Month: October 2020

11:34 AM ET Wisconsin’s football team has paused all team-related activities for at least seven days because of an increased number of COVID-19 cases, causing the No. 9 Badgers‘ game against Nebraska on Saturday to be canceled. The game will not be rescheduled. As of Wednesday morning, 12 people within the program had tested positive
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10:53 AM ET HOUSTON — The Texans have closed their facility after a player tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced Wednesday. It is the Texans’ bye week, but the facility is closed for a deep cleaning and the team is performing contract tracing. “Late last night, we received notice that a Texans player tested
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10:24 AM ET A stat correction that changed a sack to a tackle for loss in the Chicago Bears–Los Angeles Rams game Monday caused a $997,000 fantasy football heartbreak for a 41-year-old insurance agent in St. Louis. For 30 minutes after Monday’s game ended, Rob Huntze thought he had won the $1 million first prize
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8:32 AM ET The Cincinnati Bengals have traded defensive end Carlos Dunlap to the Seattle Seahawks, a source told ESPN. The move will be official after 4 p.m. Wednesday, the source said. Earlier Wednesday, the disgruntled pass-rusher was told to stay home rather than come to work as the team sorted out his future, sources
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9:16 AM ET Three Miami, Ohio football players have been suspended indefinitely following their arrests on misdemeanor charges for their alleged roles in a fight at a fraternity house in early October. Police in Oxford, Ohio, reported on social media on Tuesday that freshman tight end James Bomba was charged with assault and criminal trespass;
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8:04 AM ET The Miami Dolphins are signing tight end Adam Shaheen to a two-year extension worth up to $7.85 million with $3.2 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Acquired in late July from the Chicago Bears for a conditional 2021 seventh-round pick, Shaheen has made the most of his fresh start in
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