Month: December 2020

1:21 PM ET Houston announced on Tuesday that it has paused all team-related basketball activities because of COVID-19 positive tests and contact tracing. The No. 7 Cougars, who were scheduled to play home games against Sam Houston State (Wednesday) and Rice (Saturday) have announced that they will postpone both games. “These are challenging times, but
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12:34 PM ET ESPN News Services The Chicago White Sox and Adam Eaton have agreed to a one-year, $7 million deal that includes a club option for 2022 at $8.5 million, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Eaton is expected to be the every-day right fielder for the White Sox. The deal was first reported
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10:53 AM ET PITTSBURGH — For the second game in a row, a Pittsburgh Steelers player suffered a knee injury that will force him to miss time. Inside linebacker Robert Spillane suffered an apparent left knee injury in the third quarter of Monday’s loss to the Washington Football Team and is expected to miss time,
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12:16 PM ET Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 James Harden indicated to the Houston Rockets before the beginning of training
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10:50 AM ET The regular-season finale between Cincinnati and Tulsa was canceled amid ongoing coronavirus issues with the Bearcats’ football program, the American Athletic Conference announced Tuesday. The two teams are still scheduled to meet in the American conference championship game Dec. 19. This is the second time the Tulsa-Cincinnati regular-season game was scheduled to
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11:18 AM ET USC safety Greg Johnson will miss the rest of the season following a knee injury Sunday against Washington State. Coach Clay Helton said Johnson sustained a torn meniscus that will require surgery. Johnson started three of USC’s first four games at nickelback and recorded 15 tackles, including one for loss. He has
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9:21 AM ET The NHL and NHL Players’ Association have cleared their financial hurdles and are pushing forward with planning talks for the 2020-21 season. The sides are now aiming for a Jan. 13 start date, with either a 52- or 56-game schedule, sources confirmed to ESPN. The sides have communicated daily since Thursday, and
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10:38 AM ET NEW YORK — Dick Kaegel, who covered the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals and edited The Sporting News during a career of more than 53 years, has won the Hall of Fame’s J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing. He will be honored during induction weekend from
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9:50 AM ET LSU tight end Arik Gilbert is considering opting out for the remainder of the season, Tigers coach Ed Orgeron told a radio station Tuesday morning. In an interview with WNXX-FM 104.5 ESPN in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Orgeron said Gilbert’s “body is hurting” and that his mother is in town. Gilbert didn’t practice
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6:55 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Before he received his dosage of radiation and underwent chemotherapy, Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera received a simple but meaningful greeting at the front desk of the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Fairfax, Virginia. It was an everyday gesture in a situation that wasn’t ordinary. Linda Carter, who
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10:28 AM GMT England will host world champions South Africa at Twickenham during their 2021 Autumn International series, a rematch of the 2019 Rugby World Cup final in Yokohama which the Springboks won to secure their third title. Eddie Jones’s side will play Australia the week before and are lining up a third match against
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