Month: December 2021

12:26 PM ET Point spreads have moved dramatically this week amid the surge of COVID-19 infections in the NFL, causing some sportsbooks to halt betting on the games affected most. As of Friday morning, the Cleveland Browns, Washington Football Team and Los Angeles Rams each had more than a dozen players on the COVID-19/reserve list.
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7:09 PM ET The Golden State Warriors and All-Star guard Klay Thompson are targeting a January return, with key dates looming on Jan. 9 against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Jan. 18 against the Detroit Pistons, sources told ESPN. The Warriors and Thompson haven’t ruled out a Jan. 3 game against the Miami Heat, but that’s
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7:39 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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6:29 PM ET Colorado has hired Mike Sanford as its offensive coordinator. Sanford, 39, spent the past two seasons in the same role at Minnesota, which did not renew his contract for the 2022 season. He also has coordinator experience from both Notre Dame (2015 and 2016) and Boise State (2014), his alma mater. Colorado
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3:55 PM ET Five-star cornerback Domani Jackson committed to USC on Friday. The No. 6 prospect chose the Trojans over Alabama in coach Lincoln Riley’s biggest get of the 2022 class. Jackson is a 6-foot-1, 190-pound defensive back from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, who had been committed to USC once before
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5:12 PM ET The Brooklyn Nets are bringing back All-Star guard Kyrie Irving as a part-time player for games outside of New York, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The unfolding circumstances of Brooklyn’s season — including injuries, players lost to health and safety protocols and an inordinate minutes load on their superstar players — led
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2:09 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson hasn’t been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers even though he didn’t practice all week with a sprained right ankle. “I’d say he has a chance [of playing Sunday],” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said about Jackson’s availability after Friday’s
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1:53 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have downgraded No. 1 running back Damien Harris to out for Saturday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts because of a hamstring injury, which will thrust rookie Rhamondre Stevenson into the top role. Harris had been listed as questionable with the injury, and was limited in
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5:26 PM ET Associated Press Seton Hall has canceled Monday’s game against St. John’s because of an insufficient number of players, it was announced. It will result in a conference-only forfeit, per Big East policy. It will not affect Seton Hall’s overall record and will go down as a “no contest” per NCAA policy. The
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2:50 PM ET Saturday’s scheduled game between the Las Vegas Raiders and Cleveland Browns has been moved to Monday. The game will be played at 5 p.m. ET, with the regularly scheduled Monday Night Football game between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears to be played at its usual time of 8:20 p.m. ET on
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4:57 PM ET David Wilson Texas Longhorns quarterback Casey Thompson, who started 10 games in coach Steve Sarkisian’s first season, is in the transfer portal. Thompson began the season as the backup behind Hudson Card, eventually claiming the starting job. He threw for 2,113 yards and had 24 touchdown passes — tops in the Big
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4:54 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook tested out of the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols and is available to play against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, the team announced. Westbrook flew from Dallas to Minneapolis Friday after testing out of the protocols, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Westbrook was placed in the
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3:13 PM ET Major League Baseball and the players’ association met Thursday for the first time since owners locked out the players while the sides negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement, sources familiar with the talks told ESPN. The conversations involved several noncore economic issues such as scheduling, grievance procedures, special events, and/or the drug
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