Month: January 2021

1:05 PM ET The Metropolitan Riveters are pulling out of the National Women’s Hockey League’s Lake Placid tournament due to health and safety concerns related to COVID-19. The NWHL said Thursday that several members of the organization tested positive for COVID-19 and that the decision to withdraw the Riveters was in keeping with medical protocols
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2:10 PM ET Multiple members of the Vegas Golden Knights are in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols, resulting in Thursday night’s game against the St. Louis Blues being postponed. The NHL said a player and another member of the Vegas coaching staff have entered the protocol, and that the team’s training facilities have been indefinitely closed
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2:45 PM ET Mick Schumacher completed an afternoon of testing with Ferrari at Italian circuit Fiorano ahead of his rookie Formula One season. Schumacher, son of seven-time world champion Michael, is part of the Ferrari driver academy and will race for American team Haas this season. Ferrari has booked out its Fiorano race track for
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2:33 PM ET Florida Atlantic is hiring former Arizona coach Mike Stoops as defensive coordinator, the team announced Thursday. Stoops, who spent the past two seasons as a defensive analyst at Alabama, will replace Jim Leavitt, who left to become defensive coordinator at SMU. Stoops, 59, last held a coordinator post at Oklahoma from 2012
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2:21 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers moved quickly to name a new special-teams coordinator, promoting assistant special-teams coach Maurice Drayton. A source confirmed the move one day after coach Matt LaFleur fired Shawn Mennenga after two seasons in that role. Drayton has been with the team since 2018, a year before LaFleur
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11:57 AM ET Former Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard announced his retirement after 14 seasons on Thursday. Howard, 36, a free agent, didn’t sign anywhere this offseason. He finishes with a 246-196-70 career record with a 2.62 goals-against average and 24 shutouts in 543 games. “Becoming an NHL goalie was a childhood dream and
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1:28 PM ET South Africa’s Richard Sterne carded a 64 in the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic to finish at eight under for a one-shot lead at the Emirates Golf Club on Thursday. Sterne started on the back nine and had five birdies at the turn before he added four more, offset by
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12:56 PM ET ESPN Junior 300 quarterback Gunner Stockton announced his commitment to Georgia on Thursday, choosing the Bulldogs over Auburn. Stockton, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound dual-threat quarterback from Rabun County High School in Tiger, Georgia, is the No. 41-ranked recruit overall in the 2022 class and No. 6-ranked recruit in the state. Stockton had previously
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News Menon solitary Elite umpire, while pair of Chaudhary and Sharma to make Test debut The trend of home umpires officiating in Tests during the pandemic will continue in the upcoming India-England series, with the ICC appointing the pair of Anil Chaudhary and Virender Sharma to stand alongside Nitin Menon in the first two Tests.
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