3:29 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Rookie tight end Albert Okwuegbunam, who had started to carve out some playing time in the team’s offense, is the latest Denver Broncos player headed for injured reserve, joining many of the team’s most prominent players. Okwuegbunam, a fourth-round pick by the Broncos last April, suffered a torn ACL
4:53 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — If there was any doubt from anybody regarding the futures of Mike McCarthy and Dak Prescott with the Dallas Cowboys, executive vice president Stephen Jones was clear Monday both will be back with the Cowboys in 2021. Asked if McCarthy would be safe regardless as to how the 2020
3:23 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Buffalo Bills fans collectively donated tens of thousands of dollars to Oishei Children’s Hospital nearly overnight after it was announced that quarterback Josh Allen’s grandmother had died Saturday night. Bills coach Sean McDermott announced Allen’s loss following the team’s win Sunday over the Seattle Seahawks, and fans quickly rallied online
4:44 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University The Atlanta Falcons waived former first-round draft pick Takk McKinley on Monday, days after the defensive end called out the team for failing to trade him at the trading deadline. McKinley had
2:44 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Lee Elder, the first Black golfer to compete in the Masters, will be an honorary starter along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player at the 2021 tournament in April. Elder, 86, who received death threats in 1975 when he was the first Black player invited to the Masters, qualified
2:59 PM ET Texas A&M will not practice Monday because of multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the program, coach Jimbo Fisher said on Monday. The Aggies have two positive tests of individuals who traveled with the team for its win at South Carolina on Saturday — one player and one student worker — the team
3:23 PM ET Saturday’s game between Auburn and Mississippi State has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Bulldogs’ program. “Based on positive tests and those considered as close contacts, along with non-COVID injuries, we do not have the minimum number of scholarship student-athletes available for Saturday’s game against Auburn,” MSU director of athletics
2:22 PM ET Florida tight end Kyle Pitts is questionable to play Saturday against Arkansas after suffering a concussion in last weekend’s win over Georgia. Pitts took a vicious hit to the head from Lewis Cine in the second quarter of a 44-28 victory and did not return to the game. Cine was ejected for
1:54 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Notre Dame has implemented mandatory coronavirus testing for students and strict penalties for those who don’t comply after students rushed the school’s football field to celebrate a double-overtime upset over Clemson and held numerous weekend parties. A crowded mass of students, players and coaches was on the field
2:04 PM ET LSU’s showdown against Alabama on Saturday is in jeopardy as the Tigers deal with multiple players in quarantine as a result of COVID-19 testing. Multiple players, including starters, will be unavailable, coach Ed Orgeron said on Monday. Some have tested positive while the majority are out as a result of contact tracing.