Month: November 2020

7:36 AM ET Baltimore‘s game at Pittsburgh is still on for Tuesday night and the NFL intends for it to be played, according to sources. As of Sunday morning, there have been at least 11 Ravens players and eight staffers who have tested positive for COVID-19, sources said. Baltimore had two new cases from Saturday’s
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11:36 AM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians will face Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on Sunday, but he easily could have been coaching him. Back in 2017, Arians coached the Arizona Cardinals and the team was planning to pick Mahomes with the draft’s No. 13 overall pick, league sources told ESPN. Prior
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10:36 AM ET Sunday marks the first time this season that traveling squads for NFL teams have been reduced from 69 to 62 players and it is not sitting well with some teams, according to multiple executives who believe that more risk will be created by leaving home those players rather than having them with
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9:19 AM ET The Denver Broncos are expected to start undrafted rookie practice squad wide receiver Kendall Hinton at quarterback Sunday against the New Orleans Saints, but the team wanted their starting QB to be Rob Calabrese, their offensive quality control coach for the past two years, sources said. Denver felt that Calabrese had the
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7:31 AM ET Christiaan Bezuidenhout held his nerve to win the Alfred Dunhill Championship by four shots at Leopard Creek Country Club on Sunday as the rest of the contenders faltered in a dramatic finish. The 26-year-old South African took his second European Tour victory after birdies on the 14th and 15th holes helped him
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7:00 AM ET Rookie Jalen Hurts has been getting first team reps at quarterback ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles‘ Monday Night Football game against the Seattle Seahawks, sources told ESPN. Carson Wentz is still expected to start, but there’s been a noticeable increase in Hurts’ snaps with the first team at QB, signaling the likelihood
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6:00 AM ET At a time when the Denver Broncos have lost their quarterbacks, the New Orleans Saints have lost a draft pick. The NFL fined the Saints $500,000 and took away a seventh-round draft pick for not wearing masks during their postgame celebrations after beating Tampa Bay 38-3 in Week 9, league sources told
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2:03 AM ET ESPN’s panel of Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim breaks down the biggest stories coming out of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night, including what’s next for Anthony Smith after his first-round submission win over Devin Clark. The fight was a substitute main event after the Curtis Blaydes–Derrick Lewis fight was canceled. Wagenheim:
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Nov 28, 2020 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Joe Joyce’s accurate punching caused Daniel Dubois’ left eye to swell shut, and it was a simple jab in the 10th round Saturday that
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12:43 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Making his much-anticipated boxing return, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson’s exhibition fight against fellow legend Roy Jones Jr. on Saturday night was unofficially ruled a draw. After the eight-round bout at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tyson, who last fought in 2005, said he will “absolutely” do another exhibition. Both
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