Month: December 2020

7:00 AM ET The most recent congressional proposal to reshape college sports aims to go far beyond codifying a college athlete’s ability to earn endorsement money. The College Athlete Bill of Rights, proposed Thursday by co-authors Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., would create sweeping changes for college sports, including provisions that
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12:15 AM ET Undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant will defend his belt against former titleholder Caleb Truax on January 30. The bout will headline a Premier Boxing Champions card airing on FOX. The fight was announced on Wednesday’s PBC broadcast and by Plant on Twitter. Plant, 28, is undefeated at 20-0 with 12
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12:21 AM ET Former Baltimore Ravens running back Lorenzo Taliaferro died Wednesday in his hometown of Williamsburg, Virginia, according to the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office. He was 28. Taliaferro was transported at 3:30 p.m. ET to Riverside Doctors’ Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A family member told WBFF-TV Fox45 in Baltimore that Taliaferro died of
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11:38 PM ET Associated Press The men’s basketball game between No. 7 Villanova and No. 17 Virginia scheduled for Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York has been canceled. It was supposed to be a matchup of the past two NCAA champions — and the first college basketball game at The Garden since
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5:24 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Francisco Giants added a veteran option for the rotation alongside ace Johnny Cueto by signing right-handed pitcher Anthony DeSclafani to a one-year contract, the team announced Wednesday. The deal is worth $6 million in salary, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The Giants still will look to
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9:35 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies have a talented young core that they are determined to keep together, and they exercised the 2021-22 options for reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., Brandon Clarke and Grayson Allen. The Grizzlies announced the moves Wednesday night. The No.
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