Month: January 2021

1:54 PM ET Former Nebraska Cornhuskers wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson is transferring to Kentucky, he announced Friday. Robinson, who led Nebraska with 51 receptions for 461 yards and a touchdown in eight games this season, entered the NCAA’s transfer portal earlier this week. He told ESPN that he wanted to play closer to his home
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1:12 PM ET Clemson running back Travis Etienne is off to the NFL draft after a record-setting career with the Tigers, he announced Friday. Etienne played four seasons at Clemson but, like all FBS players, could have used the NCAA’s blanket waiver to return in the fall of 2021. He finished his Clemson career with
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1:18 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back and New Orleans native Leonard Fournette will start against the New Orleans Saints in Sunday’s NFC divisional game, coach Bruce Arians said Friday. Regular starting running back Ronald Jones, who suffered a quad injury and missed last week’s wild-card game against Washington, will be
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1:18 PM ET Despite nine COVID-related postponements since Sunday, team health officials, team executives and sources around the league familiar with its health and safety protocols say that, while the situation remains fluid, they don’t expect it to be enough to warrant a shutdown of the league or moving back to a bubble. The officials
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12:49 PM ET A federal appeals court in New York has upheld the convictions of a former Adidas employee, a former Adidas consultant and an aspiring business manager who were found guilty for their roles in pay-for-play schemes to influence high-profile basketball recruits to attend Kansas, Louisville and NC State. Former Adidas employee James Gatto,
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11:21 AM GMT Wales fullback Liam Williams will miss their opening Six Nations match after being handed a three-game ban following his red card in Scarlets’ defeat by Cardiff Blues last week in the PRO14. The 29-year-old will miss Ireland’s visit on Feb. 7 after he was sent off for diving into a ruck and
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11:21 AM GMT The final two rounds of the European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup will be cancelled and the tournaments will move straight to the knockout rounds, Premiership Rugby chief executive Darren Childs said. The French government blocked Top 14 clubs from competing in the European competitions against clubs from United Kingdom and Ireland
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11:03 AM ET Associated Press MIAMI — An 18-year-old infielder from Cuba is among 11 players from four countries to sign with the Miami Marlins during Major League Baseball’s international signing period. Yiddi Cappe is widely regarded as one of baseball’s top 10 international prospects. He’s 6-foot-3 and 175 pounds and has played shortstop in
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11:25 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have activated guard Joel Bitonio from the reserve/COVID-19 list Friday after he sat out their playoff opener last weekend. Bitonio, who was selected to the Pro Bowl for a third consecutive season this year, tested positive for the virus last week, along with head coach Kevin
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11:14 AM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has been fined $50,000 for violating the league’s health and safety protocols and ordered to take part in a five-day quarantine, NBA president of league operations Byron Spruell announced Friday. According to a release from the NBA, Irving violated the protocols by attending a private indoor party
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10:12 AM ET Second baseman DJ LeMahieu and the New York Yankees are finalizing a six-year, $90 million contract, sources familiar with the agreement told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. LeMahieu finished third in the American League MVP voting after winning the AL batting title with an MLB-leading .364 average over the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, becoming just
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