4:10 PM ET Desperate times call for desperate measures, but even as many clubs in English football stare over the precipice at a financial catastrophe, the rescue plan fronted by Liverpool and Manchester United — with the working title “Project Big Picture” — sounds good, but looks to be nothing less than a big cheque
Month: October 2020
3:16 PM ET Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse preseason All-American defensive back Andre Cisco will miss the rest of the season, coach Dino Babers said Monday toward the end of his weekly news conference. Cisco was inserted as the rover in the Orange’s new 3-3-5 defensive scheme and had 11 tackles and one interception
3:17 PM ET SMU leading wide receiver Reggie Roberson Jr. and starting running back TJ McDaniel both will miss the rest of the season with injuries, coach Sonny Dykes said Monday. Dykes said both players soon will undergo surgeries. Roberson suffered a left knee injury Oct. 3 during SMU’s win against Memphis, a game in
2:52 PM ET Texas A&M starting wide receiver Caleb Chapman likely will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury he sustained on a fourth-quarter touchdown catch in Saturday’s win against Florida. Aggies coach Jimbo Fisher on Monday confirmed the outlook for Chapman, who leads the team with three touchdown catches and ranks
3:53 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Dan Mullen was given several more chances Monday to clarify any confusion regarding his comments about wanting to pack 90,000 screaming fans inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium during the coronavirus pandemic. He declined each of them, brushing aside criticism and insisting he’s focused on defending
3:41 PM ET Texas coach Tom Herman said Monday that his team continues to discuss participating in singing “The Eyes of Texas” after games as the university continues to study the song’s history and meaning. In addition, he said that despite the team’s recent struggles, the Longhorns are unified. Two days after the Longhorns’ 53-45
4:07 PM ET The Missouri-Vanderbilt football game scheduled for Saturday in Columbia, Missouri, has been postponed to a later date, tentatively Dec. 12, making it the first SEC game to be moved this season because of issues related to COVID-19. Vanderbilt was down to 56 scholarship players last week in a 41-7 loss to South
12:50 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — The Los Angeles Dodgers have added left-hander Alex Wood as an extra pitcher for the National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves, while also bringing back infielder Edwin Rios after he missed the last round with a groin injury. Atlanta went with the same 28-player roster
11:23 AM ET The Chicago White Sox and manager Rick Renteria have agreed to part ways, the team announced Monday. Renteria spent the past four seasons as the White Sox’s manager, finishing with a 236-309 record. He guided Chicago to a 35-25 record this past season and the franchise’s first postseason appearance since 2008. The
11:19 AM ET Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan, a key member of the Cincinnati Reds‘ famed Big Red Machine, died Sunday. He was 77. Morgan died at his home in California, a family spokesman told The Associated Press on Monday. He had struggled with various health issues in recent years, including a nerve