6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN First it was “Thursday Night Football,” then there was talk of Saturday night football; somewhere in between, we wondered if there would be any football at all. But the Buffalo Bills (4-1) and Kansas City Chiefs (4-1) are now all systems go for Monday. The defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs
7:00 AM ET Adam Teicher Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Marcel Louis-Jacques There’s a reason Monday night’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs (5 p.m. ET, Fox) has the highest over/under (57.5 points) in the league for Week 6: two
3:20 PM ET Steve KimESPN After defeating Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday night to become boxing’s undisputed lightweight champion, Teofimo Lopez has options for his next bout. But despite no rematch clause, a second battle against Lomachenko isn’t out of the realm of possibility, Top Rank’s Bob Arum said Monday. “If you do a rematch, you
8:50 PM GMT Eoin Morgan and Jason Holder have warned that it is “untenable” to expect players to continue to spend extended periods in lockdown as part of cricket’s response to Covid-19. Morgan, the captain of England’s white-balls teams, and Holder, West Indies’ Test captain, are both currently in the UAE for the IPL and
2:43 PM ET A weekend full of big derbies delivered plenty of talking points, from Liverpool‘s costly 2-2 draw at Everton that saw Virgil van Dijk seriously injured (and Jordan Pickford unpunished), to AC Milan‘s win over rivals Inter thanks to a certain Zlatan Ibrahimovic. There were also sub-par performances from Barcelona and Real Madrid
3:09 PM ET Memphis star wide receiver Damonte Coxie is no longer with the team, coach Ryan Silverfield said. Coxie unexpectedly left the team in the middle of last week, Silverfield told reporters Monday, after confirming Coxie’s absence following Memphis’ win Saturday over UCF. The coach said he could not comment whether Coxie has opted
2:50 PM ET Nebraska junior quarterback Adrian Martinez will start this week’s opener against No. 5 Ohio State, coach Scott Frost said Monday. Martinez, who had a record-setting freshman season in 2018 for Nebraska but struggled at times in 2019, will take the first snaps after competing with redshirt freshman Luke McCaffrey in the preseason.
2:48 PM BST Wasps’ participation in the Gallagher Premiership final is in doubt after the club returned four more positive COVID-19 tests on Monday, bringing a total of 11 positive tests for the club within a week. Wasps are not training as a group ahead of Saturday’s final, after seven positive tests were returned last
1:57 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes have signed forward Christian Fischer to a two-year contract. Terms of the deal announced Monday were not released. The 23-year-old Fischer was a restricted free agent after finishing with six goals and three assists in 56 games with the Coyotes last season. The bruising
1:57 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche agreed to a one-year deal Monday with restricted free agent Tyson Jost. The 22-year-old forward scored eight goals and had 15 assists in 67 games for the Avalanche in 2019-20. He was a first-round selection by Colorado in 2016. “Tyson is a strong two-way player