1:27 PM ET The annual rivalry game between Michigan and Ohio State has been canceled due to an increase in COVID-19 cases over the past week within the Wolverines’ program, the school announced. The decision was made after conversations with medical experts, health department officials and university administration. “The number of positive tests has continued
Month: December 2020
10:53 AM ET PITTSBURGH — For the second game in a row, a Pittsburgh Steelers player suffered a knee injury that will force him to miss time. Inside linebacker Robert Spillane suffered an apparent left knee injury in the third quarter of Monday’s loss to the Washington Football Team and is expected to miss time,
7:27 AM ET Jon Jones was in his Albuquerque, New Mexico, living room in front of a projection television on July 25. UFC Fight Night aired that evening, and Jones had a keen eye on the undercard as Alexander Gustafsson, one of Jones’ main light heavyweight rivals, was making his heavyweight debut against former champion
3:41 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Half a dozen Pakistan players who tested positive days after arrival in New Zealand “likely picked up the infection just prior to their leaving for New Zealand, or during their travels” to the country, New Zealand director of public health Dr Caroline McEnlay has told ESPNcricinfo. McEnlay did not rule
10:50 AM ET The regular-season finale between Cincinnati and Tulsa was canceled amid ongoing coronavirus issues with the Bearcats’ football program, the American Athletic Conference announced Tuesday. The two teams are still scheduled to meet in the American conference championship game Dec. 19. This is the second time the Tulsa-Cincinnati regular-season game was scheduled to
11:18 AM ET USC safety Greg Johnson will miss the rest of the season following a knee injury Sunday against Washington State. Coach Clay Helton said Johnson sustained a torn meniscus that will require surgery. Johnson started three of USC’s first four games at nickelback and recorded 15 tackles, including one for loss. He has
10:28 AM GMT England will host world champions South Africa at Twickenham during their 2021 Autumn International series, a rematch of the 2019 Rugby World Cup final in Yokohama which the Springboks won to secure their third title. Eddie Jones’s side will play Australia the week before and are lining up a third match against
10:38 AM ET NEW YORK — Dick Kaegel, who covered the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals and edited The Sporting News during a career of more than 53 years, has won the Hall of Fame’s J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing. He will be honored during induction weekend from
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN In a normal year, baseball’s winter meetings are a gathering of team executives of all stripes, player agents and journalists where the hot stove starts gaining steam and the trade and free-agent markets start buzzing. This, of course, is not a normal year. Instead of crowding into the lobby of
9:21 AM ET The NHL and NHL Players’ Association have cleared their financial hurdles and are pushing forward with planning talks for the 2020-21 season. The sides are now aiming for a Jan. 13 start date, with either a 52- or 56-game schedule, sources confirmed to ESPN. The sides have communicated daily since Thursday, and