5:18 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — An estimated 19.3 million fans turned on NBC to watch the NFL’s season kickoff between the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans, or 13% fewer viewers than 2019’s opening game. The Nielsen company said last year’s matchup between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears was seen
Month: September 2020
6:03 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks special teams coordinator Brian Schneider has left the team indefinitely for personal reasons, a significant development with Seattle’s coaching staff just before Sunday’s season opener. Pete Carroll made the announcement Friday without elaborating on why Schneider is stepping away. Larry Izzo will take over in
4:36 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Jalen Ramsey says he can now focus and truly be free. On Friday, a day after he signed a five-year, $105 million extension
5:55 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As air quality index levels have continued to rise in the Bay Area, the San Francisco 49ers remain hopeful that they’ll play Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi’s Stadium as scheduled. After practicing under what coach Kyle Shanahan called “apocalyptic” skies on Wednesday, questions began to
12:29 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies on Friday hired Sonia Raman as an assistant coach. She replaces Niele Ivey, who was hired by Notre Dame in April. Raman spent the past 12 seasons as women’s basketball coach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she twice reached the NCAA tournament.
6:00 PM ET Houston Rockets forward Danuel House has left the NBA campus and will not play again this season following a violation of the league’s health and safety protocols, the league announced Friday. According to the NBA, an investigation found that House had an unauthorized guest in his hotel room for multiple hours Tuesday.
6:01 PM ET Harry Kettle The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain — and you can find out when the windows open and close here — but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. Click here to check out all the latest major completed transfers across Europe. Barcelona consider
1:43 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers have reinstated outfielder Joc Pederson from the paternity list and optioned infielder Matt Beaty to the team’s alternate site. Pederson has struggled during the shortened season, hitting .184 with six home runs and 12 RBIs in 34 games. Last year, he set career
5:53 PM ET Associated Press Major League Baseball says no players have tested positive for COVID-19 for 12 straight days and 20 of the last 21. One sample among 11,669 was positive in the week ending Thursday, and that positive test involved a staff member, the commissioner’s office said Friday. Since testing started, 86 of
4:29 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Ailing sluggers Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton might be back in the New York Yankees‘ lineup as soon as next weekend. Manager Aaron Boone said Friday that both players are at the tail end of their recoveries and could be sent to the club’s alternate site in