Month: July 2020

3:54 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills sent their rookies home from the team’s facility Thursday as a response to five positive coronavirus tests this week, the team told ESPN in a statement. A league source told ESPN that two players, including one rookie, tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday,
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3:54 PM BST The remaining rounds of the Six Nations Championship will be played on Oct. 24 and 31 after World Rugby approved dates for the temporary 2020 COVID-19 calendar on Thursday. The World Rugby Council approved an adjustment to allow the release of players for new international windows after the pandemic forced the sport’s
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1:29 PM ET Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean spoke for 45 minutes after the Hungarian Grand Prix to clear up a misunderstanding over Formula One’s ongoing anti-racism push. Following the race in Budapest, Hamilton said that Grosjean, one of two directors of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA), was of the opinion F1 did not
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2:39 PM ET Associated Press The sideline area college football teams use to congregate will be extended by 20 yards this season and only one captain from each team will be permitted to participate in the pregame or overtime coin toss. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel announced alterations in football and other sports to
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2:26 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Cameron Brate, who was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus this offseason and has since recovered, called attending Tom Brady‘s organized workouts a “calculated risk” and believes it won’t be much different than electing to play this season. Brate contracted the virus as the player-organized
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1:50 PM ET College athletes can now wear patches on their uniforms to honor causes they support, including social justice initiatives, the NCAA’s Playing Rules Oversight Panel announced on Thursday. Under current rules, patches are either banned or unaddressed in Division I sports. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved rules to allow student-athletes to
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12:00 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans general manager Jon Robinson released a statement on Thursday saying that outside linebacker Vic Beasley will be reporting to training camp soon. Beasley missed the first two
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