Month: December 2020

5:02 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR already has started adjusting the 2021 calendar. The first three races of the season, which begins Feb. 14 with the Daytona 500, all will be held in Florida now. NASCAR shifted the February race scheduled for Fontana, California, to the road course at Daytona International Speedway. It swapped the
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5:22 PM ET Associated Press DePaul says its men’s basketball game against No. 9 Villanova on Dec. 14 has been postponed. The announcement from the school Tuesday followed an earlier announcement by the Big East that the Blue Demons would not play Seton Hall on Friday. DePaul has paused team activities because of positive COVID-19
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3:53 PM GMT Former England captain Chris Robshaw and scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth are among 13 players who have been hit with suspensions for their COVID-19 breaches which saw the Barbarians’ fixture against England cancelled. The game was set to take place in October but was called off after a number of Barbarians players breached COVID-19
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4:28 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t beat the Washington Football Team on Monday, and coach Mike Tomlin agrees that his team didn’t deserve to win. For the second week in a row, the Steelers failed to move the ball in short-yardage situations, and their run game was nonexistent. “I live by the
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2:48 PM ET Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Jack Scarbath, a star quarterback for Maryland in the early 1950s and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, has died. He was 90. Scarbath died Sunday night, according to the University of Maryland, where he also played lacrosse. “On the field, Jack was
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3:50 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — First basemen Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves and Jose Abreu of the Chicago White Sox have won Hank Aaron Awards as the outstanding offensive performers in each league as voted by MLB.com. Freeman, 31, was second in the NL in batting (.341), OBP (.462), slugging
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1:45 PM ET With Saturday’s rivalry game against Michigan canceled, Ohio State coach Ryan Day on Tuesday said the Big Ten should revisit its rule requiring teams to play at least six games this season to be eligible for the conference championship game. Because No. 4 Ohio State (5-0) can’t play Michigan because of COVID-19
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1:41 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson is naming Jalen Hurts his new starting quarterback, and the rookie will start Sunday against the New Orleans Saints. Carson Wentz, the team’s franchise quarterback to this point, will back up Hurts. “We’re not where we want to be as an offense,” Pederson said, according to the
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2:15 PM ET Borussia Dortmund forward Youssoufa Moukoko has become the youngest-ever player to feature in the Champions League after coming on against Zenit St Petersburg. Moukoko, 16 years and 24 days, has broken a 26-year-old record previously held by Celestine Babayaro. The former Nigeria international made his Champions League debut for Anderlecht in a
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2:17 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN Nike and Jordan Brand on Tuesday announced a new schoolwide footwear and apparel deal with UCLA. The Bruins football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball programs will wear Jordan footwear and apparel, while Nike will outfit the school’s additional 22 varsity teams. UCLA’s need of a partner for footwear and apparel
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2:13 PM ET ESPN News Services First baseman Carlos Santana and the Kansas City Royals are in agreement on a two-year, $17 million deal, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Tuesday. Santana became a free agent after his $17.5 million option for 2021 was declined after the season as part of a payroll purge
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1:27 PM ET The annual rivalry game between Michigan and Ohio State has been canceled due to an increase in COVID-19 cases over the past week within the Wolverines’ program, the school announced. The decision was made after conversations with medical experts, health department officials and university administration. “The number of positive tests has continued
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2:55 PM ET Associated Press Sofia Kenin collected the WTA Player of the Year award on Tuesday after winning the Australian Open in January for her first Grand Slam title and finishing as the runner-up at the French Open in October. The 22-year-old from Florida went 16-2 at the three major tournaments played in 2020
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1:18 PM ET UFC 256 has lost two more fights because of coronavirus, but the event also has named a replacement fighter for a third bout that previously had been canceled because of COVID-19. Dwight Grant (10-3), who was to face middleweight Li Jingliang (17-6) in an early prelim on Saturday’s card in Las Vegas,
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