3:43 PM ET Georgia quarterback Jamie Newman, who was the expected starter, has decided to opt out this season over COVID-19 concerns and to prepare for the 2021 NFL draft, sources told ESPN’s Mark Schlabach on Wednesday. Newman, who came to Georgia as a graduate transfer from Wake Forest in January, started 16 games for
Month: September 2020
2:35 PM ET Iowa State, which announced a plan on Monday to allow 25,000 fans to attend its Sept. 12 home opener against Louisiana, has reversed course and will no longer allow fans. The school cited feedback from the community in announcing its decision. Athletic director Jamie Pollard said on Wednesday that Dr. Wendy Wintersteen
11:34 AM ET Tisha Thompson DANIEL SNYDER ENDURED decades of protests, lawsuits and emotional appeals over the nickname of his Washington NFL team. “We’ll never change the name,” he told USA Today in 2013. “It’s that simple. NEVER — you can use caps.” Then, in a blinding rush this summer, the name long criticized by
2:10 PM ET CINCINNATI — After Bengals running back Joe Mixon officially signed his four-year contract extension worth $48 million, he had high praise for rookie quarterback Joe Burrow. Mixon feels so good about the team’s future under Burrow that he hopes to finish his career in Cincinnati with the top pick in the 2020
1:12 PM ET In case there was any hint of doubt about the quarterback position, Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn eliminated it Wednesday morning. “Tyrod Taylor is our starter right now,” Lynn said. “Until someone steps up and shows that they can run this team, that’s [how] we’re going into it.” That “someone” is
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN Just over a month since the 2020 MLB season began, the 60-game sprint to the finish has already raced past the halfway point and into the final month with tight races both in the standings and for awards. Now that we’ve all had a chance to see powerhouse teams such
7:00 AM ET I brought this up a couple of weeks ago while pinch-hitting for Buster Olney on the Baseball Tonight podcast: Not factoring in salaries, who would you rather have for the next 10 seasons, Mike Trout or Fernando Tatis Jr.? That was just three weeks into the season, but Tatis hasn’t really slowed
11:51 AM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Todd Reirden is back with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team hired Reirden as an assistant coach under Mike Sullivan on Tuesday, just over a week after Reirden was fired as head coach of the Washington Capitals following a playoff loss to the New York Islanders. This is Reirden’s
12:42 PM ET The St. Louis Blues traded goalie Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday, shedding cap space before a critical offseason. Montreal acquired Allen, 30, and a 2022 seventh-round pick in return for a third-round pick in 2020 (previously acquired from Washington) and a seventh-round pick in 2020 (previously acquired from Chicago).
1:27 PM ET Wanting to “set the standard for inclusion” and show support for the Black Lives Matter movement, Liz Knox has resigned from the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association board so that Sarah Nurse, one of a handful of Black players in the CWHL, can take her place. Over the past few months, Nurse,