Month: January 2021

10:01 AM ET Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Greg Mattison is retiring, coach Ryan Day said Friday. Mattison, 71, has shared coordinator duties the past two seasons at Ohio State after joining the staff from archrival Michigan in January 2019. He twice served as the Wolverines’ defensive coordinator and also held coordinator roles at Florida, Notre
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9:36 AM ET PITTSBURGH — After four years with the Steelers, tight end Vance McDonald announced his retirement from the NFL through the team Friday morning. In his final season with the Steelers, McDonald had 15 catches for 99 yards. He missed two games after testing positive for COVID-19 and spent the time quarantined on
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9:38 AM ET The NFL will host about 22,000 fans at Super Bowl LV, according to a series of plans announced Friday morning. That total include free tickets for 7,500 vaccinated health care workers, along with 14,500 in paid attendance. Those numbers mean the league will fill Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium to roughly a third
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7:00 AM ET The NHL’s abridged 56-game 2021 season is up and running. But there have been a few COVID-19 related speed bumps along the way, particularly with the Dallas Stars, Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals. Here’s everything you need to know about how the virus is impacting the hockey season, and what comes next.
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6:25 AM ET ABU DHABI — A non-title UFC lightweight rematch between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier is official for UFC 257 on Saturday, as both fighters successfully made weight during Friday’s weigh-in. McGregor (22-4), a former undisputed champion at lightweight, weighed-in at 155 pounds. Poirier (26-6), who won an interim lightweight champion in 2019,
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3:19 AM GMT LONDON — David Pocock never shirked a challenge when playing for Australia’s rugby union team, the Wallabies, and he has been equally fearless when it comes to making a stand on environmental issues. Now the 32-year-old is calling on fellow athletes to use their profile to help to bring sport up to
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11:54 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was ejected from Thursday night’s game against the New York Knicks after appearing to yell at rookie teammate James Wiseman. Green, who picked up his first technical of the game with 4 minutes, 2 seconds left in the first quarter after arguing too
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