Month: January 2021

4:00 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady spoke glowingly of coach Bruce Arians on Thursday as the Bucs prepare to take on the Kansas City Chiefs in next week’s Super Bowl, saying “I think everyone wants to win for him.” At 68, Arians will be the second-oldest head coach in
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5:54 PM ET Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera was declared cancer-free after a checkup Thursday, according to tweets from his wife Stephanie and daughter Courtney. Stephanie Rivera tweeted that, “Prayers have been answered. Thx to all the Drs & nurses who “Coached up” @RiverboatRonHC and me and gave us the winning game plan to
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5:58 PM ET Associated Press North Carolina State scoring leader Devon Daniels is out for the season due to a serious knee injury. The school announced Thursday that the 6-foot-5 senior had torn his left anterior cruciate ligament during the second half Wednesday night in a victory over Wake Forest. Daniels was averaging 16.5 points
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4:05 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid expressed disappointment that offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was passed over for an NFL head coach opening for the third straight year. “I’m glad I have him [for at least another season], but I’m not so glad I have him,” Reid said Thursday
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3:38 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger wants to return to the Pittsburgh Steelers for the 2021 season, team president Art Rooney II said Thursday, but to do that, the team and its veteran quarterback must make some difficult decisions. With the salary cap decreasing because of a drop in revenue due to the COVID-19
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3:58 PM ET Associated Press CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Freshman forward Matt Cross has left the Miami Hurricanes‘ program, the latest personnel loss for a reeling team plagued by injuries. No reason was given when Miami made the announcement Thursday. Cross started nine games, ranked fifth on the team in points and fourth in rebounds,
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2:55 PM ET Associated Press Atlanta Motor Speedway will allow a limited number of fans to camp on the infield during its NASCAR weekend March 20-21. The speedway in suburban Hampton plans to utilize the Flock Brothers campground, located inside turns 1 and 2 of the 1.54-mile oval. The plan calls for campers to be
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2:54 PM ET Sports fans should savour Ash Barty’s return to tennis because it could be fleeting. While Barty hopes Friday night’s [AEDT] comeback match in Adelaide marks the start of a “long season” ahead, the world No.1 is offering no real guarantees beyond the Australian summer. Barty hasn’t played since last February, deciding not
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2:50 PM ET Associated Press Two days after COVID-19 kept Kamaiu Johnson from his dream of playing on the PGA Tour, the Honda Classic stepped forward Thursday to make sure the inspiring Black golfer gets his shot. Johnson was the top player on the Advocates Pro Golf Association last year, and the Farmers Insurance Open
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3:40 PM ET Anthony Davis will sit out Thursday’s game against the Detroit Pistons with a bruised right quad, the team announced. Davis was asked about his right leg, which he seemed to be favoring in Wednesday’s 107-106 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, and downplayed any discomfort he was experiencing. “I had a little brush
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2:00 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Sara Goodrum has been promoted to minor league hitting coordinator by the Milwaukee Brewers, apparently making her the first woman to have that role in any Major League Baseball organization. Goodrum’s official new title with the Brewers is coordinator for hitting development initiatives, but she essentially will be
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2:33 PM ET Florida Atlantic is hiring former Arizona coach Mike Stoops as defensive coordinator, the team announced Thursday. Stoops, who spent the past two seasons as a defensive analyst at Alabama, will replace Jim Leavitt, who left to become defensive coordinator at SMU. Stoops, 59, last held a coordinator post at Oklahoma from 2012
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2:21 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers moved quickly to name a new special-teams coordinator, promoting assistant special-teams coach Maurice Drayton. A source confirmed the move one day after coach Matt LaFleur fired Shawn Mennenga after two seasons in that role. Drayton has been with the team since 2018, a year before LaFleur
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1:28 PM ET South Africa’s Richard Sterne carded a 64 in the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic to finish at eight under for a one-shot lead at the Emirates Golf Club on Thursday. Sterne started on the back nine and had five birdies at the turn before he added four more, offset by
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1:37 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — – Atlanta Hawks guard Kris Dunn will be out at least another two weeks as he continues his recovery from ankle surgery. Dunn, who signed with the Hawks as a free agent, has yet to play for his new team. He underwent surgery on his right ankle Dec.
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12:56 PM ET ESPN Junior 300 quarterback Gunner Stockton announced his commitment to Georgia on Thursday, choosing the Bulldogs over Auburn. Stockton, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound dual-threat quarterback from Rabun County High School in Tiger, Georgia, is the No. 41-ranked recruit overall in the 2022 class and No. 6-ranked recruit in the state. Stockton had previously
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News Menon solitary Elite umpire, while pair of Chaudhary and Sharma to make Test debut The trend of home umpires officiating in Tests during the pandemic will continue in the upcoming India-England series, with the ICC appointing the pair of Anil Chaudhary and Virender Sharma to stand alongside Nitin Menon in the first two Tests.
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