Month: December 2020

7:03 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks were double-digit favorites last week against the New York Giants, who came to Lumen Field with a 4-7 record, no Saquon Barkley and backup Colt McCoy at quarterback. So how did the Seahawks lose 17-12 in one of the biggest upsets of the NFL
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12:58 AM ET New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick decisively said he isn’t changing quarterbacks after pulling Cam Newton early in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s 24-3 road loss to the Los Angeles Rams. “Cam’s our quarterback,” Belichick said in his postgame news conference, cutting off the question to give his answer. Newton finished
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1:18 AM ET Bellator has a new flyweight queen. Juliana Velasquez beat Ilima-Lei Macfarlane via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 48-47) to win the Bellator women’s flyweight title Thursday night in the main event of Bellator 254 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. Macfarlane had been the only women’s flyweight champion the promotion had ever known
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12:53 AM ET ESPN News Services Tempers flared throughout Pittsburgh‘s 34-20 victory over Georgia Tech on Thursday night in Atlanta, including a scrum near the Panthers’ sideline that resulted in unsportsmanlike conduct penalties on both teams. Afterward, Tech coach Geoff Collins had a terse meeting at the center of the field with his Panthers counterpart,
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9:24 PM ET Columbus Crew SC‘s hopes of winning a second MLS Cup final suffered an immense blow on Thursday night when the team announced that midfielders Darlington Nagbe and Pedro Santos have been deemed “not medically cleared to play.” The Crew are scheduled to play the Seattle Sounders FC in the MLS Cup final
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Dec 8, 2020 ESPN Fantasy Staff Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Our experts are back for Week 14 with their fantasy football rankings for the upcoming week of NFL action. Below you will find individual and composite rankings for each position for PPR and non-PPR formats. Click a link and get ready for
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11:14 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald had one lasting memory of Super Bowl LIII against the New England Patriots. “We lost,” Donald said
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9:22 PM ET Rockies reliever Daniel Bard and longtime Royals catcher Salvador Perez are this year’s recipients of the NL and AL Comeback Player of the Year awards. Bard, 35, was a touted Red Sox prospect who saw his major league career in Boston derailed by control issues that ultimately led him to retire in
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9:06 PM ET Alabama play-by-play announcer Eli Gold said his streak of 409 consecutive games called will come to an end Saturday as he recovers from COVID-19. Gold, 66, said Thursday that he and his wife have tested positive for the virus. He made the announcement during coach Nick Saban’s weekly radio show, which he
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7:57 PM ET Michigan offensive lineman Zach Carpenter entered the transfer portal Thursday and announced his intent to transfer on social media. Carpenter was a redshirt freshman center and a three-star prospect out of Cincinnati in the 2019 recruiting class. He had seen playing time in five of Michigan’s six games this season and started
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7:57 PM ET Nick Wagoner Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Rams for nine years for stlouisrams.com Previously covered University of Missouri football Member of Pro Football Writers of America John Keim Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Redskins for the Washington Examiner and other media outlets since 1994 Authored or co-authored three books on the
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7:35 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets have each been fined $25,000 by the NBA for failure to comply with the league’s media rules. “The fines result from Irving’s refusal on several occasions this week to participate in the team media availability,” the NBA said in a statement Thursday. The
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