Month: December 2020

11:46 PM ET Penn State will not pursue a bowl opportunity after concluding its season Saturday with a win over Illinois. Nittany Lions players decided to decline any potential bowl invitations, a choice supported by coach James Franklin and athletic director Sandy Barbour. Penn State, which started 0-5 for the first time in team history,
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10:55 PM ET Rose Bowl officials announced Saturday that the College Football Playoff semifinal scheduled for the Rose Bowl will be moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The announcement came just hours after multiple outlets reported the Rose Bowl was denied a special exemption from the state of California to allow a few hundred
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10:04 PM ET DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins leading wide receiver DeVante Parker is expected to play Sunday vs. the New England Patriots despite a minor hamstring strain, a league source told ESPN. Parker suffered the hamstring injury in the second quarter of last Sunday’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and didn’t return, but
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8:23 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball payrolls plunged to $1.75 billion during the pandemic-shortened season from $4.22 billion, and the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers led with $98.6 million — the smallest for the top spender in 20 years. Base wages for 40-man rosters tumbled to $1.54 billion, according
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9:09 PM ET USC is opting out of bowl opportunities this season because of COVID-19 concerns and other reasons, the team announced Saturday. The 13th-ranked Trojans lost to Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game Friday night in Los Angeles. USC would have landed a New Year’s Six bowl berth if it had beaten Oregon to
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