3:34 PM ET Detroit Lions receiver Geronimo Allison has decided to opt out of the 2020 season, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Sunday. Allison signed with Detroit in the offseason from Green Bay, where he had 89 catches for 1,045 yards and six touchdowns from 2016-19. The Lions signed Allison, 26, to provide
Month: August 2020
2:41 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. – Free-agent running back Jeremy Hill tweeted Sunday that he has signed with the Las Vegas Raiders, three days after the team placed running back Devontae Booker on the reserve/COVID-19 list and two days after it waived undrafted rookie receiver Siaosi Mariner. It’s official I’m a Raider Now…. #raidernation LETS
1:10 PM ET Tight end Matt LaCosse has decided to opt out of the 2020 season, sources told ESPN’s Field Yates, upping the New England Patriots‘ total of opt-out players to eight. The eight players is easily the most of any team in the league. LaCosse, who turns 28 in September, was entering his second
1:40 PM ET ESPN.com staff A group of Pac-12 football players wrote a letter to the conference threatening to opt out of fall camp and game participation unless the league meets its demands with regard to safety during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as economic and social issues. In the letter, a piece in The
11:18 AM ET The Cincinnati Reds placed veteran first baseman Joey Votto on the injured list Sunday before the opener of their doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Votto self-reported coronavirus symptoms Sunday morning but has not tested positive for the virus. The Reds did not disclose a reason for the
9:47 AM ET Kevin Magnussen opted against taking a knee during F1’s anti-racism protest at the British Grand Prix, joining the six Formula One drivers who have done so since the beginning of the season. F1 gave its drivers an allocated moment ahead of the race to make a statement against racism in whichever way
7:00 AM ET David Schoenfield Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Sam Miller Close ESPN.com ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” It’s a showdown between the New York Yankees
8:00 AM ET Nobody expected the job to be easy, but new Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom certainly didn’t expect this. As the Red Sox close out their first series of the season against the rival New York Yankees on Sunday night (7 p.m. ET, ESPN), Bloom has just closed out his
9:25 AM ET A group of Pac-12 football players from multiple schools penned a letter in The Players’ Tribune threatening to opt out of fall camp and game participation unless their demands for fair treatment, safety regulations and concerns over racial justice for college athletes are met by the conference. The letter is signed by
6:40 AM ET Football — college and the NFL — is wrestling with how to play amid the coronavirus. A look into the pages of history reveals some of the same questions surrounding travel restrictions and the desire to play just over a century ago. The H1N1 virus — called the Spanish flu when it