Month: November 2020

6:47 PM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features Penn State football coach James Franklin told a player not to talk to police following a fight with a star linebacker in a 2018
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1:26 AM ET Washington State quarterback Jayden de Laura will miss the Cougars’ road game against Stanford on Saturday after testing positive for COVID-19, a source confirmed to ESPN. De Laura’s positive test was first reported Thursday by the Spokesman-Review. With de Laura, a true freshman, unavailable, Washington State (1-1) will turn to either redshirt
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12:40 AM ET ESPN News Services Lawrence Frank, the LA Clippers‘ president of basketball operations, commented on the addition of guard Luke Kennard following the team’s official announcement of his acquisition from Detroit on Thursday. “Luke is a young, ascending player who has worked hard to establish himself as a reliable shooter and playmaker,” Frank
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11:57 PM ET Two of the biggest stars in hip-hop battled on Thursday night at Magic City in Atlanta to kick off Season 2 of “Verzuz.” With beef, controversy and drama filling the air, social media was ready to see potential fireworks as Jeezy and Gucci Mane squared off in the latest showdown of the
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11:24 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seattle Seahawks have ruled out veteran tight end Greg Olsen for the remainder of Thursday night’s game due to a foot injury. Olsen went down in obvious pain without being contacted with around 11 and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter. He had to be helped into
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11:07 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA. S.C. — Lou Holtz has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 83-year-old former college football coach confirmed the test Thursday to Columbia TV station WOLO. “I don’t have a lot of energy right now,” Holtz told the ABC station. Holtz led Notre Dame to the 1988 national title in
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10:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman‘s suspension for throwing near the head of Tampa Bay’s Mike Brosseau was reduced from three games to two after he appealed the decision. Major League Baseball announced the result of the appeal on Thursday. It was heard by special assistant to the commissioner
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9:06 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Jake Scott, the star safety who was the most valuable player in the Super Bowl that completed the Miami Dolphins‘ 1972 perfect season before his relationship with coach Don Shula soured, died Thursday in Atlanta. He was 75. Scott died after a fall down a stairway that left
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9:52 PM ET Saturday’s rivalry game between San Jose State and Fresno State has been canceled due to contract tracing protocols at Fresno State, the Mountain West announced Thursday. The game will be declared a no contest and will not be made up. It is the conference’s third game called off this week, joining Utah-Wyoming
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9:24 PM ET The NBA is investigating whether a failed sign-and-trade agreement that would have sent Bogdan Bogdanovic from the Sacramento Kings to the Milwaukee Bucks happened earlier than league rules allow, sources confirmed to ESPN. News of the league’s investigation was first reported Thursday by The New York Times. The NBA’s free-agency period begins
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