1:39 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting left tackle Donovan Smith, the man responsible for protecting Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady’s blindside, said Friday morning that, “Risking my health, as well as my family’s health, does not seem like a risk worth taking” by playing during the coronavirus pandemic. In an Instagram
Month: July 2020
1:07 PM ET Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars announced plans Friday to play home games in front of a significantly reduced capacity this fall. Fans in attendance will be required to wear face coverings. The team released details in an email to season-ticket holders, saying it expects about 25% capacity at TIAA
12:51 PM ET Denver Broncos safety Justin Simmons has accepted his franchise tender and is expected to sign it this weekend, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. Simmons, a third-round pick in the 2016 draft who is set to enter his fifth season, was poised to be an unrestricted free agent, but Broncos president
12:19 PM ET Lando Norris said his practice time for this weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix was limited by back pain, felt most acutely when racing through high-speed corners. Norris scored his first F1 podium finish at the Austrian Grand Prix last weekend. This weekend’s race takes place at the same venue, the Red Bull Ring.
12:16 PM ET Steve KimESPN A light heavyweight bout between Eleider Alvarez and Joe Smith Jr. has been rescheduled for the third week of August, Yvon Michel, who promotes Alvarez, told ESPN on Friday. The fight had originally been slated for July 16 inside the “bubble” at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas,
12:10 PM ET Duke football coach David Cutcliffe said he remains “very optimistic” there will be college football this season, but he doubts it will look much like a normal season due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. “It’s going to be disrupted,” Cutcliffe said on a Zoom call Friday. “I don’t know if we’ll get
9:30 AM ET The All England Club, which hosts Wimbledon, announced Friday that it will pay prize money to all players who would have qualified for the canceled tournament. Pulling from a pot of £10 million ($12.6 million), the organization will distribute prize money to the “620 players whose world ranking would have enabled them
8:00 AM ET As the fall inches closer, it is becoming increasingly difficult to see the college football season going off as planned. Maybe more nonconference games get canceled, maybe the entire season moves to the spring. The country’s coronavirus response, and the fact that a lot of colleges appear to be moving toward online
6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In an offseason in which Denver Broncos fans have had extra time to mine the wired world for even the smallest of nuggets about the team’s offseason overhaul, rookie wide receiver Jerry Jeudy has become a ray of electronic sun. His workout videos, usually posted on his social media
6:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Between the signing of Tom Brady and trade for Rob Gronkowski — plus the departure of 2015 No. 1 overall draft pick Jameis Winston — the 2020 offseason was unlike any other for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The team went from relative obscurity to being touted Super Bowl contenders