2:59 PM ET ESPN News Services The NFL has juggled its regular-season schedule because of coronavirus outbreaks with the Tennessee Titans and New England Patriots. Nine teams are being affected, some over a period of weeks through Nov. 22: New England, Tennessee, Denver, Buffalo, Kansas City, Miami, the Los Angeles Chargers, New York Jets and
Month: October 2020
2:22 PM ET LANDOVER, Md. — For the first time since suffering a gruesome injury two seasons ago, Washington Football Team quarterback Alex Smith returned to the playing field. Smith entered the game Sunday at the 2-minute warning in the second quarter after Kyle Allen was hurt on a third-down scramble against the Los Angeles
3:32 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Alex Smith, who hasn’t played since a gruesome leg injury two years ago, entered Sunday’s Washington Football Team game against the Los Angeles Rams. Smith came in after starting QB Kyle Allen was hurt on a third-down run. On Nov. 18, 2018, against the Houston Texans, Smith broke the tibia
2:00 PM ET Two pass attempts after throwing his first interception since last Dec. 1, Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr let it air out in his personal house of horrors. Carr hit Nelson Agholor for a 59-yard touchdown pass with 11:58 to play in the second quarter to pull the Raiders within 14-10 of
7:32 AM ET Lewis Hamilton moved level with Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Formula One wins with victory at the Eifel Grand Prix. By way of comparison, Hamilton reached the tally on his 261st F1 race start. Schumacher reached the 91-win mark at his 247th start, the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix. The pair are comfortably
8:59 AM ET Houston Astros lefty Framber Valdez will start Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, while Lance McCullers will start Game 2. “I feel really proud and really thankful for the opportunity this year,” Valdez told reporters on Saturday. “It means a lot to me
2:51 PM ET The Tampa Bay Rays will welcome back a key member of the bullpen for their ALCS matchup with the Houston Astros, which begins Sunday. Lefty Jose Alvarado was added to the club’s 28-player active roster for the championship series. He had been on the 45-day injured list since August because of shoulder
2:29 PM ET Home favourite Tyrrell Hatton came through a final-round battle with France’s Victor Perez to secure a four-stroke victory at the BMW PGA Championship in Surrey on Sunday. Heading into the final round with a three-stroke lead, Hatton delivered a short game masterclass to make six birdies in a five-under-par 67 at Wentworth
1:53 PM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Lewis Hamilton’s victory at the Nurburgring on Sunday brought him level with Michael Schumacher’s
2:34 PM ET Associated Press LSU is out of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since 2017 and is the first defending national champion to drop from the rankings in nine years. No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia held steady at the top of the rankings Sunday,