Month: December 2021

1:01 PM ET All three of the Chicago Bears‘ coordinators are in the COVID-19 protocols, coach Matt Nagy said Thursday. Offensive coordinator Bill Lazor, defensive coordinator Sean Desai and special teams coordinator Chris Tabor are all working remotely, Nagy said. Their status for Monday night’s game against the Minnesota Vikings is uncertain. “I don’t know
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5:24 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns quarterback Case Keenum has tested positive for COVID-19, potentially leaving the team without its top two quarterbacks for Saturday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Kimberley Martin. Starting quarterback Baker Mayfield already tested positive for the virus earlier this week and
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4:53 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have hired former Milwaukee assistant Andy Haines as hitting coach. Haines replaces Rick Eckstein, who was fired in August. Haines spent the last three seasons as the hitting coach in Milwaukee before being let go in October. Haines joins one of the worst offensive teams
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3:01 PM ET Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State University police chief has resigned after a recording came to light of him telling the school’s football players that some religious women may say sex was not consensual because they regret it. Utah State called his comments “reprehensible.” Chief Earl Morris stepped down
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3:52 PM ET The NFL and the NFL Players Association have negotiated changes to the league’s COVID-19 protocols, some of which are being put in place immediately and could help teams whose rosters have been decimated this week. Effective immediately, all 32 NFL teams will be placed in intensive COVID-19 protocols until the conclusion of
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4:30 PM ET Dave McMenamin Close ESPN Staff Writer Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 MINNEAPOLIS — Los
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4:37 PM ET The NCAA board of governors on Thursday unanimously agreed to accept the final recommendations from its constitution committee, moving the organization another step closer to a new constitution to govern college sports. One of the changes is clarifying language that ensures “to the greatest extent possible” that any imposed penalties do not
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3:44 PM ET Michigan State junior running back Kenneth Walker III announced Thursday that he’s entering the NFL draft and will forgo playing in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl on Dec. 30. Walker finished the season with 1,636 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns, which represented the fourth-most rushing yards and the fifth-most rushing touchdowns in a
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3:26 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Jake Paul has already acted as a disruptor in boxing, becoming one of the most talked-about fighters in that sport this year out of nowhere. Now, he’s saying he could one day make the move to the cage. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter said Thursday that there is a “100 percent” chance
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3:52 PM ET The men’s basketball game between Ohio State and Kentucky scheduled for Saturday has been canceled due to COVID-19 issues in the Buckeyes’ program, the school announced Thursday. The game was scheduled to take place in Las Vegas as part of the CBS Sports Classic. Kentucky said in a statement that event organizers
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2:45 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Former UCF quarterback Dillon Gabriel announced Thursday that he is transferring to UCLA. Gabriel entered the transfer portal on November 27. The junior missed the last nine games of the season after fracturing the left clavicle in his throwing arm on Sept. 17 against Louisville. In the three games he
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2:36 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — The Seahawks have placed wide receiver Tyler Lockett and running back Alex Collins on the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced Thursday. Both players are vaccinated, a source told ESPN, but they could be in jeopardy of missing Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. The NFL on Thursday,
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12:51 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins are placing wide receiver Jaylen Waddle on the reserve/COVID-19 list, a league source told Adam Schefter, their fifth player to go on the list in the past week. Waddle joins running backs Myles Gaskin, Salvon Ahmed and Phillip Lindsay, and safety Jevon Holland on Miami’s
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2:16 PM ET Jamal Collier CHICAGO — Bulls coach Billy Donovan said he was hopeful that the team would be cleared by the NBA to resume activities in the next few days, giving the Bulls some practice time before they host the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night. The Bulls have not gathered as a
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Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has tested positive for Covid-19. The 24-year-old, who finished seventh in the drivers’ championship this year, produced the positive test result on his return to Europe from the season’s final race in Abu Dhabi. Ferrari said he was “feeling fine and will self-isolate at home” in Monaco. It is the second
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1:24 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN ALLEN PARK, Mich. — No. 88 was absent from the Detroit Lions practice facility on Thursday. Pro Bowl tight end T.J. Hockenson’s 2021 season is now over. Hockenson underwent thumb surgery Thursday morning with renowned hand-specialist Dr. Thomas Graham, and is expected to make a complete recovery in time for
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