Month: September 2021

4:10 PM ET NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Devils goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood said that he has chosen not to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, making him potentially unavailable for some of his team’s games this season. The 24-year-old starter said he’s “not currently” vaccinated, leaving open the possibility that he could still get the vaccine. He
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4:37 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT, Mich. — After attempting to trade linebacker Jamie Collins, the Detroit Lions announced Tuesday that he has been released. Collins, a nine-year veteran, stopped reporting to practice ahead of Week 3 as the Lions explored options for his future. Lions coach Dan Campbell said last week that he met
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4:02 PM ET Notre Dame and BYU have agreed to play in the 2022 Shamrock Series, which will take place in Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium, the schools announced jointly on Tuesday. The game will be played on Saturday, Oct. 8 and will be televised nationally on NBC. “We are really excited about the opportunity
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3:41 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Noah Syndergaard is scheduled to pitch Tuesday night for the New York Mets, returning to a major league mound for the first time in two years and completing his long comeback from Tommy John surgery. The right-hander was reinstated from the 60-day injured list and will start
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3:56 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James said he initially felt “skepticism” regarding the COVID-19 vaccine but ultimately decided to get it for the well-being of himself, his family and his team. “You’re always trying to figure out ways that you can just be available and protect one another and put yourself in
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2:04 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Despite a 1-2 start and a stagnant offense led by a 39-year-old quarterback playing behind a subpar offensive line, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is far from ripping up the team’s plans entering the fourth week of the season. “We’re not going to push the panic button,” Tomlin said in
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2:05 PM ET Associated Press MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson is unlikely to play against sixth-ranked Oklahoma on Saturday, even though he is making progress from a knee injury that he sustained in an early victory over Southern Illinois. Wildcats coach Chris Klieman said Tuesday that Thompson, the sixth-year senior who took
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2:00 PM ET Associated Press The NFL is stressing the importance of symptom reporting to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in a video featuring coaches Pete Carroll, Andy Reid, John Harbaugh and Ron Rivera. “It is vital for all players, coaches and other personnel to understand and report symptoms immediately,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said
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1:06 PM BST Rugby Championship organisers have ordered players and staff to isolate in their hotels amid a COVID-19 outbreak in Brisbane ahead of the final match of the competition. New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and hosts Australia are allowed to continue training outside their hotels at closed sessions but cannot mix with the public,
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12:50 PM ET Defenseman Jalen Smereck of HC Donbass said he won’t play another game in the Ukrainian Hockey League until Kremenchuk forward Andrei Deniskin is “removed from the league” for making a racist gesture to him on Sunday. In the second period of their game, Deniskin shouted at Smereck, who is Black, and then
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12:51 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrín will retire as the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Spanish-language announcer following the 2022 season, ending a 64-year run with the team. Jarrín announced his decision on Tuesday, saying he wants to spend more time with his two sons and grandchildren as well
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Paralympic cycling champion Jon-Allan Butterworth has joined GB’s Para-snowboarding team. The former RAF weapons technician, 35, from Sutton Coldfield, retired from professional cycling last year after winning gold at Rio 2016 and three silver medals at London 2012. Butterworth lost his left arm in a rocket attack in Iraq in 2007. After that, he started
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12:21 PM ET Belmont has accepted an invitation to join the Missouri Valley Conference and will become the league’s 11th member in the fall of 2022. The Bruins have been a member of the Ohio Valley Conference since 2012 after spending 12 years in the Atlantic Sun Conference. “Joining the Missouri Valley Conference represents a
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11:01 AM ET Newly crowned world heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk expects a rematch against Anthony Joshua in February or March and has his sights on a title unification bout, his team said on Tuesday. The Ukrainian defeated Joshua in a boxing masterclass at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday in front of
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