Month: December 2020

2:28 PM ET Oregon will replace Washington as the Pac-12 North representative in the conference championship football game, the conference announced Monday. It was determined the Huskies would be unable to field the 53 scholarship players needed to play because of positive cases for COVID-19 and the related contact-tracing protocols, the conference said. The Huskies
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2:24 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Mike McCarthy will be the Dallas Cowboys‘ coach in 2021. Speaking on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, executive vice president Stephen Jones on Monday put to rest any speculation that the Cowboys could be looking to move on from McCarthy after just one year on the job “There will
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2:39 PM ET NEW YORK — After weeks of using Instagram stories and written statements as his primary communication methods, Kyrie Irving spoke to reporters Monday morning after Brooklyn Nets practice and reflected on playing for the first time since February, being on the court with Kevin Durant and why he chose to violate the
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12:22 PM GMT Rugby World Cup holders South Africa have been drawn with Ireland for the 2023 competition while New Zealand are paired with hosts France. Last year’s semifinalists England are in the same pool as Japan and Argentina and Wales will have to get past Australia and Fiji. In Pool A, New Zealand and
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1:20 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — 23XI Racing announced a full slate of sponsorship Monday to back the new NASCAR team owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin. DoorDash, McDonald’s, Columbia Sportswear, Dr Pepper and Root Insurance were all named “founding partners” for the No. 23 Toyota Camry that Bubba Wallace will drive
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1:46 PM ET Former Baylor head coach Art Briles resigned as head coach at Mount Vernon (Texas) High School on Monday, the school announced. Briles, who was 20-6 at the small East Texas school in two seasons, led the Tigers to the state semifinals this year. It was his first coaching job back in the
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12:33 PM ET Running back Melvin Gordon‘s driving under the influence case has been continued to Jan. 14, so Gordon will be available to play in the Denver Broncos‘ final three games. Gordon, who could still face league discipline in the 2021 season, was arrested Oct. 13 in downtown Denver for DUI and was also
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1:09 PM ET Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips was named the next ACC commissioner on Monday. Phillips, who has led Northwestern’s athletic department since April 2008, will replace John Swofford, who is set to retire as ACC commissioner in June after 24 years leading the conference. “Jim is well-respected throughout college athletics and knows the
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12:53 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have signed outfielder Hunter Renfroe to a one-year deal. A first-round pick by the Padres in 2013, Renfroe batted .228 with 97 home runs and 226 RBI over five seasons with San Diego and Tampa Bay. He hit 25 or more homers in three
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12:50 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles rookie Jalen Hurts will start at quarterback Sunday for a second straight week, against the Arizona Cardinals, coach Doug Pederson announced Monday. Pederson also announced that starting safety Rodney McLeod will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL and that starting cornerback Darius Slay is in
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12:09 PM ET AP Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons waived guard LiAngelo Ball and forwards Louis King and Anthony Lamb. The Pistons announced the moves Monday. King played on a two-way contract with the Pistons last season. Lamb and Ball were signed earlier this month. Ball is the
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12:28 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga and Baylor sit atop an unchanged top tier of The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, while West Virginia and Tennessee have cracked the top 10. First-place votes in parentheses: 1. Gonzaga (54)2. Baylor (7)3. Iowa (1)4. Michigan State5. Kansas6. Houston7. Villanova8. West Virginia9. Creighton10. Tennessee11. Texas12. Wisconsin13. Illinois14.
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11:41 AM ET Yoel Romero, the former multiple-time UFC title challenger, has agreed to a new multifight deal with Bellator, sources told ESPN. Romero is expected to sign his new deal imminently. The deal comes less than two weeks after the UFC released the Cuban-born fighter after more than seven years in the promotion. Initially,
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11:00 AM ET Vanderbilt has zeroed in on Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark Lea as its top target to become the Commodores’ next football coach and hopes to finalize a deal within the next day, sources told ESPN. Lea, 38, oversees a Notre Dame defense ranked 12th nationally in scoring defense (17.1 points per game)
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