Month: December 2021

10:41 AM ET Wednesday’s rivalry game between Kentucky and Louisville has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests within the Cardinals’ program, both schools announced Monday morning. Louisville also announced it was pausing all team-related activities indefinitely due to multiple positive tests. Starting center Malik Williams missed the Cardinals’ loss to Western Kentucky on Saturday
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4:24 AM ET Less than 18 months have passed since Mikel Arteta played a pivotal role in convincing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to sign a contract extension with Arsenal. The striker was coveted throughout Europe at the time, with Barcelona, Inter Milan and even London rivals Chelsea sensing an opportunity to snatch away the Gunners’ prized forward
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9:12 AM ET ESPN News Services Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Sean Desai has cleared COVID-19 protocols and will return for the Monday Night Football game against the Minnesota Vikings, coach Matt Nagy said on WBBM-AM in Chicago. Desai, along with offensive coordinator Bill Lazor and special teams coordinator Chris Tabor, entered COVID-19 protocols last week.
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10:05 AM ET USC is set to hire Texas A&M assistant Josh Henson as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, sources told ESPN. Henson, who has coached Texas A&M’s offensive line the past three seasons, will hold a coordinator title for the first time since a three-year run at Missouri from 2013 to 2015. He
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10:25 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns quarterbacks Baker Mayfield and Case Keenum failed to test off the COVID-19/reserve list, meaning third-string quarterback Nick Mullens will get the start Monday against the Las Vegas Raiders, a source told ESPN. The Browns did get one key defender back, as safety John Johnson III was activated
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8:12 AM ET The year in hockey 2021 began with a 56-game season, impacted the COVID-19 pandemic, that saw the league’s 31 teams realigned into four new divisions. It ends with the teams back in their usual divisions, although there are now 32 of them thanks to the Seattle Kraken. Oh, and it’s once again
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6:24 AM ET Rafael Nadal said on Monday he had tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Spain after making his comeback from injury in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event in Abu Dhabi last week. The 20-time Grand Slam champion said he was having some “unpleasant moments” but was hoping to feel better
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6:40 PM ET It was another weekend full of talking points around Europe, as the Premier League grappled with postponements due to coronavirus cases and the Bundesliga kicked off again behind closed doors. Beyond that, Barcelona wrapped up a dramatic win, Arsenal surged into the top four for Christmas thanks to Gabriel Martinelli, and Borussia
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10:32 PM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her that accused a former top Communist Party official of having forced her into sex. The Lianhe Zaobao Chinese-language
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