Month: December 2020

9:48 PM ET It had been 790 days between starts for San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard going into Saturday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals. In between, Beathard endured a lifetime’s worth of grief. Earlier this week, Beathard observed the one-year anniversary of the death of his younger brother, Clayton, who had been stabbed to
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9:20 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN In Sunday’s New York Times, an advocacy group took out a full-page advertisement calling on the NBA and its owners to force Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores to sell his team because of his ownership of a prison telecom company. “It hurts,” Gores said during Saturday’s media availability ahead of
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8:46 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals star quarterback Kyler Murray sustained a leg injury in the final seconds of the Cardinals’ 20-12 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday. Murray was hurt on a hit by 49ers defensive lineman Alex Barrett after throwing a pass that fell incomplete to wide receiver DeAndre
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7:07 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quarterback Cam Newton is slated to start for the New England Patriots on Monday night against the Buffalo Bills, barring an unexpected change, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Newton’s status, and the possibility of the Patriots turning to backup Jarrett Stidham, came into sharper focus after New England
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5:38 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — – Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo says the team isn’t ruling out a reunion with Ryan Zimmerman after acquiring slugger Josh Bell to play first base this week. The Nationals acquired Bell, a 2019 All-Star, from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday for two pitching prospects, and Bell
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2:46 PM ET DETROIT — The Detroit Lions were already down their coach, defensive coordinator and three position coaches due to COVID close contact quarantine. Then their quarterback, Matthew Stafford, played a series before suffering an ankle injury, ending his day. The combination of that along with a season already lost led to this —
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4:03 PM ET North Carolina star running back Javonte Williams is opting out of the Orange Bowl and will enter the 2021 NFL draft, he said Saturday. Williams rushed for 1,140 yards on 157 carries with 19 touchdowns this season. He made history with teammate Michael Carter earlier this month as the pair combined for
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4:43 PM ET Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady helped end the NFL’s second-longest playoff drought by throwing four touchdown passes in a 47-7 blowout win over the Detroit Lions on Saturday, clinching Tampa Bay’s first playoff berth since 2007. Brady, appearing in his 300th game in the same city his career began — Detroit, 20 years
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1:09 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract with center Carl Soderberg, the team announced Saturday. Soderberg, 35, posted 35 points in his lone season with the Arizona Coyotes, who acquired the center in a June 2019 trade with the Colorado Avalanche. “Carl is an experienced center who plays
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2:15 PM ET The Cleveland Browns are delaying their flight to New Jersey to conduct contract tracing after a player tested positive for COVID-19. The Browns are scheduled to play the New York Jets at 1 p.m. ET Sunday. Starting left tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list earlier this week after
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1:04 PM ET Ilya Kovalchuk is returning to Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League after signing a two-year contract with Avangard Omsk, the league announced Saturday. Kovalchuk, 37, played for three NHL teams during the 2019-20 season. He started the campaign with the Los Angeles Kings before they waived him and his $18.25 million contract in December.
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8:30 AM ET It was Tuesday, July 30, 2002, when Coastal Carolina University dignitaries — the chancellor, the athletic director, the football coach, a couple of trustees — gathered beneath a pop-up tent in the sweltering Grand Strand, South Carolina, sun. They smiled from beneath their hard hats, stuck their ceremonial shovels into the sandy
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