis, winger Anthony Watson and hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie have all been included in Eddie Jones’s extended 25-man squad to face Wales in the Nations Cup on Saturday, but centre Ollie Lawrence will miss the game with a hip injury. Willis made a try-scoring debut against Georgia two weeks ago, but
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4:34 PM ET GGG is back. IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin will meet mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta on Dec. 18 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, DAZN announced Tuesday. The bout was initially scheduled for February and then April, with the latter date scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The
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4:50 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jaguars defensive coaching staff is working away from the team facility because of intensive COVID-19 protocols and contact tracing, a league source confirmed Tuesday afternoon. Jaguars players are normally off Tuesday so that did not impact any practice, but it’s unclear at this point how Wednesday’s practice and
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4:09 PM ET Purdue sophomore defensive end George Karlaftis tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the school announced. Despite the positive test, Purdue is continuing with team activities as of now. Karlaftis was administered an antigen test in the morning, which came back positive, and the result was confirmed with a PCR test. The school
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3:08 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Unlike in Milwaukee, where there won’t be any fans at Bucks home games to start the 2020-21 NBA season, there will be a limited amount of fans at Vivint Arena in Utah for Jazz home games when action resumes in December. Vivint Arena will allow up 1,500 fans in the
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3:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena has been detained in Mexico’s Yucatan state for a situation involving allegations of domestic violence. The Yucatan state prosecutors’ office confirmed Tuesday that Arozarena was detained “for problems relating to his ex-partner.” He has not been formally charged yet. Mexican law allows a
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3:05 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans All-Star forward Brandon Ingram has agreed to a five-year, $158 million maximum contract extension, his agents, Jeff Schwartz and Jordan Gertler of Excel Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Ingram flourished last season in New Orleans after arriving as part of the trade that sent Anthony Davis to
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2:20 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat are working on a contract extension, the team said Tuesday. Once the deal is finalized it will likely guarantee Adebayo at least $168 million over the next six seasons and perhaps as much as $200 million in that span. Adebayo will make
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3:06 PM ET Sunday’s game between Baylor and Seton Hall has been canceled, both programs announced Tuesday. For the Bears, ESPN’s preseason No. 1 team, it’s their third game cancelled since coach Scott Drew tested positive for COVID-19 last Sunday. “While we were excited about this Big 12-Big East Battle matchup, we agreed that canceling
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2:01 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Tuesday that he doesn’t believe that quarterback Tom Brady, who threw two interceptions in a 27-24 Monday Night Football loss to the Los Angeles Rams, has confidence issues with his new offense. But Arians does believe that after 20 years with the
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2:50 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin cornerback Caesar Williams questioned pass interference calls made during this past weekend’s loss and said the penalties won’t cause the Badgers to play any less aggressively the rest of the season. The Badgers were called for pass interference four times Saturday in Northwestern‘s 17-7 victory. Two
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12:07 PM ET The Dallas Cowboys have canceled practice Tuesday because of “a non-COVID related medical emergency involving a staff member.” “The circumstances speak to the severity of the situation,” the Cowboys said in the statement. Players were supposed to have a shorter practice Tuesday in preparation for Thursday’s game against Washington Football Team.
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1:18 PM ET In their first year of eligibility, Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson and Calvin Johnson lead the list of 25 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021. The semifinalists were announced Tuesday. Those three players, with a combined 29 Pro Bowl appearances in their careers, join cornerback Eric Allen, defensive
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12:51 PM ET ESPN News Services The Columbus Blue Jackets said Tuesday that several players recently tested positive for COVID-19 while preparing for the new season and went into quarantine. The club has closed off-ice facilities at its training center as a precautionary measure and will keep them off-limits through the Thanksgiving holiday. NHL facilities
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1:53 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Now that Fred VanVleet is officially back with the Toronto Raptors, he is excited about the fact that the team finds itself in a familiar position: being doubted and overlooked. “I’m excited about what we’ve got,” VanVleet said Tuesday morning during a virtual news conference commemorating his new four-year, $85
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