Month: December 2021

4:10 PM ET ESPN News Services Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire is considered week-to-week with a bruised shoulder, a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. It will be challenging for Edwards-Helaire to play Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals but the fact that it is on the table is a positive for the running
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10:59 AM ET Duke has postponed its game Wednesday against Clemson because of COVID-19 issues within the Blue Devils’ men’s basketball program, the team announced Monday. Duke’s game against Notre Dame on Saturday also was set to be postponed, although that could now change with the ACC shortening isolation options for vaccinated individuals, following updated
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7:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Hawks All-Star guard Trae Young was cleared from the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols Monday and returned to the starting lineup as Atlanta hosted the Chicago Bulls. Young, who leads the Hawks in scoring (27.3 points per game) and assists (9.3 per game), missed three games while in the league’s health
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5:10 PM ET Nearing the halfway mark of his inaugural season with his hometown Los Angeles Lakers and recognizing that his play is under constant scrutiny as the team struggles, Russell Westbrook said he’s done taking direction on what he should be doing differently. “Everybody wants me to do this but then they don’t want
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6:28 PM ET Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. He joins teammates Jae Crowder and Elfrid Payton as well as head coach Monty Williams in the protocols. 1 Related The NBA on Monday agreed to reduce the length a vaccinated, asymptomatic
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6:57 PM ET ESPN News Services GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin received a three-year contract extension that nearly doubled his salary and made him one of the highest-paid administrators in the powerhouse Southeastern Conference. Stricklin agreed to the new deal in April and signed it in July, according to a public records
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6:54 PM ET The ACC announced Monday it added shorter isolation options for vaccinated individuals to its medical advisory group report, following updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A vaccinated individual who tests positive for COVID-19 may complete isolation when one of the following happens (if permitted by local and state
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6:12 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — As the Seattle Seahawks wind down their worst season in more than a decade, coach Pete Carroll doesn’t believe a “restart” is in order. “Not for one reason at all am I thinking that we have to restart this whole thing and create a new philosophy and a
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5:52 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers resumed practice Monday after a long holiday weekend without starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. That’s because Garoppolo suffered at least a right thumb sprain early in Thursday’s 20-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans. However, a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Garoppolo is dealing
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4:52 PM ET Ohio State will be without four starters when the team plays Utah in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day, as receivers Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson, offensive lineman Nicholas Petit-Frere and defensive lineman Haskell Garrett have all opted out of the game. Wilson is a third-year player for the Buckeyes and
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4:36 PM ET Cincinnati’s players and coaches on Monday downplayed any role the underdog label may play for the Bearcats against heavily favored Alabama in the College Football Playoff Semifinal game at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. The Crimson Tide are a 13½-point favorite against the Bearcats, who went 13-0 this season and have won
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4:15 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Baxter Holmes Close ESPN Senior Writer Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and
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4:10 PM ET Boise State has withdrawn from the Barstool Arizona Bowl because of COVID-19 issues within the program, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday. The Broncos were set to face Central Michigan on Friday afternoon in Tucson, Arizona. Central Michigan arrived in Tucson on Sunday night and practiced earlier Monday. The Arizona Bowl has
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3:15 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio knows his future is a topic of conversation, but Monday he said he believes he “absolutely” deserves a chance to be back in 2022. Fangio is in the third year of the four-year deal he signed when he was hired in 2019. The Broncos
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