Month: December 2020

4:30 PM ET Everything was looking perfect for the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. A 24-7 lead. A victory was in sight. A step closer to the playoffs. Even potentially going into Week 17 with a chance to win the AFC South. But things fell apart like nothing they had experienced this season. The defense couldn’t
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6:22 PM ET Following Sunday’s loss to the New York Jets, which prevented the Cleveland Browns from clinching a playoff berth, quarterback Baker Mayfield said he “failed the team” after fumbling three times. “Plain and simple, I have to hold onto the damn ball,” said Mayfield, who fumbled on Cleveland’s final two drives, allowing the
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9:27 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 quarterback Jared Goff expressed uncertainty whether he will be able to play in the team’s regular-season finale after he suffered a thumb injury on
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9:18 PM ET LANDOVER, Md. — Washington Football Team quarterback Dwayne Haskins opened the day as the starter with a chance to redeem himself. He exited with plenty of questions surrounding his future, calling the past week the toughest of his life. Washington benched Haskins in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 20-13 loss to the
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9:07 PM ET NEW YORK — Spencer Dinwiddie strained his right knee and will miss the remainder of the Brooklyn Nets‘ game against the Charlotte Hornets, the team said. In the third quarter of Sunday’s game, Dinwiddie drove against Bismack Biyombo and planted his right leg awkwardly. Dinwiddie was on the floor, grabbing his right
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8:29 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony didn’t make the trip to Los Angeles for Monday’s game against the Lakers because of “health and safety” protocols, the team announced Sunday. Anthony, 36, is averaging 10 points in 22.5 minutes per game as the Blazers are off to 1-1 start. He scored five points
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5:55 PM ET Associated Press Roger Federer is withdrawing from the Australian Open while he continues preparing to return to action after two operations on his right knee, his agent told The Associated Press on Sunday. Tony Godsick — Federer’s long-time representative and CEO of their management company, TEAM8 — said he is working on
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8:33 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns suffered a dislocated left wrist and is expected to miss several games before he’s cleared to return. No surgery will be required, the team said Sunday, and the organization is terming his timeline on the basis of a weekly evaluation. There’s optimism that will require a relatively
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7:46 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks are NFC West champions, and they have their resurgent defense to thank for that. That recent trend continued Sunday at Lumen Field as the Seahawks held the Los Angeles Rams to three field goals in a 20-9 win, securing Seattle’s first division title since 2016.
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6:00 PM ET HOUSTON — Defensive end J.J. Watt has expressed frustration about the Houston Texans‘ play amid this losing season on several occasions, but his frustration appeared to boil over after Sunday’s 37-31 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. After acknowledging that the defense had played “horrendously” on Sunday and that this was the most
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5:09 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The LA Clippers trailed by a historic 50 points at halftime to the Dallas Mavericks, who set the record for largest halftime lead in NBA history on Sunday. Playing without the injured Kawhi Leonard (mouth laceration) and Marcus Morris (knee), the Clippers couldn’t do much in the first half
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4:36 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Potentially the greatest moment in the history of the Jacksonville Jaguars came on the same day they set a franchise record with their 14th consecutive loss after a 41-17 loss to the Chicago Bears. The loss, coupled with the New York Jets‘ victory over the Cleveland Browns, means the
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