3:10 PM ET Starting this Saturday, all NFL teams must operate under the league’s intensive COVID-19 protocols for the remainder of this season, according to a league memo sent to teams Wednesday afternoon and obtained by ESPN. Requirements under the intensive protocols, which 28 of the league’s 32 teams have already experienced at some point
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3:20 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers don’t expect running back Christian McCaffrey to play Sunday against Detroit, and the status of quarterback Teddy Bridgewater remains in doubt after he was limited in Wednesday’s practice with a sprained right knee. Also, left tackle Russell Okung (calf) and cornerback Donte Jackson (toe) are expected
Former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman claimed he was unaware of testosterone’s performance-enhancing benefits, as his fitness to practise medicine hearing continued. Dr Freeman, who has admitted 18 of 22 charges, said: “I’m not a cycling fan, I’m a doctor in sports medicine. “We were focused on managing athletes and there was
2:36 PM ET Teams that suffer from an outbreak of the coronavirus during the MLS Cup playoffs will likely be forced to forfeit their match, and thus exit the postseason, sources have told ESPN. – Carlisle: Can MLS complete playoffs outside bubble?– MLS Cup playoffs: Who’s in, fixtures and more– MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE
2:48 PM GMT Warren Abrahams at his official unveiling as the newly appointed Wales Rugby Women Head Coach. WRU/Huw Evans Agency The Welsh Rugby Union appointed Warren Abrahams as the new Wales women’s national team coach on Wednesday, making him the union’s first Black national coach. South Africa-born Abrahams, a former United States women’s Sevens assistant
12:02 PM ET Florida State freshman quarterback Chubba Purdy, who made his first career start last week, will miss the remainder of the season following surgery, coach Mike Norvell said Wednesday. Purdy had surgery Tuesday on his collarbone, which he broke during a preseason scrimmage and aggravated during last Saturday’s game against NC State, Norvell
2:43 PM ET Family members of Ohio State coaches and student-athletes are no longer permitted to attend sporting events for teams playing this fall due to a stay-at-home order in Columbus, Ohio. The decision is immediate and means Ohio State will not have any family members in the stands for its game against Indiana on
1:34 PM ET No. 24 Louisiana‘s football game against Central Arkansas on Saturday has been canceled due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the Ragin’ Cajuns’ program. According to the school, 33 athletes are in the program’s COVID-19 safety protocol — a combination of recovering cases, contact tracing, isolation and quarantine. The team
9:08 AM ET Georgia picked up the No. 1-ranked prospect in the state of Georgia on Wednesday when ESPN 300 linebacker Smael Mondon announced his commitment to the Bulldogs. Mondon is the No. 11-ranked recruit overall and a 6-foot-3, 220-pound prospect from Paulding County High School in Dallas, Georgia. He chose the Athens school from
11:17 AM ET LSU starting left tackle Dare Rosenthal has been reinstated to the team, coach Ed Orgeron said Wednesday. Rosenthal had started two of three games to open 2020 before he was suspended indefinitely in mid-October. Orgeron said he wouldn’t go into the reason for the suspension, saying that would be “kept in-house.” Rosenthal
1:04 PM ET The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has reversed a lower court’s decision and reinstated former Baylor football player Sam Ukwuachu’s 2015 sexual assault conviction for a second time, according to a ruling released Wednesday. Ukwuachu’s attorney has been appealing his conviction on a number of issues that have, one by one, gone
6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The margin for error was already slim in the second quarter of last season’s divisional round playoff game against the Houston Texans, so it’s no coincidence quarterback Patrick Mahomes went looking for tight end Travis Kelce to rally the Kansas City Chiefs. Using their backyard brand of football,
6:08 AM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Jon Gruden’s post-victory media conference after his Las Vegas Raiders defeated the Denver Broncos on Sunday was all of 75 seconds old when he put a damper on things. Picture downtrodden Chucky with a frown and a wet blanket, rather than maniacal Chucky with a grin and a blade.
7:24 AM ET Will Valentina Shevchenko fight Amanda Nunes in 2021? Will Deiveson Figueiredo breathe new life into the flyweight division? Can Joaquin Buckley sustain the momentum he created with his viral knockout? These are some of the questions surrounding UFC 255 on Saturday in Las Vegas, where Shevchenko defends her flyweight belt against Jennifer
2:30 PM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour now has three players who have tested positive for the coronavirus during the RSM Classic at Sea Island. Kramer Hickok and Henrik Norlander each received positive tests and have withdrawn from the event in Georgia. Hickok got into the tournament as an alternate after Bill Haas tested
7:07 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff A South African player has tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the upcoming limited-overs series against England. The player and two others considered to be close contacts by South African team medical staff have all been placed in isolation in Cape Town. All are asymptomatic but doctors will continue to
1:26 PM GMT Johnny Sexton’s understudy at Leinster, Ross Byrne, will start in place of the injured Ireland captain in Saturday’s clash with England as coach Andy Farrell made four changes from his side’s opening Autumn Nations Cup win over Wales. Byrne made his only Ireland start in last year’s World Cup warm up game
7:44 AM GMT England flanker Jack Willis got a close-up view of how coach Eddie Jones operates on Tuesday when, days after scoring a try on his debut in a 40-0 win over Georgia, the Premiership player of the year was omitted from a 25-man squad for Saturday’s match against Ireland. In an area of