Month: November 2020

12:54 PM ET Associated Press The Denver Broncos have told season-ticket holders that, due to the increase of COVID-19 cases, Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins will be the last one of the season played with fans in attendance at Empower Field at Mile High. The Broncos have been allowing 5,700 fans into their games.
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1:14 PM ET The Toronto Raptors will begin the 2020-21 NBA season in Tampa, Florida, the team said in a statement Friday. The Raptors were unable to reach an agreement with the Canadian government on a plan to play its home games at Scotiabank Arena. “The Raptors worked diligently with public health officials at the
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1:10 PM ET The NCAA Committee on Infractions placed the Alabama men’s basketball program on three years’ probation Friday after a former associate athletic director accepted bribes to facilitate a meeting between a player’s father and a financial adviser. The NCAA also fined the Crimson Tide $5,000 plus 1% of their operating budget for men’s
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12:40 PM ET Three of the four UFC 255 title headliners have had notable weight issues in the past. But none of those problems reared their ugly heads Friday morning. Deiveson Figueiredo and Alex Perez each successfully made weight ahead of their UFC flyweight title fight. Figueiredo, the flyweight champ, weighed 125 pounds even, while
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12:29 PM GMT France coach Fabien Galthie made eight changes to the team who beat Ireland in the Six Nations when he named his starting lineup for the Autumn Nations Cup clash against Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday. Matthieu Jalibert comes in at fly-half in the absence of the injured Romain Ntamack, alongside scrum-half Antoine
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12:50 PM ET NEW YORK — Just hours before free agency is set to begin, Nets general manager Sean Marks said that Brooklyn’s priority is to retain shooting guard Joe Harris. “We hope that we can continue to build with Joe,” Marks said. “Joe is an intricate piece to the program here, not only what
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11:23 AM ET While All-NBA forward Anthony Davis is on course to eventually agree on a new deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, no formal commitment is expected to come in the immediate days following the start of free agency Friday, sources told ESPN. Klutch Sports CEO and Davis’ agent, Rich Paul, will be in
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10:44 AM ET Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating, he announced in a tweet Friday. Fulmer, 70, said he is “feeling fine” and is asymptomatic. He said he initially tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and that a second test confirmed the diagnosis. “I remain asymptomatic at
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10:24 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints plan to start Taysom Hill at quarterback ahead of Jameis Winston on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Hill took all the starter reps at practice this week, according to the source. A source also told ESPN’s Dianna Russini that
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9:45 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns placed star defensive end Myles Garrett on the COVID-19/reserve list Friday. Garrett had been sent home before Wednesday’s practice after reporting not feeling well. “This morning the Cleveland Browns were informed that a player has tested positive for COVID-19,” the team announced in a statement. “Contact
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7:24 AM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A fundraising campaign has been launched in an effort to raise enough money to renovate and reopen a museum at Muhammad Ali’s childhood home in Louisville. The nonprofit Muhammad Ali Childhood Home Museum is trying to raise $5.8 million that would be used to build a welcome
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8:42 AM ET Miami coach Manny Diaz announced on Twitter on Friday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and will continue to work with his team virtually. Diaz said he was self-isolating and “feeling good overall.” The No. 12 Hurricanes’ scheduled game against Georgia Tech on Saturday was postponed earlier this week because
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