5:20 PM ET METAIRIE, La. – Drew Brees and Michael Thomas are both expected to play in the New Orleans Saints‘ critical NFC South showdown at Tampa Bay, a source told ESPN’s Dianna Russini. There is little doubt about Brees’ status after he practiced fully on Friday and was not even listed with any injury
Month: November 2020
4:32 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis took issue with his team being fined $500,000 and being stripped of a sixth-round pick in the 2021 draft and coach Jon Gruden being docked an additional $150,000 for what one source described as “brazen and repeated violations of [COVID-19] protocols.” “The fines
1:00 PM ET A key bout canceled twice due to COVID-19 is now finally official. Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira both weighed in successfully Friday in Las Vegas for their light heavyweight contender bout. Santos and Teixeira each weighed 205.5 pounds, within the 206-pound non-title limit in the division. The two will meet in the
4:05 PM ET UFC middleweight Darren Till has withdrawn from his scheduled UFC Fight Night main event against Jack Hermansson on Dec. 5 due to injury and had been replaced by surging contender Kevin Holland. An undisclosed injury officially knocked Till, of Liverpool, out of the 185-pound contest this week. All parties involved have already
4:07 PM GMT Scrum-half Antoine Dupont was voted the Six Nations Player of the Championship on Friday, becoming the first Frenchman to pick up the award in the history of the competition. Dupont recorded one try and four assists as his blistering runs in the open field threatened defences throughout the competition. 1 Related The
1:30 PM ET New York City FC said it found “inappropriate and unacceptable” behavior after concluding its investigation into allegations of sexual harassment made by a former employee against former NYCFC forward David Villa and some others with the club. In a statement given to ESPN, NYCFC broadly corroborated the allegations of the former employee
4:16 PM ET Alabama running back Trey Sanders was hospitalized after being involved in a car crash Friday morning, the school announced in a statement. The school said Sanders was in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries. “We are in direct contact with his family and the physicians that are treating him as we continue to
4:34 PM ET ESPN 300 quarterback Shedeur Sanders flipped his commitment from FAU to Jackson State University, where his dad, Deion Sanders, is the head coach. Shedeur originally committed to FAU in July, and was the highest-ranked commit for the program in this class. Once his father was hired by Jackson State in September, it
7:49 PM GMT Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Royal Challengers Bangalore ended their IPL 2020 season with a six-wicket loss in the Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday. It was a campaign that began promisingly but fizzled out towards the end. The Royal Challengers had won seven of their
1:47 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has filed a trademark application for the phrase “Let Russ Cook.” The listing on the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s website indicates the trademark would cover cooking utensils, cookware and cooking attire such as chef’s hats and aprons. The application was filed Oct. 6.