10:00 PM ET Editor’s note: Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, expert on sports issues, scholar and author. As we approach the end of 2020, a year that will be remembered for being full of challenges, the effort and commitment shown by so many to carry out another college football
Month: December 2020
Pat Cummins revealed he has at times been guilty of making hurtful “one liners” to players of colour © Getty Images Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine and vice-captain Pat Cummins have admitted to spending most of their professional lives in blissful ignorance of racism in the society around them. Cummins revealed he had at times
8:04 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Red Sox have signed right-hander Matt Andriese to a $2.1 million, one-year deal to bolster the back end of their starting rotation, chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom said Wednesday. Andriese will earn a $1.85 million salary for 2021 and has a $3.5 million club option for 2022
8:07 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers signed right-hander José Ureña to a $3.25 million, one-year deal Wednesday. Ureña can earn $250,000 in performance bonuses based on starts, $50,000 each for 15, 18, 21, 24 and 27. The 29-year-old starter has spent the past six season with the Miami Marlins, compiling a
7:30 PM ET NFL NationESPN The New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders are clinging to fleeting playoff hopes, but they can be a little more optimistic this week that they’ll have their first-string quarterbacks in place in Week 16. For NFC East-leading Washington, it’s still iffy if Alex Smith (calf) will be able to
7:02 PM ET Texas-San Antonio football coach Jeff Traylor has tested positive for COVID-19, the school announced Wednesday. The first-year head coach received the positive result on Wednesday during routine testing protocols. Traylor is in isolation and is not currently experiencing any symptoms, the school said. The Roadrunners are scheduled to play No. 19 Louisiana
4:09 PM ET Tampa Bay Lightning star winger Nikita Kucherov is undergoing hip surgery next week and will miss the entire regular season, general manager Julien BriseBrois announced Wednesday. Though Kucherov’s designation to long-term injury reserve will give initial relief to cap-strapped Tampa Bay, it’s a significant blow for the defending Stanley Cup champions. The
6:13 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — Something is beginning to stir at Manchester United, maybe even the reawakening of a club that has appeared to be sleepwalking through the past seven years since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement as manager. A 2-0 Carabao Cup quarterfinal win at Everton is by no means the golden moment of
6:38 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN One day after the 2020-21 regular season tipped off, the NBA has postponed its first game. Late Wednesday afternoon, the NBA announced that the matchup between the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder scheduled for 8 p.m. ET had been postponed because the Rockets did not have eight players available.
5:19 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers have reached a two-year deal with reliever Tommy Kahnle that is worth $4.75 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, confirming multiple reports The hard-throwing 31-year-old right-hander had Tommy John surgery on Aug. 4 with New York Yankees head physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad and is likely to return
5:29 PM ET The Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder game for Wednesday night has been postponed as the Rockets do not have the league-required eight available players needed to proceed with the game, the NBA announced. The NBA said three Rockets players have returned tests that were either positive or inconclusive for coronavirus under
5:14 PM ET Associated Press Oregon’s men’s basketball game against UCLA scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed because of COVID-19 testing protocols for game officials. The Pac-12 initially announced that the start of the game set for noon Pacific time between the No. 25 Ducks and the Bruins was being delayed while the conference was
4:04 PM ET The NHL’s condensed 2020-21 season will begin on Jan. 13, with the Tampa Bay Lightning raising their Stanley Cup banner before hosting the Chicago Blackhawks. The Lightning-Blackhawks tilt is one of five opening-night games for the NHL, with the slate also featuring the Pittsburgh Penguins visiting the Philadelphia Flyers, the Montreal Canadiens
2:54 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott believes he is on track to play Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles despite a calf injury that has bothered him the past three weeks and kept him off the field last week. After working through some resistance training at the start of practice,
3:51 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Barring a turnaround, running back Christian McCaffrey is set to miss his sixth straight game and 12th on the season when the Carolina Panthers face Washington and former coach Ron Rivera on Sunday. McCaffrey did not practice Wednesday, and coach Matt Rhule said the NFL’s highest-paid back is very
2:33 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — In one of the most poignant rants about practicing since Allen Iverson’s famous comments in 2002, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins defended his practice habits on Wednesday. Yes, Hopkins, one of the Cardinals’ franchise players, was, indeed, talking about practice. Not a game. Practice. Hopkins has come under
4:42 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose State is finalizing a contract extension with football coach Brent Brennan after he led the school to its best season in more than 80 years. Brennan’s current contract runs through the 2023 season, and athletic director Marie Tuite said the school wanted to make
3:22 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said he’s done dancing on opponents’ logos during pregame warm-ups after increased scrutiny to the viral videos over the last two weeks. Smith-Schuster has danced on opponents’ logos, as well as his own, during pregame warmups all season, but he said he’s calling it quits because
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