8:32 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots‘ facility is open Saturday morning after the team canceled its Friday practice following a positive COVID-19 test, a source tells ESPN’s Field Yates. The Patriots host the Denver Broncos on Sunday (1 p.m. ET) and they are continuing to prepare for the game to kick
Month: October 2020
2:44 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Southern Punjab beat Northern by seven wickets Southern Punjab followed up their sensational win against Balochistan with a thumping win over defending champions Northern to stride into the Natioanl T20 Cup final. Chasing 161, one fewer than they did with 56 balls to spare in their last game, Shan Masood‘s
9:00 AM ET Welcome to Week 7 of the always unpredictable 2020 college football season. We know there are big games happening! We just don’t always know who will be playing — or even coaching — in them. Speaking of, the biggest game of the young season is upon us as No. 3 Georgia visits
9:13 AM ET A second subsequent test of Alabama coach Nick Saban on Friday showed that he is negative for COVID-19, a source told ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi, increasing the chances that he will coach in Saturday night’s showdown against Georgia. Alabama officials learned of the second negative test on Friday afternoon, according to the sources,
7:00 AM ET The 2004 Boston Red Sox inspired a library’s worth of books, special edition magazines and documentaries recounting their miraculous run to World Series champions. That team, affectionately known as “The Idiots,” ended the franchise’s 86-year-old World Series drought. Breaking the curse made them one of the most famous and beloved teams in
7:29 AM ET Brian Ortega earned his way to a UFC featherweight title fight in December 2018. That’s a fact. No one handed him that opportunity. He proved himself championship-worthy by winning six consecutive fights in the UFC. And at the same time, Ortega’s loss to then-champion Max Holloway at UFC 231 two years ago
7:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Before Chase Claypool scored four touchdowns in a single football game, he scored 10 in a game. He probably would have scored more too, if Khul Sanghera hadn’t limited his touches. “He didn’t touch the ball a lot, but when he did, he made the best of it,” said Sanghera,
2:53 AM ET A few months before Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash was born, his 2020 American League Championship Series counterpart, Dusty Baker, supposedly co-invented the high five with his late Dodgers teammate, Glenn Burke. Cash was born on Dec. 6, 1977, and Baker had been a major leaguer for a nearly a decade.
7:58 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s postseason bubble appears to be working as a defense against the coronavirus. MLB players extended their streak of consecutive days with no new positive COVID-19 tests to 47 through Thursday. Players did not have positive tests in 55 of the previous 56 days, the
11:04 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — Atlanta Braves left-hander A.J. Minter made history with his first career start Friday. Then he made it again with his performance. After becoming the first Major League Baseball pitcher