Month: December 2020

12:15 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com The WTA announced its schedule for the beginning portion of the 2021 season on Friday, following the official announcement of the delayed dates of the Australian Open. Posting a calendar of the first seven weeks, the season will get underway at the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open on Jan.
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11:57 AM ET The LA Galaxy is in advanced discussions with former Toronto FC head coach Greg Vanney to be the team’s next manager, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Grant Wahl was the first to report the current state of the talks. – Insider Notebook: Juventus propose Pogba-Dybala swap deal– MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE
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11:07 AM ET Ohio State will be without leading wide receiver Chris Olave, starting linebacker Baron Browning and others for Saturday’s Big Ten championship against No. 14 Northwestern. Olave and Browning are among 22 players Ohio State listed as out for the title game. Starting safety Marcus Hooker is listed as a game-time decision. Ohio
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11:44 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants coaching staff is getting thin for this week’s game against the Cleveland Browns after outside linebackers coach Bret Bielema left to become the head coach at the University of Illinois on Saturday morning and offensive assistant Stephen Brown tested positive for COVID-19. Offensive coordinator
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9:13 AM ET Illinois is hiring former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach Bret Bielema to lead its football program, the school announced Saturday. Bielema, 50, has spent the past three seasons as an NFL assistant, working this year for the New York Giants after two years with the New England Patriots. He had expressed interest in
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11:22 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Drew Plitt threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score in the first half, and Ball State kept Buffalo star Jaret Patterson under control in a 38-28 victory over the Bulls on Friday night in the Mid-American Conference football title game. The Cardinals (6-1) won their first
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11:36 PM ET Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Trea Shropshire had five receptions for 180 yards — including a 71-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter — and Spencer Brown had 30 carries for 149 yards rushing to help UAB beat Marshall 22-13 on Friday night for the Blazers’ second Conference USA championship in the past
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12:00 AM ET SMU quarterback Shane Buechele is headed to the NFL draft, he announced Friday night. Buechele is a fifth-year senior but could have used the NCAA’s blanket waiver that allows all football players to retain their eligibility after the 2020 season. He started the past two seasons at SMU, eclipsing 3,000 pass yards
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11:39 PM ET Ohio State and Northwestern both have cleared final COVID-19 testing ahead of Saturday’s Big Ten football championship game in Indianapolis, sources told ESPN. Players and coaches on both teams had to pass a final layer of conference-mandated testing Friday after arriving in Indianapolis. A source said No. 14 Northwestern came out “100%
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12:04 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving says he plans to burn sage before every game this season to honor his Native American heritage. Irving was seen burning sage on the court at TD Garden during warm-ups before his Nets beat the Boston Celtics 113-89 on Friday night in the
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