Month: December 2021

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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1:26 PM ET Associated Press The Boston Bruins placed forwards Anton Blidh and Trent Frederic and goalie Jeremy Swayman in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol on Thursday. With the number of coronavirus cases and game postponements rising across the league, the additions of Blidh, Frederic and Swayman gave the Bruins six players in the protocol. One
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4:36 AM ET After three matches and a handful of training sessions, we’re starting to see what Ralf Rangnick’s Manchester United will resemble. After news of United’s new interim manager broke through, the tales of Rangnick’s methods — and his influence on world football and gegenpressing as we know it — were well documented. From
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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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2:08 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns activated tight end David Njoku off the reserve/COVID-19 list, clearing the way for him to play Saturday against the Las Vegas Raiders. Njoku, who missed last week’s game against the Baltimore Ravens, rejoined the team in time to practice Thursday. Cleveland, however, still has 10 starters
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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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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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12:32 PM ET Quarterback Myles Brennan will stay at LSU for the 2022 college football season after entering the transfer portal in November, he announced Thursday. “There’s no place like home. Let’s ride tiger nation!” Brennan, who opened the 2020 season as LSU’s starter before being injured, tweeted Thursday. An LSU spokesman confirmed to ESPN
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11:52 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Former Chargers and Buccaneers wide receiver Vincent Jackson, who was found dead earlier this year in a Florida hotel room, has been diagnosed with Stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the Concussion Legacy Foundation announced Thursday. Jackson, who spent seven seasons playing for the Chargers and five for the Buccaneers,
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10:44 AM ET Tom Brady is doling out name, image and likeness deals for college athletes with his new apparel line, Brady. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback announced on social media that he’s partnering with Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara; Jackson State quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who is the son of Tigers head coach Deion Sanders; Georgia
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