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Month: August 2020
4:00 PM ET ESPN staff Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady thanked everyone for the birthday greetings Monday as her turned 43. Another NFL quarterback also had a birthday — Los Angeles Chargers‘ Tyrod Taylor turned 31. Perhaps the biggest on-filed news was Ben Roethlisberger throwing at training camp. The veteran quarterback has been out
5:15 PM ET PITTSBURGH — For the first time in nearly a year, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw a football with the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field. Roethlisberger, who sustained a season-ending elbow injury Week 2 last season, participated in Monday’s practice, and the team released a 44-second video of his throws and handoffs afterward. A
5:28 PM ET The Buffalo Bills reached agreement Monday with guard Brian Winters on a one-year deal, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Winters, who had been the New York Jets‘ starter at right guard since 2013, was released by the team Sunday. The timing of the release was surprising because general manager Joe Douglas
5:00 PM ET Northwestern has paused workouts after one player tested positive for coronavirus, the team said Monday. Workouts will be on hold until Wednesday at the earliest. The player who tested positive is self-isolating, while those who were in close contact with him must test negative before being cleared to return to activities. Northwestern
4:04 PM ET The St. Louis Cardinals are the latest team to suffer a coronavirus outbreak, resulting in their four-game series in Detroit being postponed. “The Cardinals have had 13 members of the organization test positive for COVID-19 in the last week, including seven players and six staff members,” the league said in a statement.
3:19 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Carolina’s Andrei Svechnikov scored three times for the first postseason hat trick in franchise history and the Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Monday for a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup qualifier series. Svechnikov beat Henrik Lundqvist for the game’s first goal less than
2:43 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray was one of four men given wild-card entries Monday for the Western & Southern Open, the tuneup tournament that will be held at Flushing Meadows before the US Open. Murray won the Western & Southern Open in 2008 and 2011. The
3:49 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Brad Keselowski finally got a contract extension from Team Penske, announced the day after NASCAR’s 2012 champion won his third race of the season. Keselowski has been open in his desire to remain with the organization where he gave Roger Penske his first NASCAR championship. The 10-week
2:37 PM ET Steve KimESPN Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will defend his titles against contender Kubrat Pulev the first week of December, according to Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn. The fight was originally scheduled for June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London but was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. “We know